Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2019-08-20

Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2019-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-08-20

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 20

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Aug 13Aug 20Aug 27 →

Receipts

242 head

▼ 476 vs last sale 718▲ 242 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 85, Bulls 25)

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 $138.65/cwt on 128 head.

Average price

$138.65

128 head · 635 lb average

Value per head Derived

$880

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$328

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$24.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.25

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	639	140.13	896	114
Medium and Large 1-2	527	130.00	685	3thin
Medium and Large 2	630	126.70	798	10thin
Small 1	490	116.00	568	1thin

One grade step is worth $24.13/cwt here — about $328 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 sale128 hd

138.65

—

VA average12 barns · 1,055 hd

135.40

+3.25

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

Every lot

34 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	533	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	637	3
Steers	—	Small 1	490	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	568	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	527	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	685	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	798	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	628	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	904	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	630	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	914	53
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	882	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	902	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	723	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	969	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	993	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	908	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	934	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	935	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	935	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,025	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	933	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1	395	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	415	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	405	106.48/cwt	105.00–108.00	431	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	448	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	461	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	543	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	548	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	641	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	532	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	575	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	126.56/cwt	116.00–127.00	709	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	583	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	729	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	647	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	780	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	648	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	713	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	350	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	448	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	454	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	468	8
Bulls	—	Small 1	463	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	482	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	473	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	624	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	515	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	443	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	543	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	597	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	624	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	680	4

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Tue Aug 20, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 242Last week 718Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 85, Bulls 25)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	86.00	86.00
3	—	463	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	454	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	110.00	110.00
1	—	350	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	624	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	473	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	405	105.00–108.00	106.48
7	—	476	114.00	114.00
4	—	530	121.00	121.00
3	—	648	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	583	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	448	103.00	103.00
3	—	532	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	560	116.00–127.00	126.56
15	—	647	120.50	120.50
7	—	481	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	764	130.00	130.00
3	—	490	130.00	130.00
1	—	1,025	91.00	91.00
1	—	925	101.00	101.00
1	—	890	102.00	102.00
17	—	562	142.00	142.00
1	—	700	125.00	125.00
13	—	656	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	527	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	628	144.00	144.00
4	—	723	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	630	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	678	133.00	133.00
3	—	433	123.00	123.00
1	—	935	100.00	100.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.