Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2021-02-23

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 23
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
84 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 40▼ 370 vs year ago 454 · −81.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24. Heifers 45, Bulls 15)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.32/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$117.32
44 head · 602 lb average
Value per head Derived
$707
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$40.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.49
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2495121.266008thin
Medium and Large 1629119.6775331
Medium and Large 3517107.015533thin
Small 174580.506002thin
One grade step is worth $40.76/cwt here — about $1 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale44 hd
117.32
—
VA average6 barns · 509 hd
121.81
−4.49
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

34 lots · USDA AMS · Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—375144.00/cwt144.00–144.005401
BullsMedium and Large 1—645120.00/cwt120.00–120.007741
BullsMedium and Large 1—720107.00/cwt107.00–107.007701
BullsMedium and Large 1—90089.00/cwt89.00–89.008011
BullsMedium and Large 1—447158.00/cwt158.00–158.007063
HeifersMedium and Large 1—734113.24/cwt113.00–114.008314
HeifersSmall 1—64590.00/cwt90.00–90.005811
BullsSmall 1—73591.00/cwt91.00–91.006691
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural—546155.00/cwt155.00–155.008464
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—703122.00/cwt122.00–122.008588
SteersMedium and Large 1—540148.83/cwt144.00–150.008045
HeifersMedium and Large 1—653117.00/cwt117.00–117.007648
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415125.00/cwt125.00–125.005192
SteersMedium and Large 1—91597.00/cwt97.00–97.008881
SteersMedium and Large 1—832110.00/cwt110.00–110.009153
HeifersSmall 1—84571.00/cwt71.00–71.006001
BullsMedium and Large 2—415154.00/cwt154.00–154.006391
BullsMedium and Large 2—600120.00/cwt120.00–120.007201
HeifersMedium and Large 2—533124.00/cwt124.00–124.006614
SteersMedium and Large 1—630144.00/cwt144.00–144.009071
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—598120.00/cwt120.00–120.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477122.00/cwt122.00–122.005823
BullsMedium and Large 3—540112.00/cwt112.00–112.006051
BullsMedium and Large 3—685112.00/cwt112.00–112.007671
HeifersMedium and Large 2—457118.52/cwt117.00–120.005424
HeifersMedium and Large 1—555122.98/cwt121.00–124.006833
SteersMedium and Large 1—743121.00/cwt121.00–121.008992
SteersMedium and Large 1—470170.00/cwt170.00–170.007994
BullsMedium and Large 3—75099.00/cwt99.00–99.007431
BullsMedium and Large 3—300122.00/cwt122.00–122.003661
HeifersMedium and Large 3—415114.00/cwt114.00–114.004731
HeifersMedium and Large 3—568103.52/cwt100.00–107.005882
SteersMedium and Large 2Natural—653145.00/cwt145.00–145.009472
SteersMedium and Large 2—590147.00/cwt147.00–147.008671

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.