Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2022-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 246, Heifers 176, Bulls 47)

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 $163.68/cwt on 243 head.

Average price

$163.68

243 head · 707 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,158

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$765

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

$60.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.44

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	718	171.70	1,232	98
Medium and Large 1	719	164.93	1,186	97
Medium and Large 2	700	150.63	1,055	38
Medium and Large 3	675	132.00	891	1thin
Small 1	541	126.50	684	6thin
Small 2	418	111.67	467	3thin

One grade step is worth $60.04/cwt here — about $765 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 sale243 hd

163.68

—

VA average10 barns · 2,153 hd

170.13

−6.44

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

82 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	—	636	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	897	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	449	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	790	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	565	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	937	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	988	1
Steers	Small 1	—	550	131.00/cwt	121.00–141.00	721	2
Steers	Small 1	—	370	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	848	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,060	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	458	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	632	1
Steers	Small 2	—	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	123.55/cwt	123.00–127.00	1,160	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	882	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	1,495	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	675	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	487	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	940	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	147.41/cwt	123.00–160.00	1,010	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	640	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,050	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	747	156.37/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,168	11
Steers	Small 2	—	385	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	906	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	957	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,196	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	801	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,226	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	539	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,003	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	876	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,402	20
Steers	Small 1	—	630	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	806	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	164.14/cwt	151.00–165.00	1,055	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	771	143.26/cwt	135.00–157.00	1,105	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	673	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,084	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	846	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,210	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,014	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	738	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,284	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	631	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,155	33
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	545	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	659	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	547	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	717	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	467	170.04/cwt	163.00–171.00	794	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	368	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	534	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	580	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	574	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	345	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	428	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	685	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	838	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	712	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	662	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	900	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	378	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	558	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	764	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	114.19/cwt	110.00–122.00	588	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	660	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	485	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	538	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	385	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	120	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	716	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	988	5
Heifers	Small 1	—	480	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	514	1
Heifers	Small 2	—	355	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	284	2
Heifers	Small 2	—	550	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	391	1
Bulls	Small 1	—	545	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	610	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	685	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	661	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	879	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	370	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	571	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,069	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	929	127.69/cwt	124.00–131.50	1,186	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	785	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	715	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	660	77.50/cwt	61.00–94.00	512	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	570	98.08/cwt	89.00–107.00	559	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	895	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,078	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	733	139.89/cwt	136.00–143.00	1,025	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	493	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	670	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	648	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	784	3
Steers	Small 1	—	515	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	618	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	793	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	900	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	537	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	773	8

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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