Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 933, Heifers 636, Bulls 34)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.94/cwt on 298 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −153.20 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$310.94

298 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,735

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$610

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$131.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.47

vs VA average

+1.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	324.21	1,707	43
Medium and Large 1	566	313.50	1,773	221
Small 1	556	292.50	1,626	9thin
Medium and Large 2	545	280.87	1,532	22
Medium and Large 4	510	240.00	1,224	1thin
Medium and Large 3	570	192.50	1,097	2thin

One grade step is worth $131.71/cwt here — about $610 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale298 hd

310.94

—

VA average8 barns · 701 hd

309.47

+1.47

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+1.78

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−153.20

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

95 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 1-2Value Added	750–800	760	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,680	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,722	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	448	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,366	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,438	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	688	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,892	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	515	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,339	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	730	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,942	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	326.46/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,580	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,842	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	622	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,916	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	483	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,135	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,778	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	310.89/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,766	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	257.63/cwt	243.00–260.00	1,917	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,677	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	569	319.54/cwt	316.00–325.00	1,818	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,098	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,525	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	229.63/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,685	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,890	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	257.58/cwt	248.00–260.48	1,646	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	300.78/cwt	275.00–302.00	1,895	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	280.22/cwt	229.00–287.00	1,880	156
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	765	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,358	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	339	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	864	4
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	618	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,224	4
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	590	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,251	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	267.99/cwt	215.00–276.00	1,490	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	297.79/cwt	271.00–300.00	1,388	57
Steers	Small 1	550–600	556	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,626	9
Heifers	Small 2	250–300	288	209.74/cwt	200.00–220.00	604	2
Steers	Small 1	300–350	345	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	845	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	460	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,242	9
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	540	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	918	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	568	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,278	6
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,134	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	368	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,086	3
Steers	Small 1	600–650	645	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,693	11
Steers	Small 1	750–800	754	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,704	5
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	449	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	541	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,758	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	585	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,492	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	629	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,824	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,585	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,466	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	350–400	380	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	250–300	255	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	421	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,234	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	478	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	956	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	543	251.83/cwt	232.00–255.00	1,367	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	450–500	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	595	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,131	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	293.54/cwt	202.00–307.00	1,306	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	250–300	270	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	648	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	325	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	468	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,135	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,230	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,501	24
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	410	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	510	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	246.86/cwt	220.00–260.00	1,140	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	192.50/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,097	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,378	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	350–400	372	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,004	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	217.36/cwt	215.00–220.00	804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	349	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,061	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	202.52/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,224	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	278.25/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,222	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,395	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	412	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,339	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	294.74/cwt	245.00–307.00	1,253	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,545	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	460	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	966	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	597	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,540	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,219	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	869	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,332	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	502	329.09/cwt	316.00–336.00	1,652	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	625	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	598	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,854	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,160	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	265.32/cwt	260.00–266.00	1,738	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	286.15/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,560	21

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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