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Appalachian Regional Stockyard - Wytheville

Feeder Cattle · Wytheville, Virginia · Thu, Aug 13
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2181
← Apr 9Aug 13latest
Receipts
2,117 head
▲ 840 vs last sale 1,277▲ 2,117 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Cattle (Steers 971, Heifers 1146)

All cattle Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $384.35/cwt on 221 head, down $74.32 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits −37.16 against this barn's trailing median of $421.51.
Average price
$384.35
▼ 74.32 vs prior sale
221 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,094
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$216
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$46.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.19
vs VA average
+17.70 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537388.942,09035
Medium and Large 1-2546385.072,103179
Medium and Large 2-3547342.861,8747thin
One grade step is worth $46.08/cwt here — about $216 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale221 hd
384.35
—
VA average9 barns · 472 hd
378.16
+6.19
National average163 barns · 7,070 hd
366.65
+17.70
This barn, trailing median2 sales
421.51
−37.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

63 lots · USDA AMS · Appalachian Regional Stockyard, LLC. Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Wytheville, VA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9184
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422481.17/cwt477.00–505.002,03128
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485476.81/cwt465.00–479.002,31313
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488467.39/cwt461.00–472.502,28166
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3530387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,0543
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532426.21/cwt400.00–450.002,26746
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574408.98/cwt375.00–430.002,34840
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2579407.64/cwt376.00–432.502,36064
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2610410.05/cwt380.00–422.002,501136
Steers600–650Medium 1-2Fleshy618349.00/cwt349.00–349.002,1573
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1645368.31/cwt365.00–375.002,37615
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2648340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,2039
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3652315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0547
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy673321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,1602
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680359.00/cwt348.00–375.002,44145
Steers650–700Medium and Large 3688315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,1672
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690361.47/cwt329.00–372.002,49471
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy698332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,3213
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2719365.55/cwt344.00–371.002,628125
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy728323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,3513
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736358.11/cwt334.00–364.502,63664
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2763330.71/cwt330.00–331.002,5237
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766336.52/cwt336.00–337.002,57825
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3785310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,4344
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy806315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,5395
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2809336.03/cwt327.00–338.002,71845
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1832330.63/cwt328.00–339.002,75120
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,8244
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2899308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,7695
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2901301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,7128
Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3918272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,5024
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2965477.50/cwt477.50–477.504,6082
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,004281.00/cwt281.00–281.002,8214
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3358367.50/cwt367.50–367.501,3163
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2383417.50/cwt417.50–417.501,5993
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8408
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433420.51/cwt410.00–427.501,82125
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1451407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,8385
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2475420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,99530
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2-3518387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,0072
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522389.97/cwt370.00–415.002,03674
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525395.88/cwt395.00–396.002,07826
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3558325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8145
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2563381.62/cwt344.50–389.502,149105
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1570380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,1667
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy585330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,9312
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3608317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,9302
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613347.57/cwt337.50–357.002,13180
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,9692
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631338.94/cwt320.00–350.002,13913
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1673332.57/cwt327.50–340.502,23845
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2673308.00/cwt308.00–308.002,0735
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2677342.51/cwt322.00–347.002,319175
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy696317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,2064
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1711320.49/cwt318.00–323.002,2798
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718324.65/cwt316.00–327.002,33199
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2742257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,9079
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771321.14/cwt314.50–324.502,476303
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1772324.50/cwt324.50–324.502,5055
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy793300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,3792
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2803311.71/cwt300.00–315.002,50378
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835299.00/cwt299.00–299.002,4972
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1858298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,55710

This sale against other markets

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.