Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2024-01-30

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jan 30
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
117 head
288 vs last sale 405 97 vs year ago 214 · 45.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 42, Bulls 28)

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 $243.90/cwt on 47 head.
Average price
$243.90
47 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,614
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$720
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$76.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.21
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2606258.951,56919thin
Medium and Large 1718236.581,69926
Small 1455210.009561thin
Medium and Large 3465182.508491thin
One grade step is worth $76.45/cwt here — about $720 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 sale47 hd
243.90
VA average6 barns · 532 hd
250.11
−6.21
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

38 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 1750160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2001
BullsMedium and Large 1855140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1971
BullsMedium and Large 1920126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1591
BullsMedium and Large 1973122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,1922
BullsMedium and Large 1546246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3434
BullsMedium and Large 2510242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,2341
SteersMedium and Large 1480280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3442
SteersMedium and Large 1675236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5931
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural540270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4586
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added532270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4368
SteersMedium and Large 3465182.50/cwt182.50–182.508491
SteersMedium and Large 1715236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,6871
SteersSmall 1455210.00/cwt210.00–210.009561
SteersMedium and Large 1862219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,8885
HeifersMedium and Large 1665227.02/cwt221.00–227.501,51014
HeifersSmall 1492210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0333
SteersMedium and Large 1763230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,7556
SteersMedium and Large 1563266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,4983
HeifersMedium and Large 3418212.00/cwt212.00–212.008863
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural945188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,7772
BullsSmall 2153137.50/cwt137.50–137.502102
HeifersMedium and Large 1755201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,5182
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural803228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,8315
SteersMedium and Large 1643245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5756
HeifersMedium and Large 1564237.48/cwt233.00–238.001,33910
HeifersSmall 1370152.50/cwt152.50–152.505641
BullsSmall 1895124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1101
BullsMedium and Large 480073.00/cwt73.00–73.005841
HeifersMedium and Large 2572230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3163
HeifersMedium and Large 2453240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0874
BullsMedium and Large 2425251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,0671
BullsSmall 2645105.00/cwt105.00–105.006771
BullsMedium and Large 4360126.98/cwt126.00–127.504573
BullsMedium and Large 2320147.50/cwt147.50–147.504721
HeifersMedium and Large 2740201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,4871
HeifersMedium and Large 1470244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,1471
BullsMedium and Large 1-2365251.00/cwt251.00–251.009162
BullsMedium and Large 1-2647216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3986

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.