Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 217, Heifers 170, Bulls 38)

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 $286.15/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −177.99 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$286.15

48 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,595

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$618

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

$94.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.38

vs VA average

−32.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	304.00	1,721	8thin
Medium and Large 1	561	294.00	1,649	27
Medium and Large 2	548	267.75	1,468	11thin
Medium and Large 3	525	210.00	1,103	2thin

One grade step is worth $94.00/cwt here — about $618 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale48 hd

286.15

—

VA average10 barns · 719 hd

298.53

−12.38

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

−32.14

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−177.99

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

88 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	754	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,862	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	709	253.50/cwt	253.50–253.50	1,797	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	621	238.62/cwt	160.00–290.00	1,482	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	236.01/cwt	215.00–245.50	1,454	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,840	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,449	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	815	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,989	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	798	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,620	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,197	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	766	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,262	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	209.93/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,501	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,649	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,682	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	867	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,925	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,061	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,901	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,183	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	231.30/cwt	225.00–232.00	1,522	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	651	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	330	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,411	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	257.15/cwt	242.00–262.00	1,471	4
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	535	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	883	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	720	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Small 1	850–900	863	130.22/cwt	115.00–145.00	1,124	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	630	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,008	3
Steers	Small 1	750–800	753	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	828	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	650	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Small 2	150–200	180	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	369	1
Bulls	Small 2	400–450	445	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	467	1
Bulls	Small 2	250–300	270	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	270	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	718	135.12/cwt	100.00–170.00	970	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	213.73/cwt	170.00–255.00	1,034	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,350	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,213	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,206	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,007	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	176.23/cwt	150.00–204.00	925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	198.25/cwt	178.00–205.00	946	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	860	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	550–600	585	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	700–750	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	917	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,103	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	488	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	966	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,056	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,538	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	209.83/cwt	180.00–220.00	1,372	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	541	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,125	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	383	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	766	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	213.33/cwt	180.00–230.00	1,254	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,208	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	772	192.13/cwt	175.00–210.00	1,483	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	230.84/cwt	210.00–238.00	1,004	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	125.00/cwt	110.00–140.00	856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	246.31/cwt	195.00–263.00	1,318	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	651	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,595	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,424	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,147	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,321	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	931	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	696	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,768	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,242	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,079	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	736	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,553	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	724	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,846	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	566	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,721	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,557	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	232.99/cwt	175.00–283.00	1,083	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,106	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	625	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,069	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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