Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-04-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 196, Heifers 112, Bulls 13)

Value Added and some Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $283.16/cwt on 32 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −180.98 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$283.16

32 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,564

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$513

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

$102.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.83

vs VA average

−25.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	301.20	1,667	25
Medium and Large 2	542	222.00	1,204	6thin
Medium and Large 3	580	199.00	1,154	1thin

One grade step is worth $102.20/cwt here — about $513 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

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 sale32 hd

283.16

—

VA average8 barns · 355 hd

294.99

−11.83

National average166 barns · 9,614 hd

308.61

−25.45

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−180.98

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

68 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	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	589	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,443	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,770	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	770	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,848	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,521	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,679	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	722	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,567	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,417	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,405	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	640	268.19/cwt	261.00–270.00	1,716	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,352	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,526	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,227	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,591	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	485	176.91/cwt	125.00–231.00	858	2
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	730	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	840	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	585	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,141	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	520	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	832	1
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	755	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,133	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,692	20
Heifers	Small 2	450–500	480	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	684	1
Steers	Small 2	450–500	465	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	244.31/cwt	237.00–245.00	1,366	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	520	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,570	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,364	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,294	4
Heifers	Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	940	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,154	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	650–700	668	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,349	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	550–600	590	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	745	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,370	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	899	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,337	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,490	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	546	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,305	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	715	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,594	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,057	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	650–700	672	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,539	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	246.28/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,167	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	797	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	942	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,257	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	761	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,598	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	655	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	598	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,226	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	892	218.21/cwt	208.00–219.25	1,946	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	778	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,400	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	692	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,695	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,091	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	668	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,703	14

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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