Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2022-01-11

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jan 11
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
68 head
209 vs last sale 277 867 vs year ago 935 · 92.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 32, Bulls 12)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.16/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$132.16
31 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
5.24
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502135.336799thin
Medium and Large 2501132.386638thin
Medium and Large 1557130.0072414thin
One grade step is worth $5.33/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale31 hd
132.16
VA average9 barns · 956 hd
137.40
−5.24
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

22 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 1723104.54/cwt101.00–108.007562
BullsMedium and Large 1-2593127.00/cwt127.00–127.007533
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650127.00/cwt127.00–127.008265
BullsMedium and Large 1-2470161.00/cwt161.00–161.007572
HeifersMedium and Large 1360125.00/cwt125.00–125.004501
HeifersMedium and Large 1750113.00/cwt113.00–113.008481
SteersMedium and Large 2573154.00/cwt154.00–154.008823
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added676157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373138.00/cwt138.00–138.005153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2566134.00/cwt134.00–134.007586
SteersMedium and Large 1695146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0152
SteersMedium and Large 1475167.42/cwt165.00–170.007952
HeifersMedium and Large 1638125.00/cwt125.00–125.007986
HeifersMedium and Large 2468136.84/cwt136.00–137.006406
SteersMedium and Large 2680127.00/cwt127.00–127.008641
SteersMedium and Large 2437180.00/cwt180.00–180.007873
HeifersMedium and Large 2300138.00/cwt138.00–138.004141
HeifersMedium and Large 1540138.00/cwt138.00–138.007452
HeifersMedium and Large 1444139.00/cwt139.00–139.006174
HeifersMedium and Large 2900100.00/cwt100.00–100.009001
SteersMedium and Large 1519161.32/cwt160.00–162.008373
SteersMedium and Large 1563152.20/cwt119.00–170.008573

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.