Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 281, Heifers 181, Bulls 43)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are a mix of Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $268.90/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −195.24 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$268.90

92 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,475

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$225

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

$44.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.66

vs VA average

+2.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	538	279.92	1,506	39
Medium and Large 1	563	273.59	1,539	27
Small 1	552	250.95	1,386	10thin
Medium and Large 2	549	248.80	1,366	12thin
Medium and Large 3	545	235.00	1,281	4thin

One grade step is worth $44.92/cwt here — about $225 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale92 hd

268.90

—

VA average9 barns · 657 hd

268.24

+0.66

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

+2.26

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−195.24

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

90 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 1-2Natural	750–800	760	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,854	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	531	281.54/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,495	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	601	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,412	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,191	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	292.21/cwt	280.00–294.00	1,370	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,571	23
Steers	Small 1	500–550	518	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,347	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	478	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,076	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	260.57/cwt	190.00–275.00	1,266	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,290	1
Steers	Small 2	700–750	705	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,093	1
Steers	Small 2	450–500	475	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	855	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,642	20
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	986	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	251.95/cwt	227.50–255.00	1,388	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	600–650	623	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,489	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,627	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	748	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	600–650	640	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,024	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,915	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,281	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	723	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,609	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	400–450	442	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,198	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	650–700	690	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	904	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,971	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,561	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	720	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,512	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	555	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,304	2
Dairy Steers	Large 4	450–500	475	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	594	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,347	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	663	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,691	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	617	264.10/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,629	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	621	243.40/cwt	234.00–265.00	1,512	31
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	350–400	389	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	848	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	350–400	360	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	612	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	650–700	680	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	952	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	550–600	585	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	214.68/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,241	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,492	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,477	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,127	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	740	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,290	2
Bulls	Small 2	300–350	315	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	583	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	825	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,155	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	466	189.46/cwt	185.00–190.00	883	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,316	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	450–500	485	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	655	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	450	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	878	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	405	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	729	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	456	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,145	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,145	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,046	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,015	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,134	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	230.19/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,296	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,814	15
Steers	Small 1	650–700	680	199.23/cwt	165.00–235.00	1,355	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	561	248.69/cwt	190.00–257.50	1,395	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	305	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	350–400	370	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	430	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	608	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	541	167.33/cwt	155.00–180.00	905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	553	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,327	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	546	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,234	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,137	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	199.96/cwt	175.00–215.00	1,106	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,035	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	204.66/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,517	9
Heifers	Small 1-2	450–500	480	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	919	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	214.98/cwt	205.00–217.00	1,367	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	209.92/cwt	207.50–210.00	1,356	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	273	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	612	4
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	505	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	884	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	620	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	899	1

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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