Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2022-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 587, Heifers 442, Bulls 1)

CVCA Sale

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 $177.04/cwt on 582 head.

Average price

$177.04

582 head · 618 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,094

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$362

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$46.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.12

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	646	180.80	1,168	377
Medium and Large 1-2	576	180.50	1,039	125
Medium and Large 2	543	165.58	899	46
Medium and Large 3	412	151.00	622	7thin
Small 1	598	134.78	806	27

One grade step is worth $46.02/cwt here — about $362 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 sale582 hd

177.04

—

VA average7 barns · 1,425 hd

169.92

+7.12

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

64 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 1-2Natural	—	459	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	725	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	538	139.49/cwt	113.00–160.00	750	14
Steers	Small 1	—	408	131.53/cwt	130.00–133.00	537	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	644	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,075	15
Steers	Small 1	—	752	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	963	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	414	1
Steers	Small 1	—	725	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	928	1
Steers	Small 1	—	505	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	589	188.96/cwt	187.00–191.00	1,113	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	614	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,142	30
Steers	Small 1	—	655	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	709	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	184.25/cwt	184.25–184.25	1,185	78
Steers	Small 1	—	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	498	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	951	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	510	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	974	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	181.93/cwt	148.00–184.25	1,199	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	828	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,242	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	865	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	188.84/cwt	163.00–191.00	1,061	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	537	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	972	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	553	146.11/cwt	122.00–170.00	808	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	541	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	725	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	979	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,008	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	964	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	786	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	275	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	521	119.85/cwt	109.00–124.00	624	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	861	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	486	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	806	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	670	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	854	87
Heifers	Small 1	—	567	121.72/cwt	121.00–126.00	690	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	525	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	625	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	473	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	662	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	455	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	560	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	639	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	730	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	140.17/cwt	111.00–150.00	786	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	841	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	477	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	720	16
Heifers	Small 1	—	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	790	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	536	160.73/cwt	160.00–162.00	862	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	600	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	430	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	141.33/cwt	126.00–141.50	910	90
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	554	169.68/cwt	129.00–173.00	940	14
Steers	Small 1	—	552	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	778	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	636	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	827	7
Heifers	Small 1	—	535	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	487	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	412	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	622	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	601	3
Steers	Small 1	—	455	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	171.50/cwt	144.00–173.25	1,291	70

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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