Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2023-12-05

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Dec 5
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
271 head
9 vs last sale 262 198 vs year ago 469 · 42.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 170, Heifers 80, Bulls 21)

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 $195.21/cwt on 170 head.
Average price
$195.21
170 head · 769 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,501
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$748
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$68.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
18.30
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1772204.381,578127
Medium and Large 2713180.181,28411thin
Medium and Large 1-2856174.301,49220
Small 1655152.509998thin
Medium and Large 3613135.508304thin
One grade step is worth $68.88/cwt here — about $748 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 sale170 hd
195.21
VA average9 barns · 1,481 hd
213.51
−18.30
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

56 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
SteersSmall 1705100.00/cwt100.00–100.007051
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural665221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,47013
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural643217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,3955
HeifersMedium and Large 1875142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,2432
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,048119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,2472
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added880175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,54013
SteersMedium and Large 3510170.00/cwt170.00–170.008672
HeifersMedium and Large 1648184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,19210
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added883152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,3424
HeifersMedium and Large 2640180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1522
HeifersMedium and Large 3735107.50/cwt107.50–107.507901
HeifersMedium and Large 1454216.00/cwt216.00–216.009814
SteersSmall 1752150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1283
HeifersSmall 1650145.00/cwt145.00–145.009431
HeifersMedium and Large 1567210.50/cwt210.50–210.501,19423
BullsMedium and Large 2360215.00/cwt215.00–215.007742
BullsMedium and Large 3375180.00/cwt180.00–180.006751
HeifersMedium and Large 1771154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,1875
HeifersSmall 1710105.00/cwt105.00–105.007461
HeifersMedium and Large 2790153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,2093
HeifersMedium and Large 2445213.00/cwt213.00–213.009484
BullsMedium and Large 3728110.00/cwt110.00–110.008012
BullsMedium and Large 3545120.00/cwt120.00–120.006541
HeifersMedium and Large 3510190.00/cwt190.00–190.009691
HeifersMedium and Large 2573209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,1982
BullsMedium and Large 2405114.00/cwt114.00–114.004621
BullsMedium and Large 290397.00/cwt97.00–97.008763
BullsMedium and Large 1500200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0001
SteersMedium and Large 2580221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2822
HeifersMedium and Large 1955121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,1561
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added723157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,13514
SteersMedium and Large 2708163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,1543
SteersMedium and Large 21,190115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3691
SteersSmall 1650151.00/cwt151.00–151.009821
SteersMedium and Large 1575230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3238
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added875205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,79436
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added758210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5926
SteersMedium and Large 2455225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0241
SteersMedium and Large 2845160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added811173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4037
SteersMedium and Large 11,055141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4881
SteersMedium and Large 2375231.00/cwt231.00–231.008661
SteersMedium and Large 1761164.61/cwt160.00–171.001,2537
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added844199.16/cwt175.00–202.001,68125
SteersSmall 1543173.00/cwt173.00–173.009393
SteersMedium and Large 1926155.93/cwt151.00–161.001,4444
SteersMedium and Large 3Value Added715101.00/cwt101.00–101.007222
SteersMedium and Large 1452239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,0803
SteersMedium and Large 1817170.67/cwt163.00–176.001,3945
SteersMedium and Large 1325231.00/cwt231.00–231.007511
SteersMedium and Large 1662217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,43713
BullsSmall 188586.00/cwt86.00–86.007611
BullsMedium and Large 1462210.00/cwt210.00–210.009705
BullsMedium and Large 1590207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2212
BullsMedium and Large 195093.00/cwt93.00–93.008841
BullsMedium and Large 1655153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0021

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.