Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 131, Bulls 69)

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 $126.05/cwt on 131 head.

Average price

$126.05

131 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$709

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

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

$24.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.09

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	452	134.90	610	10thin
Medium and Large 1	599	129.43	775	67
Medium and Large 3	544	123.92	674	26
Medium and Large 2	564	121.41	685	12thin
Medium and Large 4	424	120.20	510	5thin
Small 1	544	110.18	600	11thin

One grade step is worth $24.72/cwt here — about $10 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 sale131 hd

126.05

—

VA average8 barns · 1,656 hd

132.14

−6.09

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

81 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
Bulls	Small 1	—	490	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	475	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	553	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	619	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	730	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	270	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	794	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	967	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	640	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	245	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	978	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,340	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	653	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	882	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	785	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	983	108.44/cwt	101.00–116.00	1,066	2
Steers	Small 2	—	120	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	590	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,027	20
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	433	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	641	4
Steers	Small 1	—	448	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	708	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	927	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	626	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	792	10
Steers	Small 1	—	635	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	144.82/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,043	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	220	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	255	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	463	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	848	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	820	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	754	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	656	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	718	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	823	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,275	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	155.04/cwt	135.00–165.00	879	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	862	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	487	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	643	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,119	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	527	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	727	3
Steers	Small 1Value Added	—	493	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	364	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	608	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	871	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	285	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	314	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	112.75/cwt	90.00–124.00	654	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	730	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	767	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	462	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	698	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	461	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	627	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	552	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	778	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	880	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	547	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	662	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	872	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	444	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	564	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	220	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	393	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	527	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	768	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	—	482	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	521	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	800	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	560	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	667	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	510	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	612	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	451	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	515	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	440	154.90/cwt	150.00–156.00	682	5
Bulls	Small 2	—	415	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	419	2
Bulls	Small 2	—	360	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	417	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	124.26/cwt	124.00–127.00	793	11
Heifers	Small 1	—	370	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	403	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	475	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	499	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	461	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	618	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	689	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	365	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	387	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	708	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	677	116.32/cwt	110.00–119.50	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	596	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	808	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	552	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	729	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	415	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	755	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	800	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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