Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2024-02-13

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 13
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
98 head
346 vs last sale 444 64 vs year ago 162 · 39.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 32, Bulls 14)

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 $210.56/cwt on 50 head.
Average price
$210.56
50 head · 735 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$114
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1
$75.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
49.96
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2468220.001,0294thin
Medium and Large 1785219.791,72638
Medium and Large 2631179.631,1344thin
Small 1634144.389154thin
One grade step is worth $75.63/cwt here — about $114 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 sale50 hd
210.56
VA average8 barns · 1,469 hd
260.52
−49.96
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

40 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2360190.00/cwt190.00–190.006842
SteersMedium and Large 1-2575250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4382
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added902204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,84015
SteersSmall 1Value Added565160.00/cwt160.00–160.009042
HeifersMedium and Large 1552230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2703
HeifersMedium and Large 1758200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5162
SteersMedium and Large 1672227.95/cwt225.00–234.001,5323
BullsMedium and Large 1850100.00/cwt100.00–100.008501
BullsMedium and Large 11,050115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2081
BullsMedium and Large 1388280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0862
BullsMedium and Large 1443280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2403
BullsMedium and Large 368580.00/cwt80.00–80.005481
BullsMedium and Large 2385170.00/cwt170.00–170.006551
SteersMedium and Large 2810142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,1541
SteersMedium and Large 2440170.00/cwt170.00–170.007481
SteersMedium and Large 1750170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2751
SteersMedium and Large 1850200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7002
SteersMedium and Large 1641260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,6676
SteersMedium and Large 2655221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4481
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added993186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,8472
SteersSmall 175080.00/cwt80.00–80.006001
SteersMedium and Large 1335251.00/cwt251.00–251.008411
SteersMedium and Large 2620185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1471
SteersMedium and Large 1400275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,1001
SteersSmall 1655177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,1631
HeifersMedium and Large 3425100.00/cwt100.00–100.004251
HeifersMedium and Large 3460195.00/cwt195.00–195.008971
SteersMedium and Large 1554275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5244
HeifersMedium and Large 2405228.00/cwt228.00–228.009231
HeifersMedium and Large 2985125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2311
BullsMedium and Large 2465185.00/cwt185.00–185.008601
BullsMedium and Large 2578219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2662
HeifersMedium and Large 3740100.00/cwt100.00–100.007401
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added1,020160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,6323
BullsMedium and Large 2640180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1522
HeifersMedium and Large 1345231.00/cwt231.00–231.007971
HeifersMedium and Large 1481243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,1695
HeifersMedium and Large 1657215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4139
HeifersMedium and Large 2538210.42/cwt155.00–229.001,1324
HeifersMedium and Large 2473239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,1302

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.