Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2022-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 135, Bulls 25)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $147.94/cwt on 133 head.

Average price

$147.94

133 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$847

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$244

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

$74.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.98

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	374	171.00	640	7thin
Medium and Large 2	538	149.97	806	31
Medium and Large 1	632	149.19	943	78
Medium and Large 3	451	133.27	601	15thin
Small 1	408	97.00	395	2thin

One grade step is worth $74.00/cwt here — about $244 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 sale133 hd

147.94

—

VA average10 barns · 1,498 hd

148.92

−0.98

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

46 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 1Natural	—	673	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,016	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	514	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	451	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	582	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	937	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	774	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	176.81/cwt	167.00–180.00	866	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	571	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	936	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	907	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	817	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	567	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	879	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	576	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,083	10
Steers	Small 1	—	665	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	718	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	191.26/cwt	189.00–192.00	889	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	836	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,413	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	160.18/cwt	153.00–161.00	1,214	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	718	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,228	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,059	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,040	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	963	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	166.46/cwt	155.00–170.00	1,057	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,157	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	854	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,358	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	697	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,192	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	719	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	640	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	620	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	899	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	983	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	152.77/cwt	141.00–154.00	856	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	388	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	586	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	999	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	798	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,053	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	723	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	316	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	465	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	656	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	325	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	835	10
Heifers	Small 1	—	490	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	456	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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