Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2023-04-25

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Apr 25
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
415 head
27 vs last sale 388 93 vs year ago 322 · +28.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 231, Heifers 155, Bulls 29)

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 $195.76/cwt on 230 head.
Average price
$195.76
230 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,154
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$701
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$124.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
22.24
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594224.051,331150
Medium and Large 2512207.841,06330
Medium and Large 3419173.297263thin
Small 163599.2063047
One grade step is worth $124.85/cwt here — about $701 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 sale230 hd
195.76
VA average10 barns · 1,775 hd
218.00
−22.24
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

76 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1853155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3222
HeifersMedium and Large 1560187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,04718
SteersSmall 1420111.94/cwt95.00–159.004704
SteersSmall 1510140.00/cwt140.00–140.007141
SteersSmall 1240180.00/cwt180.00–180.004321
SteersMedium and Large 2855150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,2831
HeifersMedium and Large 1425170.00/cwt170.00–170.007231
HeifersMedium and Large 1543142.40/cwt120.00–165.007732
SteersMedium and Large 2645170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0973
SteersMedium and Large 2390221.00/cwt221.00–221.008621
SteersMedium and Large 1649213.53/cwt184.00–215.001,38621
SteersMedium and Large 1324246.00/cwt246.00–246.007976
SteersMedium and Large 3419173.29/cwt170.00–175.007263
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural515246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,26712
SteersSmall 1595105.15/cwt95.00–200.0062618
SteersSmall 1375154.00/cwt154.00–154.005781
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added778195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,51715
SteersMedium and Large 1375240.00/cwt240.00–240.009005
SteersMedium and Large 2580134.00/cwt134.00–134.007771
SteersMedium and Large 2315243.00/cwt243.00–243.007654
SteersMedium and Large 1453245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,11016
SteersMedium and Large 1562236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,32636
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural453256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,1606
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added700213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,4912
SteersMedium and Large 1540193.33/cwt160.00–210.001,0443
SteersSmall 174384.00/cwt84.00–84.0062422
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added699215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5039
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added748201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5032
SteersMedium and Large 1728193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,4054
SteersMedium and Large 1970134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3001
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural617226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3946
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural828180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4908
BullsMedium and Large 2410182.00/cwt182.00–182.007461
BullsSmall 11,07595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0211
BullsMedium and Large 1559181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,0126
BullsMedium and Large 1651185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2045
BullsMedium and Large 1763160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2212
BullsMedium and Large 1470185.00/cwt185.00–185.008702
HeifersSmall 2Natural422120.00/cwt120.00–120.005063
HeifersSmall 1Natural454119.00/cwt119.00–119.005407
BullsMedium and Large 2542173.00/cwt173.00–173.009383
BullsMedium and Large 21,065101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0761
BullsSmall 1645146.00/cwt146.00–146.009421
BullsSmall 1535140.00/cwt140.00–140.007491
HeifersMedium and Large 2555186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,03512
HeifersMedium and Large 3471159.00/cwt159.00–159.007494
BullsMedium and Large 4515190.00/cwt190.00–190.009791
BullsMedium and Large 3375146.00/cwt146.00–146.005481
HeifersMedium and Large 4350190.00/cwt190.00–190.006651
HeifersMedium and Large 3Natural558135.00/cwt135.00–135.007534
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3270179.00/cwt179.00–179.004834
HeifersMedium and Large 2484193.00/cwt193.00–193.009347
BullsMedium and Large 2380216.00/cwt216.00–216.008212
BullsMedium and Large 2645130.00/cwt130.00–130.008391
HeifersMedium and Large 3565146.98/cwt107.00–160.008304
HeifersMedium and Large 2390158.00/cwt158.00–158.006161
HeifersSmall 1295113.00/cwt113.00–113.003331
HeifersSmall 2340124.00/cwt124.00–124.004221
HeifersMedium and Large 3540154.00/cwt154.00–154.008323
HeifersMedium and Large 3352179.00/cwt179.00–179.006305
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2325198.00/cwt198.00–198.006443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2376200.00/cwt200.00–200.0075212
HeifersMedium and Large 1755140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0572
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429194.00/cwt194.00–194.008328
HeifersMedium and Large 288081.00/cwt81.00–81.007131
HeifersMedium and Large 2629183.52/cwt173.00–185.001,1548
HeifersMedium and Large 1636178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,13212
HeifersSmall 1385140.00/cwt140.00–140.005391
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added729170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2398
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added803161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,2934
HeifersMedium and Large 2410153.00/cwt153.00–153.006271
HeifersMedium and Large 2500121.00/cwt121.00–121.006051
HeifersMedium and Large 1915140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2811
HeifersMedium and Large 1477195.00/cwt195.00–195.0093012
SteersMedium and Large 2464211.92/cwt158.00–225.0098311
SteersMedium and Large 2546213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,1637

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.