Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 107, Bulls 19)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $228.05/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −154.32 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$228.05

38 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$39.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.83

vs VA average

−13.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	245.00	1,365	5thin
Medium and Large 1	565	242.00	1,367	16thin
Medium and Large 2	571	210.79	1,203	14thin
Medium and Large 3	548	206.00	1,129	3thin

One grade step is worth $39.00/cwt here — about $236 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale38 hd

228.05

—

VA average7 barns · 390 hd

235.88

−7.83

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

−13.83

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−154.32

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

55 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	750–800	760	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	589	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,178	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	278.99/cwt	261.00–282.00	1,306	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	187.43/cwt	185.00–190.00	984	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	229.60/cwt	217.00–255.00	1,545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	222.65/cwt	222.00–224.00	1,857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,342	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,553	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,805	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	263.61/cwt	261.00–271.00	1,223	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,542	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	895	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,969	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	350–400	390	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	926	3
Steers	Medium and Large 4	550–600	575	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	949	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	515	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	953	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	680	260.69/cwt	257.00–264.00	1,773	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,529	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	534	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,501	7
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,440	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	350	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	665	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	183.53/cwt	115.00–215.00	875	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,064	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,151	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,383	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,340	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	236.71/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,052	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,367	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	806	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,476	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,537	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,145	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	222.95/cwt	205.00–226.00	1,063	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,384	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	557	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,365	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	936	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	904	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,989	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	850	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,291	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,129	3
Steers	Small 1	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	1
Heifers	Small 2	200–250	230	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	230	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,661	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	631	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,420	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	675	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,451	7

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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