Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 32, Heifers 63, Bulls 37)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $221.36/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −161.01 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$221.36

21 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,225

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$132

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$37.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.02

vs VA average

−25.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	553	225.00	1,244	4thin
Medium and Large 1	548	224.90	1,233	15thin
Small 1	593	187.50	1,112	2thin

One grade step is worth $37.50/cwt here — about $132 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 sale21 hd

221.36

—

VA average7 barns · 233 hd

226.38

−5.02

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−25.42

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−161.01

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

35 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	400–450	400	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	880	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,473	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	260	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	572	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	400–450	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,297	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	737	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,791	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,609	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,103	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	263.57/cwt	250.00–269.00	1,489	7
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	593	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,112	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	355	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	657	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	362	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	854	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,450	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,271	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,244	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	717	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,577	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,104	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,391	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,009	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	849	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,051	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	448	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,012	5
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	455	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	198.28/cwt	170.00–226.00	1,001	2

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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