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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2019-09-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-17

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Sep 17

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Sep 10Sep 17Sep 24 →

Receipts

613 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 655▲ 613 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 307, Heifers 267, Bulls 39)

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 $128.88/cwt on 299 head.

Average price

$128.88

299 head · 607 lb average

Value per head Derived

$782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$44.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.77

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	616	135.80	837	55
Medium and Large 1	629	130.61	822	163
Medium and Large 2	534	125.99	673	62
Small 1	578	108.00	624	6thin
Medium and Large 3	613	104.89	643	9thin
Large 1-2	645	100.00	645	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	710	91.00	646	3thin

One grade step is worth $44.80/cwt here — about $191 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 sale299 hd

128.88

—

VA average11 barns · 2,082 hd

127.11

+1.77

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

Every lot

76 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	370	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	429	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	388	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	497	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	503	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	395	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	490	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	452	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	565	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	470	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	470	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	129.53/cwt	123.00–130.00	613	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	491	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	638	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	521	130.38/cwt	125.00–133.00	679	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	555	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	702	21
Steers	—	Small 1	560	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	610	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	560	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	588	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	131.15/cwt	126.00–133.00	745	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	613	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	852	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	640	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	672	4
Steers	—	Large 1-2	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	125.67/cwt	120.00–126.50	823	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	659	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	923	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	663	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	908	30
Steers	—	Small 1	665	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	685	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	666	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	746	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	710	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	646	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	124.31/cwt	117.00–126.50	896	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	731	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	797	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	740	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	747	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	754	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,041	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	760	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,049	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	820	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	836	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	957	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1	340	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	303	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	343	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	316	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	366	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	421	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	448	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	380	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	353	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	408	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	400	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	360	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	503	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	445	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	383	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	460	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	483	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	114.68/cwt	101.00–115.50	557	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	547	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	510	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	545	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	545	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	557	110.25/cwt	100.00–111.00	614	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	110.90/cwt	100.00–112.00	623	32
Heifers	—	Small 1	565	89.68/cwt	89.00–90.00	507	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	571	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	682	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	578	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	708	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	600	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	606	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	694	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	650	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	605	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	668	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	635	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	109.83/cwt	107.00–111.50	735	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	674	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	812	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	727	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	763	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	754	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	754	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	808	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	848	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	840	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	680	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	845	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	684	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	953	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	905	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	320	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	246	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	330	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	380	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	335	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	322	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	355	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	447	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	385	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	466	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	430	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	503	4
Bulls	—	Small 1	470	84.57/cwt	80.00–87.00	397	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	472	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	425	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	630	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	547	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	454	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	635	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	457	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	650	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	702	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	753	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	467	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	768	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	768	2

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 Sep 17, 2019

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

Receipts 613Last week 655Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 307, Heifers 267, Bulls 39)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	545	100.00	100.00
11	—	460	105.00	105.00
3	—	343	92.00	92.00
2	—	668	95.00	95.00
1	—	380	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	565	89.00–90.00	89.68
1	—	340	89.00	89.00
2	—	445	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	669	107.00–111.50	109.83
18	—	486	101.00–115.50	114.68
7	—	754	100.00	100.00
2	—	600	101.00	101.00
32	—	562	100.00–112.00	110.90
1	—	845	81.00	81.00
2	—	373	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	674	120.50	120.50
6	—	953	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	90.00	90.00
15	—	557	100.00–111.00	110.25
1	—	385	106.00	106.00
4	—	625	111.00	111.00
3	—	488	112.00	112.00
2	—	840	81.00	81.00
1	—	510	100.00	100.00
1	—	650	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	455	120.00	120.00
19	—	578	122.50	122.50
13	—	727	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	808	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	571	119.50	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	366	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	735	100.00	100.00
4	—	430	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	721	117.00–126.50	124.31
1	—	870	110.00	110.00
1	—	390	129.00	129.00
38	—	568	126.00–133.00	131.15
15	—	473	123.00–130.00	129.53
16	—	655	120.00–126.50	125.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	754	138.00	138.00
18	—	659	140.00	140.00
12	—	395	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	731	109.00	109.00
2	—	388	128.00	128.00
21	—	555	126.50	126.50
3	—	452	125.00	125.00
4	—	666	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	105.00	105.00
1	—	370	116.00	116.00
4	—	640	105.00	105.00
1	—	820	102.00	102.00
1	—	740	101.00	101.00
1	—	470	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	103.00	103.00
5	—	560	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	760	138.00	138.00
15	—	521	125.00–133.00	130.38
30	—	663	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	710	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	613	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	491	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	121.00	121.00
1	—	330	115.00	115.00
1	—	650	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	77.00	77.00
3	—	472	90.00	90.00
3	—	547	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	80.00–87.00	84.57
2	—	753	62.00	62.00
1	—	635	72.00	72.00
1	—	335	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	430	117.00	117.00
4	—	355	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	543	116.00	116.00
2	—	768	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.