Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-04-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 117, Heifers 136, Bulls 27)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $232.66/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −149.72 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$232.66

23 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,283

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$43.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.03

vs VA average

−31.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	537	248.00	1,332	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	595	234.00	1,392	3thin
Medium and Large 1	544	231.26	1,257	16thin
Medium and Large 3	585	205.00	1,199	1thin

One grade step is worth $43.00/cwt here — about $133 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

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 sale23 hd

232.66

—

VA average11 barns · 668 hd

240.69

−8.03

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−31.86

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−149.72

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

71 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 1Value Added	650–700	663	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,757	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,439	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	650	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,599	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	777	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,849	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	554	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,668	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,571	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,224	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,175	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,793	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	540	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	224.11/cwt	202.00–227.00	1,466	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	186.41/cwt	145.00–200.00	953	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,659	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,713	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	255.31/cwt	251.00–264.00	1,629	3
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	775	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	310	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,457	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,373	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,355	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	916	1
Heifers	Small 2	250–300	278	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	264	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	480	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	840	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	573	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,295	2
Steers	Small 1	700–750	720	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,411	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	473	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,026	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	191.04/cwt	151.00–220.00	1,194	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,380	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,153	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,071	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,505	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,209	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	650–700	650	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,450	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,015	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	400–450	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	350–400	350	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	750–800	750	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,393	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,063	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	469	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	985	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,434	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,151	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,332	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	835	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,136	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,064	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	695	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,536	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	223.58/cwt	176.00–248.00	1,033	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	227.39/cwt	205.00–251.00	864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	595	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,392	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	700	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,477	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	767	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,964	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	614	236.74/cwt	233.00–238.00	1,454	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	673	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,736	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	706	246.46/cwt	235.00–251.00	1,740	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	763	208.11/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,588	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	897	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	634	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,471	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	601	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,659	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	525	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,580	5

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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