Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 79, Heifers 76, Bulls 29)

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 $321.71/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −142.42 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$321.71

55 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,695

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+22.49

vs VA average

−4.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	321.71	1,695	55

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale55 hd

321.71

—

VA average8 barns · 345 hd

299.23

+22.49

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

−4.92

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−142.42

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

41 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,372	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,030	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,040	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	900–950	905	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	980	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,176	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,771	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	658	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,888	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,541	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	400	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,264	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	524	324.54/cwt	324.00–325.00	1,701	45
Steers	Small 1	750–800	795	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,827	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,258	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,669	10
Heifers	Small 1	800–850	805	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	561	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,464	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	350–400	381	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,025	5
Heifers	Small 2	600–650	600	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,408	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,443	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	466	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,240	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,856	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	528	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,016	3
Heifers	Small 1	200–250	230	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	650–700	650	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,535	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,312	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,474	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,570	4
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	505	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	859	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	560	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	851	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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