Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 183, Heifers 193, Bulls 75)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $222.58/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −159.79 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$222.58

71 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,229

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$44.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.89

vs VA average

−17.51 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	229.79	1,285	43
Medium and Large 1-2	512	225.94	1,157	8thin
Medium and Large 2	548	222.72	1,220	11thin
Medium and Large 3	578	185.00	1,069	4thin
Small 1	547	185.00	1,012	5thin

One grade step is worth $44.79/cwt here — about $273 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

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 sale71 hd

222.58

—

VA average8 barns · 515 hd

228.47

−5.89

National average173 barns · 10,203 hd

240.09

−17.51

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−159.79

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

66 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	926	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,069	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	205.80/cwt	165.00–214.00	1,313	6
Steers	Small 1	400–450	440	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	902	3
Steers	Small 1	600–650	628	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,146	2
Steers	Small 1	500–550	548	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,288	2
Steers	Small 1	350–400	390	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,540	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,851	2
Steers	Small 2	300–350	323	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,357	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,702	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	247.01/cwt	225.00–268.00	1,304	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,629	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,485	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	833	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,295	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,526	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,310	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	475	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	855	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	484	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,379	17
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4Natural	350–400	397	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,008	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	566	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,268	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	1050–1100	1,070	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,348	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	650–700	683	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,127	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,405	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,256	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,410	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,457	1
Bulls	Small 2	500–550	515	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	990	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	510	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,097	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	574	203.59/cwt	160.00–218.00	1,169	4
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	488	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	830	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,475	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,488	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,029	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,287	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,031	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,205	14
Bulls	Small 2	450–500	470	137.50/cwt	125.00–150.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,483	35
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	453	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	915	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	730	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	675	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,553	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	512	225.94/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,157	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	751	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,652	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	223.87/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,240	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	229.79/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,285	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	758	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	892	4
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	547	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,012	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	802	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	698	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	217.55/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,131	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	650	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	943	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,157	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,032	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	350–400	350	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	543	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,119	3

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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