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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2019-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Oct 29

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Oct 22Oct 29Nov 5 →

Receipts

392 head

▲ 60 vs last sale 332▲ 392 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 165, Heifers 181, Bulls 46)

Value 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 $128.51/cwt on 154 head.

Average price

$128.51

154 head · 623 lb average

Value per head Derived

$801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$257

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$31.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.88

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	133.07	798	86
Medium and Large 2-3	557	133.00	741	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	877	133.00	1,166	16thin
Medium and Large 2	593	123.89	735	26
Medium and Large 3	625	105.88	662	9thin
Small 1	530	102.00	541	7thin

One grade step is worth $31.07/cwt here — about $257 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 sale154 hd

128.51

—

VA average11 barns · 1,978 hd

130.39

−1.88

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

Every lot

67 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	305	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	363	1
Steers	—	Small 1	370	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	366	1
Steers	—	Small 1	405	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	344	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	456	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	606	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	530	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	145.53/cwt	138.00–146.50	687	17
Steers	—	Small 1	502	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	572	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	535	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	663	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	541	136.92/cwt	135.00–137.00	741	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	544	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	718	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	561	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	557	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	741	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	646	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	630	98.98/cwt	98.00–100.00	624	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	128.38/cwt	120.00–131.00	841	30
Steers	—	Small 1	665	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	638	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Value Added	700	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	686	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	112.03/cwt	108.00–113.00	812	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	730	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	723	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	746	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	940	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	755	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	770	1
Steers	—	Small 1	765	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	704	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	877	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,166	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,010	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,050	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	250	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	238	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	310	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	319	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	294	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	384	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	377	97.64/cwt	95.00–99.00	368	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	385	91.44/cwt	89.00–94.00	352	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	449	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	434	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	425	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	455	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	387	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	463	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	444	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	449	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	482	113.60/cwt	100.00–115.00	548	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	518	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	528	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	530	85.43/cwt	80.00–88.00	453	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	542	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	612	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	548	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	586	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	556	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	523	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	110.07/cwt	95.00–112.00	625	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	530	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	601	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	652	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	638	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	606	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	638	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	593	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	648	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	642	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	656	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	725	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	98.75/cwt	96.00–100.00	654	10
Heifers	—	Small 1	662	90.64/cwt	88.00–96.00	600	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	755	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	574	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	780	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	538	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	782	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	751	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	865	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	657	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	975	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	575	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 1	343	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	360	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	472	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	428	124.88/cwt	121.00–129.00	534	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	443	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	558	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	463	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	417	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	539	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	593	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	595	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	506	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	642	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	533	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	645	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	658	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	670	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	643	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 29, 2019

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

Receipts 392Last week 332Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 165, Heifers 181, Bulls 46)

Value 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
1	—	330	89.00	89.00
4	—	463	96.00	96.00
6	—	556	94.00	94.00
1	—	780	69.00	69.00
2	—	638	93.00	93.00
1	—	250	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	548	107.00	107.00
3	—	468	96.00	96.00
1	—	865	76.00	76.00
5	—	638	95.00	95.00
1	—	975	59.00	59.00
6	—	434	98.00	98.00
3	—	377	95.00–99.00	97.64
1	—	310	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	662	88.00–96.00	90.64
2	—	755	76.00	76.00
3	—	455	85.00	85.00
3	—	530	80.00–88.00	85.43
2	—	385	89.00–94.00	91.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	102.00	102.00
5	—	570	93.00	93.00
5	—	782	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	601	108.50	108.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	662	96.00–100.00	98.75
2	—	648	99.00	99.00
11	—	482	100.00–115.00	113.60
3	—	432	104.00	104.00
18	—	568	95.00–112.00	110.07
4	—	369	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	542	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	656	110.50	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	126.00	126.00
5	—	642	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	96.00	96.00
2	—	428	121.00–129.00	124.88
1	—	530	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	90.00	90.00
1	—	595	85.00	85.00
1	—	645	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	343	105.00	105.00
5	—	539	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	92.00	92.00
1	—	370	99.00	99.00
3	—	502	114.00	114.00
1	—	405	85.00	85.00
1	—	665	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	124.00	124.00
2	—	630	98.00–100.00	98.98
1	—	465	114.00	114.00
1	—	730	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	557	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	725	108.00–113.00	112.03
1	—	305	119.00	119.00
6	—	670	120.00	120.00
1	—	755	102.00	102.00
9	—	544	132.00	132.00
4	—	456	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	541	135.00–137.00	136.92
1	—	1,010	104.00	104.00
30	—	655	120.00–131.00	128.38
11	—	746	126.00	126.00
1	—	555	101.00	101.00
17	—	472	138.00–146.50	145.53
1	—	615	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	700	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	877	133.00	133.00

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.