Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2023-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 650, Heifers 464, Bulls 30)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.86/cwt on 646 head.

Average price

$173.86

646 head · 630 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$750

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Small 2

$88.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.33

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	557	187.00	1,042	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	651	181.59	1,182	374
Medium and Large 1	639	174.03	1,112	151
Medium and Large 2	536	158.26	848	62
Small 1	610	138.87	846	36
Medium and Large 3	527	112.55	593	11thin
Medium and Large 4	290	101.00	293	1thin
Small 2	295	99.00	292	1thin

One grade step is worth $88.00/cwt here — about $750 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 sale646 hd

173.86

—

VA average9 barns · 1,652 hd

174.18

−0.33

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

113 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 1	—	530	124.50/cwt	124.00–125.00	660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	945	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	552	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,076	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	191.60/cwt	177.00–192.50	1,071	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	740	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,184	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	656	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,082	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	353	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	314	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	456	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	524	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	820	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,304	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	558	4
Steers	Small 1	—	658	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	921	8
Steers	Small 1	—	550	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	855	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,183	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	166.62/cwt	110.00–173.00	1,093	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,212	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,103	2
Steers	Small 1	—	363	134.13/cwt	117.00–140.00	487	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,105	72
Steers	Small 2	—	295	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	744	170.61/cwt	148.00–173.50	1,269	77
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	551	161.38/cwt	126.00–164.00	889	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	707	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	965	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	364	165.75/cwt	165.00–166.00	603	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,225	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	133.91/cwt	130.00–138.00	897	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	468	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	608	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	845	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	921	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	630	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	959	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	452	177.13/cwt	123.00–185.00	801	15
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	750	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 4	—	290	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	293	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	505	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	646	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	111.31/cwt	71.00–152.00	582	2
Steers	Small 1	—	732	114.05/cwt	104.00–119.00	835	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	155.52/cwt	154.00–158.00	1,134	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	848	165.13/cwt	150.00–167.00	1,400	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	159.57/cwt	150.00–170.00	986	7
Steers	Small 1	—	827	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,067	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,186	18
Steers	Small 1	—	615	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	766	161.02/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,233	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	713	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	557	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,042	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	—	385	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	839	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	456	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	935	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	659	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,166	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	350	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	566	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	855	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	743	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	823	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	850	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	405	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	763	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	855	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	515	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	670	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	554	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	759	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	400	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	345	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	455	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	544	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	696	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	—	255	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	306	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	106.47/cwt	103.00–110.00	834	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	814	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	472	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	650	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	250	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	288	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	—	540	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	2
Heifers	Small 2	—	270	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	257	1
Heifers	Small 1	—	755	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	755	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	318	99.72/cwt	95.00–105.00	317	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	148.80/cwt	130.00–150.00	801	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	460	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	469	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	361	117.83/cwt	100.00–127.00	425	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	322	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	563	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,095	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	141.21/cwt	71.00–157.00	611	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	749	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	981	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	171.25/cwt	171.25–171.25	961	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	147.11/cwt	101.00–153.50	937	8
Heifers	Small 1	—	270	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	267	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,198	30
Heifers	Small 2	—	420	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	851	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,285	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	670	147.99/cwt	145.00–149.00	992	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	482	156.39/cwt	137.00–158.00	754	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	156.05/cwt	110.00–159.00	885	27
Heifers	Small 1	—	473	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	544	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,025	3
Heifers	Small 1	—	653	108.20/cwt	105.00–109.00	707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	563	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	321	2
Heifers	Small 1	—	338	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	389	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	149.77/cwt	137.00–155.00	631	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	646	159.02/cwt	140.00–160.00	1,027	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	948	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,043	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,082	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	805	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	603	4
Steers	Small 1	—	468	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	753	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,258	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	662	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,112	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	573	172.25/cwt	172.25–172.25	987	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	310	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	741	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	405	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	510	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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