Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 151, Heifers 137, Bulls 21)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $263.44/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −200.70 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$263.44

29 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,487

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$735

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 2

$124.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.93

vs VA average

−45.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	279.53	1,588	22
Medium and Large 2	570	261.00	1,488	1thin
Medium and Large 3	533	238.00	1,269	3thin
Small 1	580	195.00	1,131	1thin
Medium and Large 4	575	165.00	949	1thin
Small 2	550	155.00	853	1thin

One grade step is worth $124.53/cwt here — about $735 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 sale29 hd

263.44

—

VA average10 barns · 431 hd

281.37

−17.93

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

−45.82

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−200.70

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	550–600	560	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	357	223.75/cwt	215.00–226.00	799	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,345	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,051	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,864	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	675	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,148	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	818	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,156	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	455	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	550–600	575	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,701	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	244.06/cwt	238.00–245.00	1,850	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,015	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	460	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	874	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	647	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,727	8
Steers	Small 1	550–600	580	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	995	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	814	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,954	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	796	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	1,914	39
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	600–650	630	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	915	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,196	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,282	5
Steers	Small 2	550–600	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,051	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,269	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	256.92/cwt	251.00–260.00	1,238	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,242	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,226	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	493	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,094	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	415	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	797	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	214.98/cwt	214.00–218.00	1,333	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	836	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	515	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,109	3
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	580	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,102	3
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	425	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,490	12
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	662	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	944	10
Heifers	Small 1	200–250	205	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	477	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,045	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Small 2	250–300	295	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	354	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	652	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,239	3
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	760	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,026	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,367	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	206.14/cwt	180.00–220.00	1,051	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,016	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,449	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	215.02/cwt	213.00–217.00	989	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	999	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	189.80/cwt	180.00–200.00	1,182	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	799	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	673	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,514	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	425	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	228.69/cwt	221.00–229.00	1,249	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,437	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	450–500	487	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	950	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	273	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	546	2
Steers	Small 1	800–850	825	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	279.53/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,588	22

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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