Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-07-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 149, Heifers 101, Bulls 18)

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 $294.92/cwt on 102 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −169.21 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$294.92

102 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,647

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$723

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

$129.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.69

vs VA average

+3.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	563	304.03	1,712	70
Medium and Large 1	549	293.08	1,610	12thin
Medium and Large 2	551	281.00	1,548	13thin
Small 1	541	242.50	1,312	6thin
Medium and Large 3	565	175.00	989	1thin

One grade step is worth $129.03/cwt here — about $723 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 sale102 hd

294.92

—

VA average11 barns · 568 hd

281.23

+13.69

National average156 barns · 5,844 hd

291.09

+3.83

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

47 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	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	638	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,633	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	893	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,357	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,485	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,151	1
Steers	Small 1Natural	500–550	535	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,552	3
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	565	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,074	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	440	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	792	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	735	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,595	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	547	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,067	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,762	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	185.15/cwt	160.00–210.00	1,555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,865	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,515	3
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	550	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,439	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,206	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	584	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,548	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	718	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,874	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	488	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,342	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,549	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,485	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	435	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	285.50/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,213	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,548	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,093	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	779	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,107	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	538	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,668	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,265	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	576	300.92/cwt	300.00–302.00	1,733	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	248.83/cwt	188.00–255.00	1,376	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,695	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	875	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,634	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	430	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,312	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	218.05/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,592	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,106	4

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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