Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 207, Heifers 124, Bulls 68)

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $301.87/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −162.27 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$301.87

97 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,722

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$407

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

$73.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.38

vs VA average

+1.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	308.00	1,676	11thin
Medium and Large 1	575	304.44	1,750	80
Medium and Large 2	570	267.09	1,522	4thin
Small 1	540	235.00	1,269	2thin

One grade step is worth $73.00/cwt here — about $407 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

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 sale97 hd

301.87

—

VA average9 barns · 603 hd

296.49

+5.38

National average144 barns · 7,865 hd

300.66

+1.21

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−162.27

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

51 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	Small 1	450–500	473	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	899	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	690	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,449	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	373	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	877	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,296	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,474	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,611	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,487	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	274.38/cwt	220.00–277.00	1,762	21
Steers	Small 1	350–400	355	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	994	1
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	785	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,138	1
Steers	Small 2	700–750	745	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	894	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	563	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,351	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	480	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	936	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	540	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,269	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	189.04/cwt	165.00–214.00	1,002	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	286.13/cwt	220.00–295.00	1,894	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	271.40/cwt	254.00–275.00	1,303	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	248.77/cwt	220.00–250.00	1,585	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,669	14
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	315.34/cwt	308.00–321.00	1,492	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,064	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,009	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	635	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	600–650	640	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,184	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	450–500	488	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,122	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	438	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,051	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	267.09/cwt	257.00–277.00	1,522	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	288.93/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,222	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	588	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	260.33/cwt	215.00–283.00	1,211	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,135	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	263.44/cwt	256.00–264.00	1,441	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,237	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	223.85/cwt	155.00–246.00	1,392	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,224	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,860	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,134	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,676	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	902	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,930	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,757	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	307.40/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,771	78

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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