Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2019-10-22

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Oct 22
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
332 head
▼ 177 vs last sale 509▲ 332 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 182, Heifers 105, Bulls 45)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.95/cwt on 180 head.
Average price
$128.95
180 head · 640 lb average
Value per head Derived
$826
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$681
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 2
$86.69/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.47
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1627135.0284782
Medium and Large 1-2769133.701,02940
Medium and Large 2609128.5178337
Medium and Large 3543111.636068thin
Small 151399.8051210thin
Small 234348.331663thin
One grade step is worth $86.69/cwt here — about $681 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 sale180 hd
128.95
—
VA average9 barns · 911 hd
128.48
+0.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

63 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 229055.00/cwt55.00–55.001601
Steers—Small 237045.00/cwt45.00–45.001672
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400127.00/cwt127.00–127.005086
Steers—Medium and Large 343799.00/cwt99.00–99.004333
Steers—Small 145195.00/cwt95.00–95.004288
Steers—Medium and Large 2452138.00/cwt138.00–138.006243
Steers—Medium and Large 1476146.50/cwt146.50–146.506978
Steers—Medium and Large 3515124.00/cwt124.00–124.006391
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538109.00/cwt109.00–109.005862
Steers—Medium and Large 2542124.89/cwt124.00–125.006779
Steers—Medium and Large 1557135.58/cwt130.00–136.0075530
Steers—Medium and Large 2558132.61/cwt124.00–133.5074011
Steers—Medium and Large 1600131.00/cwt131.00–131.007863
Steers—Medium and Large 3629118.00/cwt118.00–118.007424
Steers—Medium and Large 2648126.43/cwt123.00–127.008197
Steers—Medium and Large 1656138.00/cwt138.00–138.0090524
Steers—Medium and Large 2745119.00/cwt119.00–119.008872
Steers—Medium and Large 1749129.50/cwt129.50–129.5097010
Steers—Medium and Large 1755118.64/cwt114.00–121.008963
Steers—Small 1763119.00/cwt119.00–119.009082
Steers—Medium and Large 2790115.00/cwt115.00–115.009091
Steers—Medium and Large 2840130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added853136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,16432
Steers—Medium and Large 1872120.22/cwt104.00–131.001,0483
Steers—Medium and Large 11,000116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1601
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335118.33/cwt107.00–124.003963
Heifers—Medium and Large 3350101.00/cwt101.00–101.003541
Heifers—Small 139085.00/cwt85.00–85.003321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2403118.00/cwt118.00–118.004764
Heifers—Medium and Large 441568.00/cwt68.00–68.002821
Heifers—Small 145075.00/cwt75.00–75.003382
Heifers—Medium and Large 3451116.00/cwt116.00–116.005237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479128.25/cwt128.25–128.256149
Heifers—Medium and Large 2481120.00/cwt120.00–120.005778
Heifers—Medium and Large 2546123.00/cwt123.00–123.006729
Heifers—Medium and Large 3555118.00/cwt118.00–118.006552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560119.85/cwt117.00–120.0067121
Heifers—Small 1568113.00/cwt113.00–113.006422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2570114.00/cwt114.00–114.006501
Heifers—Small 1628100.00/cwt100.00–100.006283
Heifers—Medium and Large 3635107.00/cwt107.00–107.006791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642121.00/cwt121.00–121.0077717
Heifers—Medium and Large 2648115.00/cwt115.00–115.007453
Heifers—Small 171071.00/cwt71.00–71.005041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755105.00/cwt105.00–105.007937
Heifers—Small 186085.00/cwt85.00–85.007311
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 126579.00/cwt79.00–79.002091
Bulls—Medium and Large 2295105.00/cwt105.00–105.003101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2375125.00/cwt125.00–125.004695
Bulls—Medium and Large 243092.21/cwt74.00–110.003972
Bulls—Medium and Large 3445101.00/cwt101.00–101.004491
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453123.00/cwt123.00–123.005574
Bulls—Medium and Large 153089.00/cwt89.00–89.004721
Bulls—Medium and Large 353591.00/cwt91.00–91.004872
Bulls—Small 155084.00/cwt84.00–84.004622
Bulls—Medium and Large 1554117.00/cwt117.00–117.006485
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560101.00/cwt101.00–101.005662
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2643112.00/cwt112.00–112.0072010
Bulls—Small 165089.00/cwt89.00–89.005793
Bulls—Medium and Large 173396.00/cwt96.00–96.007043
Bulls—Medium and Large 177097.00/cwt97.00–97.007471
Bulls—Medium and Large 282592.00/cwt92.00–92.007591
Bulls—Medium and Large 296576.00/cwt76.00–76.007331

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.