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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2019-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-01

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Thu, Aug 1

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

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Receipts

736 head

▲ 587 vs last sale 149▲ 736 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Central Virginia Cattlemen Association

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 475, Heifers 261)

All Cattle Virginia Quality Assured (VQA)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated,

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.25/cwt on 475 head.

Average price

$147.25

475 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$935

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$35

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$8.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.53

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	150.76	855	93
Medium and Large 1	669	147.25	985	310
Medium and Large 2	575	142.75	821	72

One grade step is worth $8.01/cwt here — about $35 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale475 hd

147.25

—

VA average7 barns · 1,278 hd

138.72

+8.53

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

26 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	469	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	680	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	473	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	695	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	481	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	707	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	512	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	691	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	557	155.27/cwt	155.00–155.50	865	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	568	147.06/cwt	131.00–148.50	835	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	580	151.52/cwt	124.00–154.00	879	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	629	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	906	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	642	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	889	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	659	130.95/cwt	114.00–138.00	863	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	663	150.59/cwt	116.00–151.50	998	79
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	671	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,013	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	743	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,070	67
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	756	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,089	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	865	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,137	22
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	408	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	473	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	473	109.44/cwt	100.00–124.00	518	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	476	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	595	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	508	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	635	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	520	122.49/cwt	104.00–128.00	637	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	551	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	736	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	564	132.72/cwt	112.00–133.50	749	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	568	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	730	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	636	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	792	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	657	124.30/cwt	124.00–132.00	817	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	744	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	937	20

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.

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