Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2023-05-02

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, May 2
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
158 head
257 vs last sale 415 147 vs year ago 305 · 48.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 67, Bulls 14)

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 $183.50/cwt on 77 head.
Average price
$183.50
77 head · 509 lb average
Value per head Derived
$934
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$745
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1
$126.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
39.91
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2490244.001,19611thin
Medium and Large 1642220.681,41821
Medium and Large 2539200.611,08215thin
Medium and Large 3532170.899095thin
Small 1382117.9045025
One grade step is worth $126.10/cwt here — about $745 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 sale77 hd
183.50
VA average10 barns · 976 hd
223.41
−39.91
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

48 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 11,050116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,2181
HeifersMedium and Large 1905139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2581
HeifersSmall 1330137.50/cwt137.50–137.504541
BullsMedium and Large 2340122.50/cwt122.50–122.504171
BullsMedium and Large 1-2546194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,0594
BullsMedium and Large 21,070105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,1241
SteersMedium and Large 2360175.00/cwt175.00–175.006301
SteersMedium and Large 3730145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0591
SteersMedium and Large 3590180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0622
SteersMedium and Large 3375174.73/cwt170.00–180.006552
SteersSmall 1488113.81/cwt110.00–129.005555
HeifersMedium and Large 1478191.68/cwt190.00–192.009166
SteersMedium and Large 1586235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3775
SteersMedium and Large 2890129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,1481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,19611
SteersSmall 1322111.00/cwt105.00–180.0035713
SteersMedium and Large 2740195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4431
SteersMedium and Large 2630137.00/cwt137.00–137.008631
SteersMedium and Large 1735170.15/cwt148.00–192.001,2512
SteersMedium and Large 1641217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3915
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural654226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4789
SteersSmall 1418133.62/cwt110.00–188.005597
SteersMedium and Large 2461221.24/cwt161.00–231.001,0207
SteersMedium and Large 2560206.12/cwt181.00–215.001,1544
BullsMedium and Large 296099.00/cwt99.00–99.009501
BullsSmall 1460156.00/cwt156.00–156.007181
BullsMedium and Large 1630152.37/cwt147.00–158.009602
BullsMedium and Large 1343223.00/cwt223.00–223.007652
BullsMedium and Large 1465209.00/cwt209.00–209.009721
BullsMedium and Large 1190182.50/cwt182.50–182.503471
HeifersMedium and Large 2475180.00/cwt180.00–180.008551
HeifersMedium and Large 2635189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2004
HeifersMedium and Large 2554185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0254
HeifersMedium and Large 3435152.00/cwt152.00–152.006613
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural577195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1255
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added732180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3185
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2313189.00/cwt189.00–189.005922
HeifersMedium and Large 2425180.00/cwt180.00–180.007652
HeifersMedium and Large 3570149.00/cwt149.00–149.008492
HeifersMedium and Large 3290142.50/cwt142.50–142.504131
HeifersMedium and Large 4555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006941
HeifersMedium and Large 3628122.00/cwt122.00–122.007662
HeifersMedium and Large 1576191.23/cwt180.00–194.001,1015
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural655180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,18212
HeifersSmall 170097.00/cwt97.00–97.006791
HeifersMedium and Large 1630181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,1403
HeifersMedium and Large 2375184.00/cwt184.00–184.006902
HeifersMedium and Large 2760135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0261

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.