Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 299, Heifers 168, Bulls 17)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $294.66/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −169.48 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$294.66

61 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$518

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$86.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.55

vs VA average

−18.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	304.95	1,730	19thin
Medium and Large 2	568	297.80	1,691	15thin
Medium and Large 1	551	291.06	1,602	25
Medium and Large 3	555	218.44	1,212	2thin

One grade step is worth $86.51/cwt here — about $518 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.18, low $394.61, median $464.14 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale61 hd

294.66

—

VA average7 barns · 419 hd

290.12

+4.55

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−18.34

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−169.48

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

73 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	761	255.78/cwt	245.00–260.50	1,946	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	608	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,739	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	501	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,293	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,302	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,527	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	508	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,539	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,761	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,820	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	498	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	284.47/cwt	281.00–289.00	1,633	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,035	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	689	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,819	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,772	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,025	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	536	295.18/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,582	5
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	495	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,460	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	234.93/cwt	210.00–241.00	1,283	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,195	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,895	5
Steers	Small 1	650–700	665	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,357	1
Steers	Small 1	750–800	770	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	565	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	565	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	475	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	879	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	435	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	805	3
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	675	162.50/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,097	2
Heifers	Small 2	150–200	155	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	194	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	710	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,740	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	647	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,572	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	818	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,020	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,314	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,346	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	861	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,100	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,183	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	600–650	605	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	240	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	218.44/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,212	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	245	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,135	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	850–900	870	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	696	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	238.97/cwt	235.00–240.50	1,257	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,325	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,745	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,066	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,042	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	578	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,763	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,127	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	741	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,930	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	538	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,742	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	691	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,624	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	890	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,931	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	584	251.00/cwt	247.00–259.00	1,466	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	670	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,856	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	715	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,616	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	744	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,938	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	778	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,459	10

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.

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