Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2023-08-08

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 8
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
180 head
151 vs last sale 331 74 vs year ago 106 · +69.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 86, Bulls 25)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned, some Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $199.51/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$199.51
86 head · 586 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,168
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$573
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 4
$45.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.92
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1634203.431,28950
Medium and Large 2539200.281,08023
Medium and Large 1-2454200.009077thin
Medium and Large 3523164.888614thin
Small 1540162.508781thin
Medium and Large 4455157.507171thin
One grade step is worth $45.93/cwt here — about $573 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 sale86 hd
199.51
VA average9 barns · 1,448 hd
208.42
−8.92
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

49 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 4445201.00/cwt201.00–201.008943
BullsMedium and Large 4547193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,0563
BullsMedium and Large 2530206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0922
BullsMedium and Large 1-2744171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2724
HeifersMedium and Large 2548204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1189
HeifersSmall 1540162.50/cwt162.50–162.508781
HeifersMedium and Large 3565171.00/cwt171.00–171.009662
HeifersMedium and Large 3345157.50/cwt157.50–157.505431
HeifersMedium and Large 1493222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,0945
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural676210.65/cwt209.00–213.001,42412
HeifersMedium and Large 2675200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3503
BullsMedium and Large 3473200.00/cwt200.00–200.009463
HeifersMedium and Large 2270197.50/cwt197.50–197.505331
HeifersMedium and Large 2605168.49/cwt137.50–200.001,0192
HeifersMedium and Large 3615160.00/cwt160.00–160.009841
HeifersMedium and Large 4455157.50/cwt157.50–157.507171
HeifersMedium and Large 1779184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,4374
HeifersMedium and Large 2478216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0326
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007502
HeifersMedium and Large 1558206.81/cwt192.00–210.001,15415
HeifersMedium and Large 2550170.00/cwt170.00–170.009352
HeifersMedium and Large 1925127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1791
SteersMedium and Large 2390228.00/cwt228.00–228.008892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2435220.00/cwt220.00–220.009575
SteersMedium and Large 1635238.29/cwt234.00–239.001,5137
SteersMedium and Large 1474249.27/cwt246.00–251.001,1826
SteersSmall 1320220.00/cwt220.00–220.007041
HeifersMedium and Large 1653199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,30312
SteersMedium and Large 2444242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0745
HeifersMedium and Large 1865172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,4881
SteersMedium and Large 2540235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2693
SteersMedium and Large 1-2825234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,9312
SteersMedium and Large 2641226.78/cwt220.00–231.001,4544
SteersMedium and Large 3780187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,4591
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added853243.50/cwt243.50–243.502,0779
SteersMedium and Large 2290240.00/cwt240.00–240.006961
SteersMedium and Large 1710225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5981
SteersMedium and Large 2560165.00/cwt165.00–165.009242
SteersMedium and Large 3635170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0801
SteersMedium and Large 1558253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,41211
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural803239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,9234
SteersMedium and Large 2450226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,0171
SteersMedium and Large 1751228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,7127
BullsMedium and Large 2373221.00/cwt221.00–221.008242
BullsMedium and Large 1675150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0131
BullsMedium and Large 1535201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0751
BullsMedium and Large 1485219.75/cwt219.00–220.001,0664
BullsSmall 1425125.00/cwt125.00–125.005311
BullsMedium and Large 1800130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0401

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.