Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 108, Bulls 33)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.48/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −151.90 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$230.48

21 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,267

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$407

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

$74.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.69

vs VA average

−45.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	244.58	1,351	12thin
Medium and Large 2	555	230.83	1,281	6thin
Medium and Large 3	515	180.00	927	1thin
Small 1	520	170.00	884	1thin
Large 1-2	555	170.00	944	1thin

One grade step is worth $74.58/cwt here — about $407 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.23, low $323.92, median $382.37 across 26 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 sale21 hd

230.48

—

VA average7 barns · 294 hd

255.17

−24.69

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−45.69

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−151.90

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,599	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	646	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,873	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,521	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,541	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,164	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	737	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	873	212.30/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,853	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,465	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,530	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,193	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	787	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,613	11
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	370	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	648	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	520	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	884	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	480	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	876	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	723	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,591	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	440	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	946	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,362	11
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	668	126.76/cwt	90.00–145.00	847	3
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	408	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	738	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	780	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,786	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	651	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,432	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	278.88/cwt	277.00–286.00	1,272	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,390	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	555	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	944	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,085	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	978	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	601	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,509	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	495	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	886	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,860	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,053	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,323	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	189.18/cwt	175.00–196.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	927	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,453	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	881	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	273.29/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,304	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,005	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	237.06/cwt	170.00–254.00	1,328	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	711	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,820	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,757	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	674	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,550	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	877	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,309	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,438	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	828	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,838	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,448	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,394	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	2

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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