Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2023-02-14

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 14
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
162 head
81 vs last sale 243 159 vs year ago 321 · 49.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 63, Bulls 1)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned, mostly Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $209.16/cwt on 98 head.
Average price
$209.16
98 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,204
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$431
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1
$82.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.10
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2578220.441,27378
Medium and Large 1731175.711,2857thin
Medium and Large 2477165.2978810thin
Medium and Large 3445141.506302thin
Small 1610138.008421thin
One grade step is worth $82.44/cwt here — about $431 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 sale98 hd
209.16
VA average7 barns · 1,314 hd
189.06
+20.10
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

33 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsSmall 1275110.00/cwt110.00–110.003031
HeifersSmall 1380124.00/cwt124.00–124.004711
HeifersSmall 1490139.00/cwt139.00–139.006811
HeifersSmall 1575133.00/cwt133.00–133.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 2500126.00/cwt126.00–126.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 4305110.00/cwt110.00–110.003361
SteersMedium and Large 2540160.63/cwt141.00–201.008673
SteersMedium and Large 2375172.00/cwt172.00–172.006451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural559227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,26934
SteersSmall 1610138.00/cwt138.00–138.008421
SteersMedium and Large 2437204.00/cwt204.00–204.008913
SteersMedium and Large 2487129.00/cwt129.00–129.006283
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural462236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,09013
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural893152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3573
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural633214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,35518
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural523180.00/cwt180.00–180.0094129
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural783139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0883
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3370109.00/cwt109.00–109.004033
SteersMedium and Large 3380152.00/cwt152.00–152.005781
SteersMedium and Large 3510131.00/cwt131.00–131.006681
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural828156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,2922
HeifersSmall 1315148.00/cwt148.00–148.004661
HeifersMedium and Large 2550139.00/cwt139.00–139.007651
HeifersMedium and Large 1600150.00/cwt150.00–150.009001
SteersMedium and Large 1990150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4851
SteersMedium and Large 1580208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,2061
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added635204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,29511
HeifersMedium and Large 3467139.00/cwt139.00–139.006493
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added636157.00/cwt157.00–157.0099910
HeifersMedium and Large 1685129.00/cwt129.00–129.008841
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural983128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2583
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added567153.00/cwt153.00–153.008683
SteersMedium and Large 1435208.00/cwt208.00–208.009052

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.