Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2023-03-07

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 7
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
127 head
67 vs last sale 194 112 vs year ago 239 · 46.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 31, Heifers 52, Bulls 44)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated, Natural cattle are Weaned

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.58/cwt on 52 head.
Average price
$153.58
52 head · 564 lb average
Value per head Derived
$866
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$370
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$56.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
22.59
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2542171.1192719thin
Medium and Large 1612152.3293217thin
Medium and Large 2527144.427607thin
Small 1555127.507088thin
Medium and Large 3485115.005581thin
One grade step is worth $56.11/cwt here — about $370 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 sale52 hd
153.58
VA average10 barns · 1,878 hd
176.18
−22.59
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

50 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
HeifersSmall 127593.00/cwt93.00–93.002561
SteersMedium and Large 31,31598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,2891
SteersMedium and Large 2478184.93/cwt140.00–200.008844
HeifersMedium and Large 1628157.00/cwt157.00–157.009862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2545171.00/cwt171.00–171.009323
HeifersMedium and Large 1825125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0311
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added665162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0778
SteersMedium and Large 1463214.00/cwt214.00–214.009915
SteersMedium and Large 1673210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4134
HeifersMedium and Large 1484162.74/cwt141.00–174.007886
HeifersMedium and Large 1425171.00/cwt171.00–171.007271
SteersMedium and Large 1535125.00/cwt125.00–125.006691
SteersMedium and Large 3710166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1791
Dairy SteersLarge 31,15590.00/cwt90.00–90.001,0401
SteersMedium and Large 1745181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,3481
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added685170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1652
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added608220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3383
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added640220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,4084
SteersMedium and Large 1556209.47/cwt196.00–214.001,1654
BullsMedium and Large 1376219.00/cwt219.00–219.008235
BullsMedium and Large 1552200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1043
BullsMedium and Large 1720143.48/cwt141.00–146.001,0332
BullsMedium and Large 1650154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,0012
BullsMedium and Large 1535177.00/cwt177.00–177.009472
BullsMedium and Large 1635170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0801
BullsMedium and Large 3810129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0451
BullsSmall 1230157.00/cwt157.00–157.003611
HeifersMedium and Large 2Natural470171.00/cwt171.00–171.008041
HeifersSmall 1640119.00/cwt119.00–119.007621
BullsSmall 1385158.00/cwt158.00–158.006082
BullsSmall 1650114.00/cwt114.00–114.007411
BullsMedium and Large 2358219.00/cwt219.00–219.007846
BullsMedium and Large 1456194.49/cwt190.00–202.008878
HeifersMedium and Large 2337145.97/cwt113.00–186.004923
HeifersMedium and Large 2820124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,0171
BullsMedium and Large 2515181.00/cwt181.00–181.009321
BullsMedium and Large 385598.00/cwt98.00–98.008381
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added863135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1652
HeifersSmall 1442139.00/cwt139.00–139.006143
HeifersSmall 1905111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0052
HeifersMedium and Large 1724138.25/cwt136.00–139.001,0014
BullsSmall 1430141.00/cwt141.00–141.006062
BullsMedium and Large 2465202.00/cwt202.00–202.009396
HeifersMedium and Large 3485115.00/cwt115.00–115.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 2760139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373184.00/cwt184.00–184.006862
HeifersSmall 1390169.00/cwt169.00–169.006591
HeifersMedium and Large 2625139.00/cwt139.00–139.008691
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2433179.00/cwt179.00–179.007756
HeifersMedium and Large 1370180.00/cwt180.00–180.006661

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.