Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 131, Heifers 110, Bulls 22)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.39/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −173.75 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$290.39

33 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,636

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$218

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

$30.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.69

vs VA average

−19.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	298.66	1,696	24
Medium and Large 2	551	268.33	1,479	9thin

One grade step is worth $30.33/cwt here — about $218 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale33 hd

290.39

—

VA average8 barns · 377 hd

291.08

−0.69

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

−19.16

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−173.75

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

46 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 1	450–500	480	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	998	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,353	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,338	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1150–1200	1,195	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	2,008	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	814	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,538	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1150–1200	1,161	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	766	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,938	8
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	670	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,072	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	385	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	751	1
Heifers	Small 1	800–850	840	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,176	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,858	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,520	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,576	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,803	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	298.66/cwt	291.00–299.00	1,696	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,371	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	249.94/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,402	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	829	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,865	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	265.63/cwt	251.00–267.00	1,740	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,098	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,801	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,099	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	677	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,550	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	782	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,681	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	739	240.65/cwt	240.00–243.00	1,778	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,498	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,177	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	936	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,881	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,076	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	447	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,086	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	544	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,474	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,821	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,464	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,183	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,493	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,271	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	270	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	956	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,257	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	300	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	555	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,034	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	350–400	365	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,484	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	990	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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