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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-12

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, May 12

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← May 5May 12May 19 →

Receipts

359 head

▲ 79 vs last sale 280▲ 359 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 255, Heifers 78, Bulls 26)

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 $131.57/cwt on 252 head.

Average price

$131.57

252 head · 657 lb average

Value per head Derived

$864

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$145

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

$12.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.39

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	136.68	820	101
Medium and Large 2	577	136.67	789	48
Medium and Large 3	535	127.83	683	6thin
Small 1	523	126.17	660	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	779	123.82	964	91

One grade step is worth $12.86/cwt here — about −$145 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 sale252 hd

131.57

—

VA average10 barns · 1,045 hd

138.96

−7.39

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

Every lot

59 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	379	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	584	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	528	1
Steers	—	Small 1	400	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	456	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	410	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	558	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	457	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	649	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	669	5
Steers	—	Small 1	485	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	534	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	717	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	680	1
Steers	—	Small 1	525	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	740	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	736	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	538	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	699	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	140.96/cwt	140.00–141.00	787	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	570	139.97/cwt	138.00–143.00	798	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	573	127.97/cwt	121.00–132.00	733	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	595	142.07/cwt	141.00–143.00	845	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	631	134.44/cwt	132.50–140.00	848	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	646	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	840	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	660	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	904	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	884	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	666	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	922	17
Steers	—	Small 1	680	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	748	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	720	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	842	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	936	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	796	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	931	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	820	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	877	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	886	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	1,023	57
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,004	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	965	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	782	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	492	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	373	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	459	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	520	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	410	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	508	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	498	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	631	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	491	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	624	8
Heifers	—	Small 1	492	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	561	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	528	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	533	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	531	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	674	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	543	122.43/cwt	117.00–123.50	665	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	676	15
Heifers	—	Small 1	598	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	616	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	648	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	646	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	730	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	706	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	758	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	826	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 1	415	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	498	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	448	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	556	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	651	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	545	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	692	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	610	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	708	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	732	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	745	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	797	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	850	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	876	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	965	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	724	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	995	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	726	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	1,110	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	855	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 May 12, 2020

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

Receipts 359Last week 280Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 255, Heifers 78, Bulls 26)

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
6	—	764	122.50	122.50
1	—	665	133.00	133.00
1	—	380	139.00	139.00
18	—	646	130.00	130.00
1	—	930	108.00	108.00
1	—	410	136.00	136.00
26	—	558	140.00–141.00	140.96
6	—	488	147.00	147.00
1	—	515	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	110.00	110.00
1	—	680	110.00	110.00
3	—	525	141.00	141.00
1	—	400	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	720	117.00	117.00
4	—	538	130.00	130.00
1	—	335	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	457	142.00	142.00
17	—	666	138.50	138.50
6	—	540	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	478	140.00	140.00
1	—	820	107.00	107.00
5	—	573	121.00–132.00	127.97
1	—	965	81.00	81.00
2	—	533	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	660	137.00	137.00
23	—	631	132.50–140.00	134.44
57	—	886	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	570	138.00–143.00	139.97
4	—	796	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	595	141.00–143.00	142.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	379	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	373	123.00	123.00
1	—	445	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	485	130.00	130.00
6	—	543	117.00–123.50	122.43
1	—	370	133.00	133.00
1	—	410	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	531	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	559	121.00	121.00
2	—	385	135.00	135.00
7	—	646	113.00	113.00
8	—	491	127.00	127.00
1	—	735	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	598	103.00	103.00
3	—	492	114.00	114.00
3	—	528	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	758	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	606	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	103.00	103.00
2	—	415	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	75.00	75.00
2	—	545	127.00	127.00
4	—	448	124.00	124.00
1	—	745	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	73.00	73.00
1	—	1,110	77.00	77.00
1	—	610	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	119.00	119.00
5	—	468	139.00	139.00

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.