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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 18

● Final83 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Feb 11Feb 18Feb 25 →

Receipts

865 head

▲ 643 vs last sale 222▲ 865 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 427, Heifers 395, Bulls 43)

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 $144.49/cwt on 414 head.

Average price

$144.49

414 head · 664 lb average

Value per head Derived

$959

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$27.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.49

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	668	147.79	987	35
Medium and Large 1	679	146.54	996	289
Medium and Large 2	593	146.00	865	39
Medium and Large 3	590	135.91	802	15thin
Medium and Large 2-3	696	135.00	940	11thin
Small 1	616	123.45	761	22
Large 1-2	678	120.67	819	3thin

One grade step is worth $27.12/cwt here — about $169 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 sale414 hd

144.49

—

VA average9 barns · 1,544 hd

147.97

−3.49

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

Every lot

83 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	300	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	510	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	370	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	525	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	639	3
Steers	—	Small 1	385	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	389	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	392	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	655	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	429	142.17/cwt	141.00–146.00	610	4
Steers	—	Small 1	430	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	520	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	455	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	783	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	161.55/cwt	153.00–163.00	763	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	553	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	821	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	558	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	968	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	156.77/cwt	154.00–157.00	878	13
Steers	—	Small 1	566	132.11/cwt	124.00–135.00	748	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	567	162.84/cwt	160.00–164.00	923	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	923	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	575	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	794	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	603	137.01/cwt	135.00–139.00	826	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Value Added	608	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	876	4
Steers	—	Small 1	660	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	818	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	145.44/cwt	145.00–145.50	961	85
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	662	139.82/cwt	138.00–140.00	926	11
Steers	—	Small 1Value Added	679	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	910	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	696	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	940	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	132.42/cwt	128.00–137.00	944	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	724	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	941	8
Steers	—	Small 1	743	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	788	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	130.31/cwt	121.00–131.00	984	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	767	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	920	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	800	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	912	3
Steers	—	Large 1-2	810	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	891	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	938	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	844	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,034	12
Steers	—	Large 1-2	855	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	941	1
Steers	—	Small 1	855	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	770	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	864	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,050	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	943	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,132	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	971	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,146	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	977	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,221	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,005	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,126	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	1,015	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,208	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,103	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,213	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	503	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	377	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	498	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	383	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	498	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	555	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	431	120.55/cwt	117.00–121.00	520	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	452	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	551	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	473	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	601	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	607	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	484	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	595	7
Heifers	—	Small 1	498	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	548	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	663	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	554	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	643	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	556	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	692	21
Heifers	—	Small 1	561	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	623	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	713	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	763	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	576	124.12/cwt	123.00–126.00	715	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	580	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	771	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	627	106.34/cwt	105.00–109.00	667	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	730	7
Heifers	—	Small 1	651	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	697	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	122.52/cwt	116.00–123.00	803	60
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	780	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	671	117.24/cwt	115.00–119.00	787	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	708	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	772	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	727	117.33/cwt	117.00–118.00	853	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	745	113.75/cwt	113.00–114.00	847	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	805	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	918	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	870	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	740	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	939	110.39/cwt	103.00–112.00	1,037	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	280	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	496	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	346	179.50/cwt	179.50–179.50	621	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	390	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	581	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	395	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	648	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	447	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	675	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	450	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	666	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	494	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	622	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	535	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	637	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	556	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	689	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	575	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	776	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	666	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	766	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	780	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	803	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 Feb 18, 2020

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

Receipts 865Last week 222Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 427, Heifers 395, Bulls 43)

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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	713	128.00–137.00	132.42
58	—	755	121.00–131.00	130.31
7	—	977	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,005	112.00	112.00
85	—	661	145.00–145.50	145.44
13	—	560	154.00–157.00	156.77
3	—	392	167.00	167.00
1	—	830	113.00	113.00
17	—	864	121.50	121.50
14	—	455	172.00	172.00
3	—	1,103	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	110.00	110.00
1	—	855	110.00	110.00
1	—	370	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	943	120.00	120.00
8	—	724	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	558	173.50	173.50
5	—	971	118.00	118.00
12	—	844	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	743	106.00	106.00
1	—	855	90.00	90.00
8	—	566	124.00–135.00	132.11
2	—	430	121.00	121.00
3	—	660	124.00	124.00
1	—	385	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	575	138.00	138.00
3	—	800	114.00	114.00
4	—	429	141.00–146.00	142.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	696	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	553	148.50	148.50
3	—	385	166.00	166.00
11	—	662	138.00–140.00	139.82
3	—	767	120.00	120.00
1	—	300	170.00	170.00
7	—	472	153.00–163.00	161.55
2	—	603	135.00–139.00	137.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	567	160.00–164.00	162.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	608	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	568	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	679	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,015	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	484	123.00	123.00
1	—	805	114.00	114.00
7	—	640	114.00	114.00
3	—	377	132.00	132.00
9	—	431	117.00–121.00	120.55
3	—	727	117.00–118.00	117.33
1	—	535	124.00	124.00
21	—	556	124.50	124.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	655	116.00–123.00	122.52
41	—	568	134.25	134.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	576	123.00–126.00	124.12
27	—	671	115.00–119.00	117.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	939	103.00–112.00	110.39
11	—	664	117.50	117.50
5	—	370	136.00	136.00
12	—	566	126.00	126.00
7	—	427	130.00	130.00
20	—	745	113.00–114.00	113.75
8	—	478	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	651	107.00	107.00
1	—	870	85.00	85.00
3	—	498	110.00	110.00
11	—	561	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	383	130.00	130.00
8	—	554	116.00	116.00
14	—	452	122.00	122.00
3	—	627	105.00–109.00	106.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	708	109.00	109.00
8	—	473	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	580	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	494	126.00	126.00
1	—	390	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	450	148.00	148.00
1	—	280	177.00	177.00
4	—	556	124.00	124.00
1	—	535	119.00	119.00
2	—	395	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	346	179.50	179.50
7	—	447	151.00	151.00
1	—	780	103.00	103.00
2	—	575	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	666	115.00	115.00

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.