Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 159, Heifers 79, Bulls 20)

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 $305.95/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −158.18 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$305.95

33 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$467

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

$79.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.86

vs VA average

−18.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	312.00	1,688	22
Medium and Large 1-2	557	300.00	1,671	10thin
Medium and Large 3	525	232.50	1,221	1thin

One grade step is worth $79.50/cwt here — about $467 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale33 hd

305.95

—

VA average7 barns · 272 hd

295.09

+10.86

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

−18.40

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−158.18

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

52 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 2	450–500	490	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,497	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	825	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,832	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	900–950	940	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,209	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1300–1350	1,343	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,619	37
Steers	Medium and Large 3Fancy	500–550	525	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	192.48/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,299	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,685	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1150–1200	1,156	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,514	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1400–1450	1,420	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,539	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	223.63/cwt	180.00–255.00	1,387	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	557	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,671	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,943	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	782	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,877	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	973	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,131	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	500–550	505	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	918	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,632	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,486	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,796	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,135	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,533	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	300	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,523	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,368	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,136	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,172	3
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	315	130.08/cwt	125.00–135.00	410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	248.83/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,411	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	405	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	488	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,532	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	541	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,688	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	259.22/cwt	259.00–261.00	1,234	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	903	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,309	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	880	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	935	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,739	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	820	1

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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