Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 117, Heifers 206, Bulls 44)

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 $233.69/cwt on 43 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −148.69 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$233.69

43 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,294

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$14.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.89

vs VA average

−25.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	236.68	1,325	26
Medium and Large 2	544	230.53	1,254	14thin
Small 1	543	222.50	1,208	3thin

One grade step is worth $14.18/cwt here — about $117 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 sale43 hd

233.69

—

VA average8 barns · 561 hd

223.80

+9.89

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−25.94

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−148.69

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

68 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 3	500–550	535	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,090	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,525	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	224.74/cwt	223.00–225.00	1,452	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	219.34/cwt	218.00–222.00	1,445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	165	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	231	1
Steers	Small 1	250–300	265	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	663	1
Steers	Small 1	300–350	315	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	230.83/cwt	225.00–233.00	1,004	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	230.53/cwt	224.00–231.00	1,254	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	681	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,709	53
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,033	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,760	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	445	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	757	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,531	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,564	22
Steers	Small 1	600–650	640	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,433	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	425	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	910	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,363	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	287	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	861	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,562	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	976	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,196	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1150–1200	1,185	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,275	2
Steers	Small 1	500–550	544	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,115	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,279	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,469	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	250–300	285	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	450–500	450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,286	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,005	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	922	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,293	3
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	530	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,087	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	378	264.90/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,001	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,251	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,032	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	607	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,396	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	624	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,404	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	649	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,441	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,155	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	221.06/cwt	180.00–235.00	1,222	4
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	324	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	680	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	543	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,208	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	221.28/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,025	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	359	181.13/cwt	170.00–185.00	650	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	895	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	665	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	338	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	788	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,571	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	207.36/cwt	200.00–215.00	846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,147	8
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	477	215.07/cwt	200.00–218.00	1,026	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	150–200	180	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	236.68/cwt	229.00–237.00	1,325	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	232.83/cwt	226.00–235.00	1,099	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	895	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,019	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,793	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,608	6

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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