Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2022-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 140, Heifers 117, Bulls 14)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.20/cwt on 138 head.

Average price

$163.20

138 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$820

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

$68.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.19

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	669	179.00	1,198	5thin
Medium and Large 1	678	170.62	1,156	89
Medium and Large 2	593	154.90	918	21
Medium and Large 3	441	145.50	642	12thin
Small 1	526	133.20	700	10thin
Small 2	340	111.00	377	1thin

One grade step is worth $68.00/cwt here — about $820 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 sale138 hd

163.20

—

VA average8 barns · 1,028 hd

166.40

−3.19

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

59 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 3	—	545	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	768	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	652	138.71/cwt	138.50–140.00	904	22
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	295	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	447	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	644	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	937	4
Steers	Small 2	—	340	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	669	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,198	5
Steers	Small 1	—	533	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	736	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	369	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	184.56/cwt	176.00–185.00	1,048	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	152.58/cwt	152.50–154.00	1,160	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,148	1
Steers	Small 1	—	590	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,172	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	761	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,055	4
Steers	Small 1	—	450	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	630	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,171	17
Steers	Small 1	—	380	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,198	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	883	4
Bulls	Small 1	—	383	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	532	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	738	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	974	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	615	141.98/cwt	141.00–143.00	873	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	585	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	453	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	716	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	830	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	625	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	813	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	494	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	663	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	928	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	906	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	696	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	450	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	810	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	452	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	626	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	680	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	524	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	708	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	653	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	565	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	640	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	595	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	560	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	781	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	340	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	401	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	722	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	939	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	689	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,020	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	546	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	710	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	994	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,342	4
Steers	Small 1	—	670	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	882	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	843	27

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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