Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 78, 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 $294.44/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −169.70 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$294.44

53 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

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

$11.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.39

vs VA average

−15.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	295.53	1,682	48
Medium and Large 2	588	284.00	1,670	5thin

One grade step is worth $11.53/cwt here — about $12 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 sale53 hd

294.44

—

VA average9 barns · 470 hd

295.83

−1.39

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−15.27

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−169.70

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

43 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	186.75/cwt	145.00–230.00	790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,333	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,533	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	266.51/cwt	263.00–268.00	1,762	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	227.20/cwt	208.00–231.00	1,511	6
Steers	Small 1	450–500	460	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	249.52/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,133	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,271	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	568	295.66/cwt	295.00–296.00	1,679	24
Bulls	Small 1	800–850	830	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	913	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	445	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,019	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	620	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	709	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,808	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,376	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,306	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	700–750	704	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,816	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,434	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	223.12/cwt	170.00–237.00	1,691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	658	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,777	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	295.40/cwt	287.00–298.00	1,684	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	415	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	138.71/cwt	135.00–140.00	920	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	595	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,511	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	587	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,494	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	200–250	215	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	650–700	693	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,559	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,247	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	350–400	390	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	250–300	270	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	200–250	230	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	248.28/cwt	246.00–249.00	1,343	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	450–500	499	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,095	3

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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