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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2019-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-10

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Dec 10

● Final105 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Dec 3Dec 10Dec 17 →

Receipts

1,176 head

▲ 828 vs last sale 348▲ 1,176 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 600, Heifers 488, Bulls 88)

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 $129.83/cwt on 563 head.

Average price

$129.83

563 head · 631 lb average

Value per head Derived

$819

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$69

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Large 1-2

$40.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.01

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	442	133.20	588	49
Medium and Large 1	672	133.06	894	262
Medium and Large 1-2	666	132.04	879	158
Medium and Large 2	568	131.58	747	46
Small 1	560	102.57	574	25
Medium and Large 3	528	97.35	514	20
Large 1-2	558	93.00	519	3thin

One grade step is worth $40.20/cwt here — about $69 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 sale563 hd

129.83

—

VA average10 barns · 2,101 hd

133.84

−4.01

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

Every lot

105 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	305	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	275	2
Steers	—	Small 1	345	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	279	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	350	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	413	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	374	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	228	4
Steers	—	Small 1	375	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	375	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	414	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	424	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	589	16
Steers	—	Small 1	430	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	409	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	453	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	634	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	133.95/cwt	130.00–135.00	624	10
Steers	—	Large 1-2	480	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	446	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	727	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	490	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	495	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	672	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	525	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	436	1
Steers	—	Small 1	538	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	581	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	541	135.91/cwt	130.00–143.00	735	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	551	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	617	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	553	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	780	35
Steers	—	Small 1	556	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	600	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	764	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	812	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	564	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	643	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	597	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	851	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	810	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	611	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	831	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	615	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	836	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	623	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	654	2
Steers	—	Small 1	635	101.72/cwt	95.00–103.00	646	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	654	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	814	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	134.24/cwt	130.00–138.50	879	96
Steers	—	Large 1-2	670	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	690	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	734	128.33/cwt	123.00–131.00	942	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	738	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	738	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	958	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	752	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	865	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	965	33
Steers	—	Small 1	773	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	742	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	781	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	937	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	113.71/cwt	106.00–115.00	951	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	859	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,057	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	870	124.20/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,081	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	928	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,114	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers44 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3-4	196	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	116	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	247	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	195	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	300	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	237	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Value Added	359	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	334	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	440	7
Heifers	—	Small 1	380	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	334	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	392	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	365	3
Heifers	—	Small 1Value Added	401	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	397	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	470	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	433	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	459	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	436	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	401	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	504	8
Heifers	—	Small 1	444	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	369	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	472	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	524	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	107.56/cwt	102.00–108.00	514	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	110.63/cwt	109.00–111.00	530	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	504	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	607	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	525	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	512	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	538	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	533	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	522	8
Heifers	—	Small 1	535	81.69/cwt	81.00–93.00	437	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	605	26
Heifers	—	Small 1	555	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	416	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	565	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	537	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	111.27/cwt	110.00–112.00	630	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	575	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	681	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	584	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	698	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	628	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	747	5
Heifers	—	Small 1	644	82.51/cwt	80.00–83.00	531	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	645	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	722	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	646	114.62/cwt	114.00–115.00	740	55
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	663	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	544	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	695	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	723	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	695	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	591	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	720	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	846	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	725	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	827	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	730	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	701	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	682	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	752	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	887	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	756	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	922	25
Heifers	—	Small 1	800	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	512	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	815	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	865	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	614	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,080	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	659	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 1	333	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	340	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	346	121.40/cwt	120.00–127.00	420	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	365	93.65/cwt	90.00–95.00	342	4
Bulls	—	Small 1	431	90.01/cwt	85.00–91.00	388	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	468	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	627	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	469	104.66/cwt	103.00–105.00	491	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	573	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	485	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	650	4
Bulls	—	Small 1	490	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	417	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	520	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	520	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	546	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	650	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	558	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	552	4
Bulls	—	Small 1	590	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	584	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	610	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	653	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	696	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	715	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	658	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	686	3

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 10, 2019

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Receipts 1,176Last week 348Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 600, Heifers 488, Bulls 88)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	85.00	85.00
1	—	590	99.00	99.00
3	—	333	102.00	102.00
3	—	520	100.00	100.00
6	—	431	85.00–91.00	90.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	92.00	92.00
6	—	468	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	107.00	107.00
3	—	470	122.00	122.00
3	—	730	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	107.00	107.00
4	—	485	134.00	134.00
4	—	546	119.00	119.00
5	—	346	120.00–127.00	121.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	365	90.00–95.00	93.65
4	—	558	99.00	99.00
6	—	469	103.00–105.00	104.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	553	141.00	141.00
96	—	655	130.00–138.50	134.24
33	—	760	127.00	127.00
20	—	859	123.00	123.00
10	—	743	129.00	129.00
7	—	836	106.00–115.00	113.71
6	—	488	149.00	149.00
1	—	525	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	103.00	103.00
1	—	525	83.00	83.00
1	—	480	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	453	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	611	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	597	142.50	142.50
7	—	781	120.00	120.00
3	—	928	120.00	120.00
2	—	600	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	734	123.00–131.00	128.33
22	—	615	136.00	136.00
12	—	551	112.00	112.00
10	—	870	120.00–127.00	124.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	424	139.00	139.00
13	—	541	130.00–143.00	135.91
12	—	350	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	560	145.00	145.00
11	—	465	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	109.00	109.00
3	—	752	115.00	115.00
10	—	466	130.00–135.00	133.95
10	—	654	124.50	124.50
22	—	558	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	101.00	101.00
2	—	305	90.00	90.00
2	—	623	105.00	105.00
3	—	738	100.00	100.00
4	—	374	61.00	61.00
8	—	564	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	81.00	81.00
1	—	375	100.00	100.00
2	—	538	108.00	108.00
2	—	773	96.00	96.00
3	—	430	95.00	95.00
6	—	635	95.00–103.00	101.72
10	—	556	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	695	104.00	104.00
1	—	815	100.00	100.00
2	—	1,080	61.00	61.00
7	—	733	93.00	93.00
8	—	438	115.00	115.00
16	—	479	109.00–111.00	110.63
25	—	756	122.00	122.00
55	—	646	114.00–115.00	114.62
61	—	566	110.00–112.00	111.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	535	81.00–93.00	81.69
8	—	444	83.00	83.00
6	—	644	80.00–83.00	82.51
3	—	380	88.00	88.00
1	—	800	64.00	64.00
1	—	555	75.00	75.00
1	—	300	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	196	59.00	59.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	533	98.00	98.00
7	—	436	92.00	92.00
3	—	392	93.00	93.00
2	—	663	82.00	82.00
1	—	730	96.00	96.00
1	—	565	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	550	110.00	110.00
14	—	645	112.00	112.00
13	—	478	102.00–108.00	107.56
1	—	510	103.00	103.00
1	—	865	71.00	71.00
3	—	247	79.00	79.00
12	—	427	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	472	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	584	119.50	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	512	105.00	105.00
10	—	433	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	359	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	401	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	575	118.50	118.50
11	—	720	117.50	117.50
9	—	752	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	504	120.50	120.50
14	—	725	114.00	114.00
5	—	628	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	370	119.00	119.00

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.