Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 32, Bulls 15)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $289.75/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −174.39 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$289.75

16 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$763

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

$129.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.06

vs VA average

−21.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	304.00	1,690	14thin
Medium and Large 3	505	205.00	1,035	1thin
Medium and Large 2	530	175.00	928	1thin

One grade step is worth $129.00/cwt here — about $763 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale16 hd

289.75

—

VA average7 barns · 246 hd

307.81

−18.06

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−21.01

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−174.39

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

28 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	450–500	469	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,468	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,680	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,280	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,133	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,394	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,114	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	320	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	784	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	490	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,127	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,511	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	234.17/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,480	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	462	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,178	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,068	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,690	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,256	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,260	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,105	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	928	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,457	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,375	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,035	1

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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