Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2023-07-18

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jul 18
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
121 head
368 vs last sale 489 232 vs year ago 353 · 65.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 38, Bulls 8)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $225.36/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$225.36
73 head · 648 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,461
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$563
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1
$100.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.68
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2588253.001,4886thin
Medium and Large 1665234.281,55850
Medium and Large 2642206.061,32311thin
Medium and Large 3535171.009152thin
Small 1605152.739244thin
One grade step is worth $100.27/cwt here — about $563 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 sale73 hd
225.36
VA average10 barns · 1,237 hd
228.04
−2.68
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

35 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
BullsMedium and Large 1450212.00/cwt212.00–212.009541
BullsMedium and Large 1985124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,2211
BullsMedium and Large 2485200.00/cwt200.00–200.009701
BullsMedium and Large 2550195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0732
BullsMedium and Large 2790160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2642
BullsMedium and Large 3620159.00/cwt159.00–159.009861
SteersMedium and Large 1579250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,44814
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added588253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,4886
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added758228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7287
SteersMedium and Large 2395241.00/cwt241.00–241.009521
SteersMedium and Large 1651240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,56213
SteersMedium and Large 2764166.17/cwt149.00–218.001,2704
SteersMedium and Large 2654230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,5044
SteersMedium and Large 3535171.00/cwt171.00–171.009152
SteersMedium and Large 1725160.98/cwt160.00–162.001,1672
HeifersMedium and Large 1935120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1221
SteersMedium and Large 2550225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2381
SteersSmall 1675131.00/cwt131.00–131.008841
SteersSmall 1582159.98/cwt158.00–164.009313
SteersMedium and Large 1460250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1502
SteersMedium and Large 1750223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,67312
HeifersMedium and Large 11,200111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,3321
SteersMedium and Large 2445216.00/cwt216.00–216.009611
HeifersMedium and Large 2455213.00/cwt213.00–213.009692
HeifersMedium and Large 2566211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1944
HeifersMedium and Large 1644205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3207
HeifersMedium and Large 1565211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,1924
HeifersSmall 156880.00/cwt80.00–80.004542
HeifersMedium and Large 2740128.00/cwt81.00–175.009472
HeifersMedium and Large 1753182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3702
HeifersMedium and Large 2636205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3047
HeifersMedium and Large 2775173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,3411
HeifersMedium and Large 3590194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,1451
HeifersMedium and Large 3385133.00/cwt133.00–133.005121
HeifersMedium and Large 1838167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,3992

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.