Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 327, Heifers 267, Bulls 31)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $294.93/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −169.21 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$294.93

115 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$944

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$152.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.09

vs VA average

−7.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	577	302.85	1,746	62
Medium and Large 1	561	300.50	1,686	31
Medium and Large 2	546	282.89	1,545	17thin
Medium and Large 3	530	255.00	1,352	1thin
Small 1	575	210.00	1,208	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	538	200.00	1,076	2thin
Medium and Large 4	535	150.00	803	1thin

One grade step is worth $152.85/cwt here — about $944 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 sale115 hd

294.93

—

VA average3 barns · 279 hd

288.83

+6.09

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

−7.98

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−169.21

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

89 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	650–700	678	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,664	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	928	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,218	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	485	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,387	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	582	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,542	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	1,686	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	690	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,725	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,426	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,007	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,900	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,789	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	589	303.54/cwt	301.00–307.00	1,788	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	507	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,491	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,534	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,356	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	986	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	306.58/cwt	280.00–312.00	1,429	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	258.24/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,425	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	260.44/cwt	190.00–270.00	1,253	8
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	450	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	855	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	320	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	276.91/cwt	276.00–277.00	1,814	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,515	20
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	430	173.45/cwt	170.00–175.00	746	3
Heifers	Small 2	250–300	290	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	160	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	380	202.05/cwt	200.00–204.00	768	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	518	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	932	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	360	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	774	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	540	162.38/cwt	150.00–175.00	877	2
Steers	Small 2	600–650	625	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,063	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	358	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	788	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	473	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	970	3
Steers	Small 1	800–850	815	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,467	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	575	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,208	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,524	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,534	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	744	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,934	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,008	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,268	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	985	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,226	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	450–500	490	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	809	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	400–450	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,082	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	550–600	555	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	650–700	660	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	495	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	500–550	525	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	750	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	350–400	370	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	448	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	515	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,232	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	535	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	803	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	800–850	840	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,890	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	935	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	957	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	450–500	456	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,190	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	313	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	783	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	229.37/cwt	190.00–243.00	1,239	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	253.19/cwt	235.00–254.00	1,403	24
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,212	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,352	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	429	232.80/cwt	190.00–250.00	999	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,369	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,033	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	538	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,076	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	600	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	864	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	245.60/cwt	192.50–260.00	1,152	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	865	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,903	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,506	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,272	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,153	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,063	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	708	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	684	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,963	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,728	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,169	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	282.89/cwt	281.00–283.00	1,545	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	252.78/cwt	190.00–269.00	1,595	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,165	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,514	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,448	3

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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