Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 131, Bulls 12)

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 $232.25/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −150.12 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$232.25

70 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$620

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

$111.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.38

vs VA average

−37.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	251.82	1,404	39
Medium and Large 2	554	243.22	1,347	16thin
Small 1	535	175.00	936	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	171.67	952	12thin
Medium and Large 3	500	170.00	850	1thin
Medium and Large 4	560	140.00	784	1thin

One grade step is worth $111.82/cwt here — about $620 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

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 sale70 hd

232.25

—

VA average9 barns · 504 hd

248.63

−16.38

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−37.75

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−150.12

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

54 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 1-2Value Added	600–650	643	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,788	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,382	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	268.97/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,868	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,420	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	254.29/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,210	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,523	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,753	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,526	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,485	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,027	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	803	1
Heifers	Small 2	200–250	238	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	393	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	410	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,005	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	385	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	693	1
Steers	Small 1	750–800	770	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	535	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	936	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	510	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	893	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	910	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,866	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1150–1200	1,198	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,037	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,499	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,427	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	335	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	335	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	550–600	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,160	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	238	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	393	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,017	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	574	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,033	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	528	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	845	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	598	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,047	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,097	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,546	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,222	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	243.77/cwt	175.00–249.00	1,355	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,233	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,504	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,699	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,769	13

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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