Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 388, Heifers 210, Bulls 86)

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 $151.29/cwt on 382 head.

Average price

$151.29

382 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$307

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2

$46.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.52

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	650	156.90	1,020	149
Medium and Large 1	655	152.89	1,002	150
Medium and Large 2	599	143.24	858	54
Medium and Large 3	527	133.71	705	14thin
Small 1	547	128.36	702	11thin
Medium and Large 2-3	610	122.00	744	2thin
Large 1-2	645	110.50	713	2thin

One grade step is worth $46.40/cwt here — about $307 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 sale382 hd

151.29

—

VA average11 barns · 3,254 hd

146.78

+4.52

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

97 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	918	115.40/cwt	109.00–116.50	1,059	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	614	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	660	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	818	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	565	170.49/cwt	170.00–171.00	963	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	548	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	838	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	659	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,002	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	783	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	766	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,427	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	899	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	701	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	543	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	939	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,002	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	992	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	604	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	924	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	781	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	767	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	644	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	805	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	542	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	581	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,011	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	483	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	625	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	996	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	515	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	735	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	941	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	444	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	542	5
Steers	Small 1	—	533	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	661	3
Steers	Small 1	—	555	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	649	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	380	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	448	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	275	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	168	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	515	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	695	14
Heifers	Small 1	—	585	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	667	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	710	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	696	1
Steers	Small 1	—	662	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	801	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	725	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	609	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	420	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	483	1
Steers	Small 1	—	468	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	655	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	825	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	693	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	940	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	705	1
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	630	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	447	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	400	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	144	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	613	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	190	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	535	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	647	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	755	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	558	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	864	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	821	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	545	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	752	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	628	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	766	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	437	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	333	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	474	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	564	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	740	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	658	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	763	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	541	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	638	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	603	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	947	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	557	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	668	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	140.64/cwt	118.00–143.00	799	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	955	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	747	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	754	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	535	136.55/cwt	124.00–138.00	731	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	121.78/cwt	90.00–127.00	580	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	462	149.46/cwt	134.00–156.00	691	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	636	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,024	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	135.00/cwt	133.00–136.00	892	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	670	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	827	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	852	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	940	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,062	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	479	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	853	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	597	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	812	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	955	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,003	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	562	121.97/cwt	118.00–124.00	685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	675	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	610	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	86.44/cwt	61.00–110.00	284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	658	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	360	145.79/cwt	121.00–155.00	525	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	744	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	606	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	818	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	600	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	966	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	582	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	728	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	692	154.12/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,067	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	623	158.87/cwt	151.00–160.00	990	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	525	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	706	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,080	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	491	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	770	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	924	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	751	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	841	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	135.06/cwt	125.00–145.00	524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	456	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	661	13

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.

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