Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 103, Bulls 36)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.50/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −129.87 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$252.50

33 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,382

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

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

$11.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.50

vs VA average

−23.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	256.41	1,407	16thin
Medium and Large 2	539	250.92	1,352	11thin
Medium and Large 3	558	245.00	1,367	6thin

One grade step is worth $11.41/cwt here — about $40 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 sale33 hd

252.50

—

VA average9 barns · 447 hd

254.00

−1.50

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−23.96

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−129.87

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

55 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 1-2	350–400	378	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,108	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,633	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,499	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,804	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,513	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,131	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,488	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	600	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,140	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,412	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,796	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,413	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,517	10
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	535	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,102	3
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,186	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	430	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,226	1
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	763	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,297	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	650	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,170	1
Steers	Small 1	850–900	850	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	665	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	261.77/cwt	220.00–272.50	1,510	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	809	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,788	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	611	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,772	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,671	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,820	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,298	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,367	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,215	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,401	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	250.92/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,352	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	305	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	712	189.89/cwt	170.00–200.00	1,352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	418	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,246	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	825	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,616	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	225.95/cwt	210.00–234.00	1,819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,303	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	875	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,336	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	339.97/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,302	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,276	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,110	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,237	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,569	6

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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