Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2021-03-02

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 2
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
102 head
18 vs last sale 84 209 vs year ago 311 · 67.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 53, Heifers 39, Bulls 10).

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $142.08/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$142.08
52 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$857
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$92
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$62.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.69
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2470157.007381thin
Medium and Large 3467144.006723thin
Medium and Large 1613142.6487447
Small 168095.006461thin
One grade step is worth $62.00/cwt here — about $92 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 sale52 hd
142.08
VA average7 barns · 992 hd
145.77
−3.69
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

36 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 1650112.00/cwt112.00–112.007281
HeifersMedium and Large 1622120.00/cwt120.00–120.007463
HeifersMedium and Large 1715110.00/cwt110.00–110.007871
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added557141.00/cwt141.00–141.007853
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added631135.40/cwt133.00–137.0085410
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural760132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0034
BullsSmall 1460120.00/cwt120.00–120.005521
BullsSmall 1680114.00/cwt114.00–114.007751
BullsSmall 1438124.00/cwt124.00–124.005433
SteersSmall 168095.00/cwt95.00–95.006461
HeifersSmall 151596.00/cwt96.00–96.004942
HeifersSmall 148099.00/cwt99.00–99.004753
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural691140.00/cwt140.00–140.009676
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural803113.00/cwt113.00–113.009078
SteersMedium and Large 1375152.00/cwt152.00–152.005701
SteersMedium and Large 1700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
SteersMedium and Large 1755125.00/cwt125.00–125.009441
SteersMedium and Large 1675142.00/cwt142.00–142.009592
SteersMedium and Large 1445165.00/cwt165.00–165.007343
HeifersMedium and Large 11,11081.00/cwt81.00–81.008991
HeifersMedium and Large 11,23080.00/cwt80.00–80.009841
SteersMedium and Large 1470155.00/cwt155.00–155.007293
SteersMedium and Large 1579152.00/cwt152.00–152.008806
SteersMedium and Large 1607143.00/cwt143.00–143.008687
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468120.00/cwt120.00–120.005622
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2417116.00/cwt116.00–116.004843
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2536124.00/cwt124.00–124.006655
BullsMedium and Large 2530125.00/cwt125.00–125.006631
BullsMedium and Large 271591.00/cwt91.00–91.006511
HeifersMedium and Large 2540119.00/cwt119.00–119.006431
HeifersMedium and Large 2468115.00/cwt115.00–115.005383
HeifersMedium and Large 2640115.00/cwt115.00–115.007364
SteersMedium and Large 2470157.00/cwt157.00–157.007381
BullsMedium and Large 3550131.00/cwt131.00–131.007212
SteersMedium and Large 3520136.00/cwt136.00–136.007071
SteersMedium and Large 3440148.00/cwt148.00–148.006512

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.