Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 191, Heifers 132, Bulls 6)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $273.71/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −190.43 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$273.71

35 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,512

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

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

$25.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.45

vs VA average

−28.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	279.44	1,553	27
Medium and Large 2	541	254.34	1,376	8thin

One grade step is worth $25.10/cwt here — about $177 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale35 hd

273.71

—

VA average8 barns · 449 hd

261.26

+12.45

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

−28.14

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−190.43

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

71 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 1	300–350	325	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	853	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,801	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,318	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1300–1350	1,330	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	2,048	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,778	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	610	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,600	5
Steers	Small 1	300–350	345	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	711	193.85/cwt	185.00–205.00	1,378	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	935	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	701	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	698	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,647	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,586	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	593	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,637	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	280.95/cwt	261.00–282.00	1,528	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	814	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,962	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	714	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,778	9
Steers	Medium and Large 4	950–1000	985	97.50/cwt	97.50–97.50	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	495	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	297	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,593	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	800–850	814	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,962	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	809	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,014	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	254.34/cwt	205.00–261.00	1,376	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	752	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,842	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	847	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,254	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,101	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	700–750	720	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	684	2
Bulls	Small 2	450–500	478	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	240.83/cwt	220.00–246.00	1,288	9
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	770	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	263.08/cwt	222.50–270.00	1,279	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	219.32/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,371	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	455	142.86/cwt	125.00–175.00	650	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1300–1350	1,345	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,749	1
Bulls	Small 1	850–900	885	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,155	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	221.45/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,439	22
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	565	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,088	4
Heifers	Small 1	250–300	280	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,385	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	575	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	229.79/cwt	220.00–231.00	1,101	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,529	6
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	500	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,298	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	728	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	463	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,281	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	750–800	750	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,053	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	895	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,015	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,502	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	550–600	590	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	413	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	221.02/cwt	190.00–225.00	1,220	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,131	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,378	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	207.56/cwt	205.00–210.00	691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	725	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,523	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	604	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,347	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,008	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,588	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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