Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 162, Heifers 142, Bulls 42)

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 $142.60/cwt on 158 head.

Average price

$142.60

158 head · 737 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,051

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$350

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

$48.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.58

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	688	147.37	1,014	77
Medium and Large 2	599	145.00	869	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	849	141.00	1,197	59
Medium and Large 3	595	107.20	638	5thin
Large 1-2	668	99.33	664	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.04/cwt here — about $350 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 sale158 hd

142.60

—

VA average11 barns · 2,260 hd

150.18

−7.58

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

62 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	—	910	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	728	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	117.94/cwt	110.00–120.00	508	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	570	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	708	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	673	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	865	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	818	2
Steers	Large 1-2	—	440	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	581	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	784	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	878	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	764	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	737	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	995	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	858	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,210	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	136.78/cwt	130.00–140.00	992	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	545	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	787	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,019	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	849	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,197	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	733	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,026	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	830	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	822	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	735	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	742	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	142.17/cwt	137.00–143.00	917	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	670	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	791	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	562	131.03/cwt	130.00–134.00	736	9
Bulls	Small 1	—	615	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	541	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	530	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	461	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	638	115.52/cwt	114.00–117.00	737	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	745	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	603	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	408	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	384	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	430	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	344	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	651	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	794	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	590	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	726	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,015	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	653	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	784	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	476	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	671	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	538	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	770	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	575	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	293	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	783	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	658	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	560	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	569	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	694	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	540	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	822	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	693	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	839	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	465	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	650	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	570	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	776	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	633	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	627	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	449	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	449	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	673	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	427	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	788	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	771	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	500	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	643	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	733	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	905	1

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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