Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 113, Bulls 20)

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $240.73/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −141.65 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$240.73

34 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,353

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$536

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

$99.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.57

vs VA average

−3.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	249.95	1,398	21
Medium and Large 2	567	241.57	1,370	10thin
Small 1	560	185.00	1,036	2thin
Medium and Large 3	575	150.00	863	1thin

One grade step is worth $99.95/cwt here — about $536 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

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 sale34 hd

240.73

—

VA average9 barns · 447 hd

244.30

−3.57

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−3.68

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−141.65

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

58 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	750–800	770	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,230	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,227	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,167	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	997	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	735	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	850–900	860	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,204	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	460	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	805	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	420	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	756	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	343	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	635	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	271.38/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,805	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	247.25/cwt	241.00–253.00	1,169	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	972	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	568	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	703	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,800	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,723	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	478	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,224	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	170.00/cwt	150.00–190.00	731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,426	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	781	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,228	5
Steers	Small 1	450–500	483	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,026	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,637	13
Steers	Small 2	250–300	250	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,745	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	239.23/cwt	215.00–244.00	1,758	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,470	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,559	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	500–550	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	300–350	300	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	570	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	345	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	604	1
Heifers	Small 1	200–250	235	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	294	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,073	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	866	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,187	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,413	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	241.57/cwt	225.00–246.00	1,370	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,519	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	450–500	455	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	435	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	729	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,677	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	634	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,509	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	863	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,208	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,553	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	577	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,708	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	865	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	370	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	666	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	560	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,036	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	453	191.43/cwt	160.00–198.00	867	6

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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