Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Dairy Steers 3, Heifers 123, Bulls 31)

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 $230.92/cwt on 71 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −151.45 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$230.92

71 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,279

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$916

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$160.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.71

vs VA average

−26.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	240.02	1,332	28
Medium and Large 1	556	231.30	1,287	33
Medium and Large 2	550	227.00	1,249	6thin
Small 1	532	200.00	1,064	3thin
Medium and Large 4	520	80.00	416	1thin

One grade step is worth $160.02/cwt here — about $916 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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

230.92

—

VA average11 barns · 747 hd

227.22

+3.71

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−26.89

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−151.45

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

54 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 1Value Added	800–850	816	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,877	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	555	240.02/cwt	227.00–243.00	1,332	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,205	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	716	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,661	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	913	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,461	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,221	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,469	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,338	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	909	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	579	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,187	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,326	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,105	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,231	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	400–450	415	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	598	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	525	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	845	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	972	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	856	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	606	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,515	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	965	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,172	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	226.92/cwt	170.00–246.00	1,232	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,424	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,448	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,203	4
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	640	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,418	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	520	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	416	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,425	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,277	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,130	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,289	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,492	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	183.01/cwt	175.00–185.00	1,422	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	532	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,064	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	693	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,393	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	200.13/cwt	180.00–210.00	1,329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,486	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,083	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,249	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	237.36/cwt	200.00–247.00	1,562	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	500	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,385	3

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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