Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 163, Bulls 27)

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 $210.35/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −172.02 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$210.35

54 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,177

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$842

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3-4

$138.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.04

vs VA average

−54.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	233.88	1,327	25
Medium and Large 2	566	232.00	1,313	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	571	228.00	1,302	4thin
Medium and Large 3	550	215.00	1,183	2thin
Small 1	561	189.00	1,060	8thin
Medium and Large 3-4	511	95.00	485	6thin

One grade step is worth $138.88/cwt here — about $842 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

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 sale54 hd

210.35

—

VA average8 barns · 421 hd

218.39

−8.04

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−54.75

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−172.02

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

69 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	436	244.72/cwt	238.00–247.00	1,067	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	227.60/cwt	200.00–236.00	1,655	6
Steers	Small 1	500–550	540	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,053	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,159	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,162	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	498	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,365	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	935	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,643	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	717	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,757	14
Heifers	Small 2	450–500	485	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	950	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	228.51/cwt	224.00–233.00	1,858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	248.90/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,643	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	273.07/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,543	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	199.52/cwt	170.00–230.00	1,237	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	739	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,848	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,469	4
Steers	Small 1	450–500	488	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,220	2
Steers	Small 1	800–850	815	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,426	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	238.83/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,813	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	281.93/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,294	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,329	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,341	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	242.97/cwt	231.00–246.00	1,370	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,239	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,441	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	960	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	648	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,361	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	593	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,352	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4Value Added	500–550	511	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	485	6
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	450	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	878	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	945	1
Bulls	Small 2	450–500	460	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,388	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	372	156.30/cwt	130.00–165.00	581	4
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	561	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,060	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	957	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,317	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	252.49/cwt	220.00–268.00	1,093	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,183	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,318	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	936	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	338	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	828	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	692	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,176	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	181.98/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,383	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	222.79/cwt	222.00–223.00	1,468	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	625	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,481	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	701	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,577	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,302	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,313	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,395	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,156	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,110	147.38/cwt	127.00–157.50	1,636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	726	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,786	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,578	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	436	214.45/cwt	197.50–220.00	935	4

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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