Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 275, Heifers 179, Bulls 14)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $272.13/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −192.01 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$272.13

80 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,506

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$461

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$81.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.46

vs VA average

+3.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	281.07	1,571	41
Medium and Large 1-2	544	273.25	1,487	28
Medium and Large 2	557	249.38	1,389	8thin
Small 1	555	200.00	1,110	3thin

One grade step is worth $81.07/cwt here — about $461 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale80 hd

272.13

—

VA average8 barns · 486 hd

267.66

+4.46

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+3.93

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−192.01

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

77 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	Small 1	550–600	555	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,110	3
Steers	Small 1	800–850	800	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	221.43/cwt	165.00–231.00	1,614	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,680	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,459	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,211	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	663	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,326	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,582	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	882	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	250–300	263	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	579	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,388	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	964	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	607	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,621	15
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	665	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,762	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	645	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	806	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,526	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	547	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,499	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	883	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	750	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,688	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	703	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,652	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	676	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,717	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	731	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,718	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	816	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,795	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	613	267.25/cwt	267.25–267.25	1,638	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	532	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,500	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	656	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,732	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,044	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,339	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,099	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,321	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,398	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,570	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,204	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	635	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	984	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,183	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,022	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,355	6
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	545	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	927	2
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	568	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,335	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,154	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	233.88/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,319	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	884	5
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	695	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	749	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	456	164.73/cwt	100.00–187.50	751	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	339	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,281	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	233.88/cwt	233.00–234.00	1,118	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,328	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	756	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,588	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,036	1
Heifers	Small 2	450–500	470	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	470	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	4
Steers	Small 1	600–650	640	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	470	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	823	1
Steers	Large 1-2	850–900	880	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	653	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,450	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	699	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,503	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	217.96/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,423	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	202.98/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,746	5

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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