Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2024-08-13

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 13
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
146 head
83 vs last sale 229 229 vs year ago 375 · 61.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 88, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.46/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits 134.92 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.
Average price
$247.46
31 head · 546 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,350
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$658
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 2
$104.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.57
vs VA average
4.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2558259.001,4456thin
Medium and Large 2-3532253.601,35010thin
Medium and Large 1556251.631,39913thin
Small 2508155.007872thin
One grade step is worth $104.00/cwt here — about $658 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

26 sales
438395353310median 382.3701/0603/1004/2806/2308/18
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.23, low $323.92, median $382.37 across 26 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 sale31 hd
247.46
VA average7 barns · 310 hd
248.03
−0.57
National average159 barns · 7,784 hd
251.94
−4.48
This barn, trailing median26 sales
382.37
−134.92
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

39 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1-2750–800793173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,3722
BullsSmall 1550–600550145.00/cwt145.00–145.007981
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550545187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,0191
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550510231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1781
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850845216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,8251
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750732240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7573
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added650–700672271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,8213
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950900192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,7281
SteersMedium and Large 3450–500455218.00/cwt218.00–218.009922
SteersMedium and Large 3500–55050550.00/cwt50.00–50.002531
SteersMedium and Large 3650–70065580.00/cwt80.00–80.005241
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550541289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,5634
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural800–850822235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9323
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural700–750736251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,84710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650632277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,7515
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600558259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4456
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added550–600555256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,4214
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added500–550517252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3036
SteersSmall 1450–500468218.34/cwt195.00–240.001,0222
SteersSmall 1500–550548220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2062
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added500–550500291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,4555
HeifersSmall 2500–550508155.00/cwt155.00–155.007872
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750746249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8585
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650644241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5527
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600595265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5773
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,2621
SteersMedium and Large 2700–750713240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7112
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500488253.78/cwt249.00–255.001,2385
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750720211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5191
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450435250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0883
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added600–650610258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,5745
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700665274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,8225
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural550–600586291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,7054
HeifersMedium and Large 2650–700660235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5513
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600560253.35/cwt246.00–254.001,41912
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500474254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2046
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650640155.00/cwt155.00–155.009921
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural650–700674249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6788
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural700–750745243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,8109

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.