Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 211, Heifers 157, Bulls 27)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned, mostly Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $254.84/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −209.30 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$254.84

16 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,420

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$999

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

$170.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.58

vs VA average

−45.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	571	280.00	1,599	8thin
Medium and Large 2	532	276.00	1,468	5thin
Small 1	570	173.75	990	2thin
Medium and Large 3	545	110.00	600	1thin

One grade step is worth $170.00/cwt here — about $999 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

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 sale16 hd

254.84

—

VA average10 barns · 468 hd

264.42

−9.58

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−45.85

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−209.30

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

75 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 2	600–650	648	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1250–1300	1,250	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,781	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,028	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,778	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	519	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,329	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,599	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,798	7
Steers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	320	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	608	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	767	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,649	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	1
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	795	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	808	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,899	6
Steers	Small 1	650–700	665	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,330	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,468	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	756	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,860	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4Value Added	600–650	611	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,448	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	650–700	680	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,605	3
Steers	Small 1	700–750	720	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,404	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	570	173.75/cwt	150.00–197.50	990	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	465	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,116	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	724	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,781	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	655	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,742	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	948	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,304	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	960	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,218	24
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	250	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	647	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,715	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	732	251.94/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,844	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,419	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,182	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,510	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,573	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	655	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	884	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,375	9
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	560	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,204	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	150–200	150	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	210	1
Heifers	Small 2	350–400	350	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	715	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	769	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	287.18/cwt	272.00–291.00	985	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,480	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	971	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	923	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,137	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,584	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	520	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	642	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,547	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	947	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,705	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	811	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	211.73/cwt	175.00–219.00	1,143	6
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	575	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,179	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	758	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,531	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1150–1200	1,185	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,240	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	718	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,601	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	658	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,493	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	227.51/cwt	224.00–228.00	1,283	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	252.78/cwt	241.00–254.00	1,704	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	998	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,136	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	229.66/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,660	2
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	650–700	688	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	590	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,446	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,398	3
Steers	Small 1	350–400	375	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,059	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,736	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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