Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-06-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 168, Heifers 93, Bulls 30)

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 $258.89/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −205.25 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$258.89

33 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,428

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$851

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

$127.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.38

vs VA average

−40.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	579	294.67	1,707	9thin
Medium and Large 1	547	284.14	1,556	13thin
Small 1	543	220.00	1,195	6thin
Medium and Large 3	565	207.50	1,172	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	511	167.50	856	4thin

One grade step is worth $127.17/cwt here — about $851 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale33 hd

258.89

—

VA average5 barns · 236 hd

284.27

−25.38

National average143 barns · 6,512 hd

299.26

−40.37

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−205.25

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

67 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 2-3Value Added	700–750	707	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,516	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	250.20/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,826	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,058	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	255.20/cwt	170.00–269.00	1,621	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	700	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,932	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	468	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,296	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,538	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,391	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	278.02/cwt	273.00–279.00	1,840	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	601	287.61/cwt	285.00–288.00	1,729	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,565	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	320	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	736	1
Steers	Small 1	750–800	765	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,459	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	284.74/cwt	212.50–299.00	1,555	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	972	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	249.62/cwt	192.50–267.50	1,206	4
Steers	Small 1	650–700	660	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,485	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	467	205.72/cwt	175.00–222.50	961	3
Steers	Small 1	600–650	645	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,064	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	470	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	905	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	543	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,195	6
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	630	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,213	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	573	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	678	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,831	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,556	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,468	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,326	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,474	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,626	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	257.43/cwt	254.00–260.00	1,200	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,196	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	588	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,430	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,183	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,031	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	644	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	934	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,482	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,172	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	450–500	465	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	884	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,433	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	810	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	350–400	360	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	756	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	511	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	856	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	950–1000	975	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	400–450	447	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	972	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	313	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	657	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	790	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	611	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,098	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	787	1

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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