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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2019-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-24

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Sep 24

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Sep 17Sep 24Oct 1 →

Receipts

329 head

▼ 284 vs last sale 613▲ 329 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 113, Heifers 192, Bulls 24)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $110.28/cwt on 185 head.

Average price

$110.28

185 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$49

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

$24.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.91

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	503	119.67	602	9thin
Medium and Large 2	503	113.58	571	43
Medium and Large 1	577	111.14	642	92
Medium and Large 3	607	104.19	632	31
Small 1	558	99.13	554	9thin
Large 1-2	685	95.00	651	1thin

One grade step is worth $24.67/cwt here — about −$49 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 sale185 hd

110.28

—

VA average10 barns · 1,836 hd

112.20

−1.91

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

Every lot

57 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	424	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	581	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	473	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	443	130.34/cwt	126.00–131.00	577	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	632	5
Steers	—	Small 1	490	101.50/cwt	100.00–103.00	497	2
Steers	—	Small 1	538	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	586	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	544	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	740	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	125.10/cwt	125.00–126.00	701	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	135.55/cwt	126.00–136.00	763	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	565	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	644	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	630	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	819	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	636	124.25/cwt	119.00–125.00	790	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	645	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	690	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	653	126.49/cwt	120.00–127.00	826	14
Steers	—	Large 1-2	680	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	700	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	728	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	837	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	923	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	860	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	912	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	923	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,098	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	410	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	425	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	458	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	390	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	367	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	419	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	494	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	434	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	508	7
Heifers	—	Small 1	470	86.57/cwt	80.00–93.00	407	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	481	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	548	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	552	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	576	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	522	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	600	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	578	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	638	11
Heifers	—	Small 1	548	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	603	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	113.67/cwt	109.00–114.00	634	47
Heifers	—	Small 1	565	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	571	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	593	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	688	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Natural	617	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	691	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	620	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	614	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	614	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	637	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	710	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	638	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	606	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	662	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	629	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	685	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	651	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Natural	734	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	734	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	744	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	692	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	935	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	795	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,083	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	823	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	358	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	480	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	360	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	374	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	460	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	557	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	468	113.08/cwt	103.00–115.00	529	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	527	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	596	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	545	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	485	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	547	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	618	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	713	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	663	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	975	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	722	1

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 24, 2019

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

Receipts 329Last week 613Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 113, Heifers 192, Bulls 24)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	80.00–93.00	86.57
2	—	548	110.00	110.00
2	—	565	101.00	101.00
3	—	620	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	94.00	94.00
3	—	662	95.00	95.00
5	—	425	102.00	102.00
7	—	522	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	373	114.00	114.00
4	—	419	118.00	118.00
6	—	488	118.00	118.00
11	—	545	117.00	117.00
1	—	620	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	484	114.00	114.00
1	—	530	109.00	109.00
14	—	637	111.50	111.50
2	—	1,083	76.00	76.00
47	—	558	109.00–114.00	113.67
3	—	382	120.00	120.00
3	—	935	85.00	85.00
4	—	744	93.00	93.00
7	—	434	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	323	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	617	112.00	112.00
12	—	734	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	638	95.00	95.00
14	—	481	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	593	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	468	135.00	135.00
14	—	653	120.00–127.00	126.49
23	—	563	126.00–136.00	135.55
2	—	728	115.00	115.00
2	—	923	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	490	100.00–103.00	101.50
4	—	538	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	443	126.00–131.00	130.34
8	—	636	119.00–125.00	124.25
10	—	560	125.00–126.00	125.10
2	—	750	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	103.00	103.00
1	—	860	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	424	137.00	137.00
12	—	544	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	110.00	110.00
1	—	565	114.00	114.00
1	—	645	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	630	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	468	103.00–115.00	113.08
2	—	358	134.00	134.00
3	—	527	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	74.00	74.00
2	—	460	121.00	121.00
3	—	547	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	93.00	93.00

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.