Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2019-10-08

Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2019-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-08

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Oct 8

● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Oct 1Oct 8Oct 15 →

Receipts

839 head

▲ 267 vs last sale 572▲ 839 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 459, Heifers 306, Bulls 74)

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 $129.80/cwt on 441 head.

Average price

$129.80

441 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$373

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

$42.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.16

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	701	133.02	933	272
Medium and Large 2	498	130.95	652	102
Medium and Large 1-2	780	127.78	997	18thin
Medium and Large 3	565	110.82	626	28
Small 1	612	110.40	676	20
Large 1-2	615	91.00	560	1thin

One grade step is worth $42.02/cwt here — about $373 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 sale441 hd

129.80

—

VA average9 barns · 1,573 hd

127.64

+2.16

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

Every lot

92 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	324	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	450	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	338	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	453	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	379	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	470	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	558	8
Steers	—	Small 1	423	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	419	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	457	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	631	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	661	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	464	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	506	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	662	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	547	124.80/cwt	121.00–125.00	683	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	556	113.17/cwt	103.00–114.00	629	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	135.69/cwt	133.00–136.00	756	48
Steers	—	Small 1	561	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	668	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	117.55/cwt	114.00–121.00	674	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2	615	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	560	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	631	108.53/cwt	98.00–111.00	685	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	644	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	766	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	648	126.47/cwt	118.00–127.00	820	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	666	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	866	6
Steers	—	Small 1	668	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	741	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	677	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	846	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	739	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	990	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	742	131.97/cwt	126.00–134.00	979	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	748	127.82/cwt	117.00–129.00	956	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	750	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	773	1
Steers	—	Small 1	761	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	784	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	772	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	926	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	787	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	889	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	794	135.67/cwt	135.00–138.50	1,077	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	816	137.86/cwt	128.00–138.50	1,125	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	997	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	870	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	957	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,033	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	885	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,133	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	945	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	983	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	982	116.79/cwt	104.00–120.00	1,147	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1Natural	289	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	286	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	360	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	368	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	401	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	409	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	431	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	470	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	476	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	434	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	499	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	435	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	283	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	457	91.78/cwt	76.00–95.00	419	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	459	71.58/cwt	65.00–75.00	329	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	107.46/cwt	101.00–109.00	519	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	609	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	495	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	611	10
Heifers	—	Small 1	540	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	459	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	616	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	551	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	568	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	115.28/cwt	110.00–120.50	643	63
Heifers	—	Small 1	610	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	427	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	638	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	785	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	646	100.90/cwt	100.00–101.00	652	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	647	105.16/cwt	105.00–108.00	680	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	648	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	551	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	114.20/cwt	110.00–116.00	766	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	679	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	842	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	695	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	799	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	727	110.79/cwt	100.00–118.00	805	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	736	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	931	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	753	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	610	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	108.73/cwt	100.00–111.00	839	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	780	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	944	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	820	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	681	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	850	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	629	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	854	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	709	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	712	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	965	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	714	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,110	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	810	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	258	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	250	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	460	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	459	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	578	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	464	83.94/cwt	80.00–85.00	389	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	474	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	630	8
Bulls	—	Small 1	475	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	356	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	530	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	424	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	561	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	656	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	565	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	701	7
Bulls	—	Small 1	570	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	462	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	575	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	454	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	651	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	638	14
Bulls	—	Small 1	655	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	537	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	705	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	585	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	730	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	489	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	759	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	660	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	760	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	646	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	775	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	612	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	950	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	646	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 Oct 8, 2019

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

Receipts 839Last week 572Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 459, Heifers 306, Bulls 74)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	772	120.00	120.00
4	—	379	124.00	124.00
8	—	473	140.00	140.00
2	—	573	114.00–121.00	117.55
2	—	338	134.00	134.00
20	—	547	121.00–125.00	124.80
8	—	644	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	666	130.00	130.00
15	—	885	128.00	128.00
27	—	742	126.00–134.00	131.97
31	—	794	135.00–138.50	135.67
50	—	816	128.00–138.50	137.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	845	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	385	145.00	145.00
8	—	787	113.00	113.00
19	—	464	142.50	142.50
20	—	748	117.00–129.00	127.82
33	—	648	118.00–127.00	126.47
48	—	557	133.00–136.00	135.69
1	—	875	118.00	118.00
1	—	945	104.00	104.00
5	—	982	104.00–120.00	116.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	739	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	103.00	103.00
14	—	556	103.00–114.00	113.17
7	—	464	109.00	109.00
5	—	631	98.00–111.00	108.53
1	—	870	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	324	139.00	139.00
19	—	457	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	677	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	761	103.00	103.00
3	—	423	99.00	99.00
7	—	561	119.00	119.00
6	—	668	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	540	85.00	85.00
3	—	459	65.00–75.00	71.58
1	—	610	70.00	70.00
1	—	435	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	289	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	648	85.00	85.00
6	—	457	76.00–95.00	91.78
2	—	753	81.00	81.00
1	—	850	74.00	74.00
17	—	551	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	671	110.00–116.00	114.20
2	—	965	74.00	74.00
1	—	1,110	73.00	73.00
1	—	890	80.00	80.00
63	—	558	110.00–120.50	115.28
21	—	489	124.50	124.50
18	—	647	105.00–108.00	105.16
6	—	434	115.00	115.00
5	—	772	100.00–111.00	108.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	780	121.00	121.00
10	—	495	123.50	123.50
7	—	679	124.00	124.00
6	—	736	126.50	126.50
4	—	854	83.00	83.00
4	—	638	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	321	112.00	112.00
7	—	379	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	433	110.00	110.00
5	—	727	100.00–118.00	110.79
5	—	483	101.00–109.00	107.46
1	—	820	83.00	83.00
1	—	695	115.00	115.00
16	—	550	112.00	112.00
10	—	646	100.00–101.00	100.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	368	109.00	109.00
12	—	431	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	258	97.00	97.00
14	—	651	98.00	98.00
4	—	759	87.00	87.00
2	—	365	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	474	133.00	133.00
7	—	565	124.00	124.00
1	—	950	68.00	68.00
1	—	510	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	67.00	67.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	561	117.00	117.00
5	—	459	126.00	126.00
1	—	760	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	705	83.00	83.00
1	—	655	82.00	82.00
2	—	570	81.00	81.00
2	—	475	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	464	80.00–85.00	83.94
1	—	775	79.00	79.00
1	—	575	79.00	79.00
1	—	530	80.00	80.00

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.