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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-21

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Apr 21

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28 →

Receipts

332 head

▼ 44 vs last sale 376▲ 332 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 117, Heifers 151, Bulls 64)

Value Added 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 $113.32/cwt on 140 head.

Average price

$113.32

140 head · 583 lb average

Value per head Derived

$661

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$207

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

$23.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.44

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	604	119.00	719	10thin
Medium and Large 2	535	117.20	627	20
Medium and Large 3	435	117.05	509	7thin
Medium and Large 1	602	112.65	678	88
Medium and Large 1-2	605	111.80	677	10thin
Large 1-2	655	97.00	635	1thin
Small 1	534	95.75	511	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.25/cwt here — about $207 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 sale140 hd

113.32

—

VA average11 barns · 1,512 hd

119.76

−6.44

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

Every lot

61 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	295	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	392	1
Steers	—	Small 1	420	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	580	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	653	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	733	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	460	130.55/cwt	128.00–138.00	601	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	465	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	698	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3-4	508	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	645	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	540	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	724	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	141.15/cwt	136.00–142.00	788	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	842	21
Steers	—	Small 1	568	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	716	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	590	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	867	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	635	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	787	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	637	138.35/cwt	135.00–140.00	881	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	864	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	653	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	797	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	684	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	937	8
Steers	—	Small 1	743	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	736	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	747	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	859	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	748	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	860	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	292	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	383	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	338	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	450	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	382	122.45/cwt	119.00–129.00	468	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	546	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	443	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	563	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	457	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	535	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	595	14
Heifers	—	Small 1	480	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	456	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	584	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	530	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	542	105.63/cwt	104.00–109.00	573	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	552	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	530	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	554	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	637	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	661	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	665	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	591	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	674	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	604	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	719	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	628	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	634	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	639	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	709	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	647	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	699	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	655	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	707	13
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	655	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	635	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	660	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	686	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	104.00/cwt	103.00–105.00	756	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	748	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	770	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	846	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	804	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	270	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	365	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	371	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	516	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	374	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	524	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	444	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	551	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	455	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	564	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	472	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	599	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	534	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	657	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	543	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	597	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	546	122.11/cwt	114.00–123.00	667	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	550	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	660	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	568	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	625	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	630	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	662	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	633	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	665	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	695	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	632	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	735	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	794	2

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 Apr 21, 2020

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

Receipts 332Last week 376Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 117, Heifers 151, Bulls 64)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	134.00	134.00
4	—	460	128.00–138.00	130.55
1	—	295	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	590	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	122.00	122.00
7	—	558	136.00–142.00	141.15
8	—	465	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	748	115.00	115.00
12	—	637	135.00–140.00	138.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	640	135.00	135.00
15	—	458	160.00	160.00
2	—	438	149.00	149.00
21	—	561	150.00	150.00
3	—	747	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	126.00	126.00
2	—	743	99.00	99.00
1	—	420	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	635	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	684	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	655	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	96.00	96.00
1	—	480	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	119.00–129.00	122.45
3	—	457	117.00	117.00
1	—	525	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	554	115.00	115.00
2	—	748	103.00	103.00
3	—	443	127.00	127.00
2	—	338	133.00	133.00
3	—	483	121.00	121.00
2	—	660	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	639	111.00	111.00
4	—	560	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	655	108.00	108.00
8	—	591	114.00	114.00
9	—	846	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	568	117.00	117.00
4	—	727	103.00–105.00	104.00
3	—	292	131.00	131.00
14	—	478	124.50	124.50
3	—	440	124.00	124.00
14	—	647	108.00	108.00
3	—	542	104.00–109.00	105.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	604	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	543	110.00	110.00
2	—	455	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	444	124.00	124.00
1	—	695	91.00	91.00
5	—	534	123.00	123.00
2	—	735	108.00	108.00
5	—	371	139.00	139.00
1	—	270	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	472	127.00	127.00
1	—	630	105.00	105.00
14	—	546	114.00–123.00	122.11
2	—	550	120.00	120.00
4	—	374	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	110.00	110.00
3	—	633	105.00	105.00

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.