Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-03-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 193, Heifers 232, Bulls 53)

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 $123.91/cwt on 225 head.

Average price

$123.91

225 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$16

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$23.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.39

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	491	129.22	634	37
Medium and Large 1-2	595	128.12	763	17thin
Medium and Large 3	453	125.88	570	16thin
Medium and Large 1	629	122.72	772	148
Large 1-2	600	111.00	666	1thin
Small 1	616	105.50	650	6thin

One grade step is worth $23.72/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale225 hd

123.91

—

VA average7 barns · 1,513 hd

128.29

−4.39

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

93 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	748	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	755	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	652	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	945	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	156.25/cwt	154.00–157.00	602	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	410	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	611	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	466	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	704	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	733	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	990	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	680	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	986	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	757	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	969	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	131.13/cwt	124.00–132.00	968	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	453	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	725	6
Steers	Small 1	—	310	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	748	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	127.10/cwt	105.00–130.00	714	23
Heifers	Small 1	—	530	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	641	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	610	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	897	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	730	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	365	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	573	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	578	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	897	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,072	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	772	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	153.74/cwt	146.00–157.00	687	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	763	112.54/cwt	101.00–113.50	859	27
Steers	Small 1	—	558	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	675	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	483	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	657	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	133.02/cwt	126.00–138.00	500	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	533	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	741	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	583	157.03/cwt	156.00–160.00	915	11
Bulls	Small 1	—	535	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	685	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	440	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	396	1
Steers	Small 1	—	375	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	732	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,032	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	821	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	985	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	777	130.57/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,015	7
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	—	702	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	632	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	370	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	477	3
Bulls	Small 1	—	328	102.95/cwt	77.00–127.00	338	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	753	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	955	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	836	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	127.88/cwt	122.00–128.50	611	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	600	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	363	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	523	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	625	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	285	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	581	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	924	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	491	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	275	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	382	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	572	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	461	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	590	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	628	117.93/cwt	115.00–124.00	741	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	288	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	372	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	719	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	345	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	840	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	941	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	510	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	668	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	598	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	819	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	729	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	875	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	665	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	565	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	363	130.17/cwt	122.00–138.00	473	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	659	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	890	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	926	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	658	125.53/cwt	120.00–126.50	826	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	270	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	901	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,059	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	878	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	967	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	368	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	765	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	150.29/cwt	123.00–156.00	703	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	870	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	449	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	593	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	500	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	775	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	350	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	471	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	105.95/cwt	104.00–108.00	922	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	549	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	708	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	540	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	119.50/cwt	119.00–120.00	661	2

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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