Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 112, Heifers 72, Bulls 12)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $283.89/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −180.25 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$283.89

30 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$718

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$119.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.07

vs VA average

−15.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	306.84	1,749	19thin
Medium and Large 3	586	262.50	1,538	4thin
Medium and Large 2	520	250.81	1,304	5thin
Medium and Large 4	500	195.00	975	1thin
Small 1	550	187.50	1,031	1thin

One grade step is worth $119.34/cwt here — about $718 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 sale30 hd

283.89

—

VA average7 barns · 321 hd

292.96

−9.07

National average149 barns · 7,793 hd

299.42

−15.54

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−180.25

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

49 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	Small 1	600–650	625	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,359	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	550	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,031	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	830	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	545	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,226	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,433	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,246	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,632	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	880	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,068	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,256	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,508	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,746	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	243.29/cwt	210.00–275.00	1,508	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	16
Steers	Small 1	450–500	490	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,902	35
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	660	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,507	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,662	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	500–550	515	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	901	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	450–500	455	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	956	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	395	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,027	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	481	235.25/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,132	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,176	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	250–300	290	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,371	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	586	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,538	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,445	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	957	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	500	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	234.04/cwt	200.00–245.00	1,503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,288	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	724	236.71/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,714	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	250.81/cwt	222.50–290.00	1,304	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,541	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,416	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,214	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,280	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	258.27/cwt	230.00–261.00	1,444	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,944	10

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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