Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 184, Heifers 273, Bulls 51)

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 $240.33/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −142.05 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$240.33

43 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,348

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$307

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$55.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.83

vs VA average

−23.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	574	245.50	1,409	15thin
Medium and Large 1	553	245.00	1,355	16thin
Medium and Large 2	556	242.50	1,348	7thin
Medium and Large 3	546	211.00	1,152	4thin
Medium and Large 4	580	190.00	1,102	1thin

One grade step is worth $55.50/cwt here — about $307 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale43 hd

240.33

—

VA average8 barns · 638 hd

246.15

−5.83

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−23.63

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−142.05

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

76 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
Heifers	Small 2	400–450	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	620	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	490	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	956	1
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	760	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,330	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,253	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	620	272.72/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,691	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	817	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,765	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,448	13
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	765	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	270.93/cwt	270.00–271.00	1,753	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	949	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,945	29
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	168.74/cwt	130.00–250.00	714	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	847	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,736	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	188.62/cwt	185.00–196.00	1,645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,195	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	604	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,631	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,849	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	724	262.29/cwt	257.00–265.00	1,899	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	300.19/cwt	281.00–301.50	1,702	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,076	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	208.69/cwt	207.50–209.00	1,471	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,370	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	738	209.67/cwt	177.50–218.50	1,547	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	574	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,409	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,497	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,543	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	618	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,061	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,027	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,355	16
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	327	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	788	3
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	645	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,532	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	535	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	963	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	450	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,506	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	250–300	275	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	564	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	970	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,195	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,434	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	546	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,152	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	194.67/cwt	170.00–220.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	969	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	550–600	580	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,102	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	469	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,201	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	938	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,074	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,348	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	571	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	218.30/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,670	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,456	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,204	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	249.26/cwt	247.00–253.00	1,206	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	890	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	695	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,772	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,789	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,521	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,207	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	950	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	245.53/cwt	226.00–254.00	1,611	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	856	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,635	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	775	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,899	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	201.22/cwt	160.00–215.00	1,547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,174	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	847	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,952	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,110	2

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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