Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2019-12-03

Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2019-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-03

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Dec 3

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Nov 19Dec 3Dec 10 →

Receipts

348 head

▼ 63 vs last sale 411▲ 348 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 133, Heifers 147, Bulls 69)

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 $107.92/cwt on 135 head.

Average price

$107.92

135 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$168

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$19.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.41

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	113.54	629	55
Medium and Large 1-2	577	109.00	629	19thin
Medium and Large 2	539	105.42	569	33
Medium and Large 3	499	102.81	513	16thin
Small 1	490	94.17	461	12thin

One grade step is worth $19.37/cwt here — about $168 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 sale135 hd

107.92

—

VA average5 barns · 1,193 hd

115.33

−7.41

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

Every lot

66 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	313	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	316	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	357	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	425	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	496	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	420	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	424	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	450	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	635	7
Steers	—	Small 1	458	113.98/cwt	107.00–115.00	522	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	467	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	490	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	714	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	528	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	602	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	120.53/cwt	119.00–121.00	641	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	542	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	737	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	818	21
Steers	—	Small 1	567	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	669	5
Steers	—	Small 1	615	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	652	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	645	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	806	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	137.17/cwt	132.00–137.50	894	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	668	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	728	4
Steers	—	Small 1	755	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	717	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	758	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	758	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	762	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	846	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	771	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	825	100.33/cwt	100.00–101.00	828	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,065	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	905	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	1,230	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	873	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1	358	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	372	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	310	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	431	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	424	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	385	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	476	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	439	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	509	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	470	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	461	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	475	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	504	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	481	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	539	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	113.39/cwt	111.00–114.00	550	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	500	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	514	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	463	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	545	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	540	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	547	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	618	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	551	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	606	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	114.45/cwt	100.00–115.00	642	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	689	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	645	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	555	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	653	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	633	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	744	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	664	92.99/cwt	85.00–97.00	617	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	704	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	732	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	740	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	585	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	328	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	279	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	452	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	395	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	407	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	459	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	459	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	466	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	629	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	466	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	615	8
Bulls	—	Small 1	478	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	502	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	535	117.00/cwt	115.00–130.00	626	7
Bulls	—	Small 1	553	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	531	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	556	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	578	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	571	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	685	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	620	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	632	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	630	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	548	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	642	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	700	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	685	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	712	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	685	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	692	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	713	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	727	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	865	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	649	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 Dec 3, 2019

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

Receipts 348Last week 411Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 133, Heifers 147, Bulls 69)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	615	106.00	106.00
8	—	458	107.00–115.00	113.98
1	—	755	95.00	95.00
5	—	567	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	357	119.00	119.00
3	—	467	105.00	105.00
2	—	528	114.00	114.00
4	—	668	109.00	109.00
2	—	758	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,230	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	762	111.00	111.00
3	—	825	100.00–101.00	100.33
7	—	450	141.00	141.00
4	—	532	119.00–121.00	120.53
1	—	420	101.00	101.00
9	—	645	125.00	125.00
5	—	313	101.00	101.00
1	—	1,065	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	379	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	470	152.00	152.00
17	—	652	132.00–137.50	137.17
2	—	763	101.00	101.00
21	—	566	144.50	144.50
3	—	542	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	110.00	110.00
1	—	365	85.00	85.00
9	—	481	112.00	112.00
3	—	664	85.00–97.00	92.99
13	—	551	110.00	110.00
3	—	740	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	114.00	114.00
5	—	547	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	485	111.00–114.00	113.39
1	—	500	100.00	100.00
10	—	664	112.00	112.00
1	—	615	112.00	112.00
28	—	561	100.00–115.00	114.45
4	—	439	116.00	116.00
1	—	385	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	514	90.00	90.00
2	—	470	98.00	98.00
2	—	645	86.00	86.00
3	—	358	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	97.00	97.00
3	—	545	99.00	99.00
9	—	475	106.00	106.00
2	—	385	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	704	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	96.00	96.00
4	—	478	105.00	105.00
3	—	395	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	459	100.00	100.00
8	—	556	104.00	104.00
2	—	328	85.00	85.00
2	—	685	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	466	132.00	132.00
1	—	620	102.00	102.00
4	—	571	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	87.00	87.00
2	—	390	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	135.00	135.00
1	—	865	75.00	75.00
7	—	535	115.00–130.00	117.00
2	—	713	102.00	102.00
3	—	642	109.00	109.00
1	—	685	101.00	101.00

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.