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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-19

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, May 19

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← May 12May 19Jun 2 →

Receipts

430 head

▲ 71 vs last sale 359▲ 430 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 203, Heifers 149, Bulls 78)

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 $128.61/cwt on 202 head.

Average price

$128.61

202 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$122

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

$39.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.61

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	645	135.08	871	64
Medium and Large 2	619	131.55	814	42
Medium and Large 3	524	128.15	671	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	788	123.42	973	71
Small 1	609	117.60	716	10thin
Medium and Large 4	465	109.00	507	1thin
Large 1-2	780	96.00	749	1thin

One grade step is worth $39.08/cwt here — about $122 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 sale202 hd

128.61

—

VA average11 barns · 1,762 hd

138.22

−9.61

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

Every lot

79 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	559	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	518	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	450	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	702	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	453	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	607	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	456	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	720	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4	465	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	507	1
Steers	—	Small 1	470	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	588	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	763	1
Steers	—	Small 1	545	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	692	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	545	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	692	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	555	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	733	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	823	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	806	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	670	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	891	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	670	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	858	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	892	18
Steers	—	Small 1	724	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	753	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	915	7
Steers	—	Large 1-2	780	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	749	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	784	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	980	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	787	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	937	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	805	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	829	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	808	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	953	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	850	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	893	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	866	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	944	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	620	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,018	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	906	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	370	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	429	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	380	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	433	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	383	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	488	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	447	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	579	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	453	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	571	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	463	122.25/cwt	122.25–122.25	566	8
Heifers	—	Small 1	466	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	536	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	471	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	591	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	479	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	527	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	520	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	694	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	533	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	624	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	557	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	696	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	703	14
Heifers	—	Small 1	568	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	568	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	583	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	749	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	584	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	695	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	595	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	518	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	641	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	750	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	749	8
Heifers	—	Small 1	690	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	593	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	760	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	654	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	770	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	886	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	779	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	888	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	785	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	911	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	797	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	925	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	734	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	870	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,027	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,055	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,066	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 1	372	117.73/cwt	93.00–130.00	438	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	556	5
Bulls	—	Small 2	440	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	374	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	453	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	525	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	462	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	628	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	463	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	588	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	467	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	640	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	540	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	567	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	548	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	663	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	554	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	731	21
Bulls	—	Small 1	560	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	627	3
Bulls	—	Small 2	565	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	345	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	575	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	667	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	650	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	754	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	650	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	735	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	651	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	716	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	735	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	794	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	745	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	671	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	815	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	652	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	823	95.50/cwt	95.00–96.00	786	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	870	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	548	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	920	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	524	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 19, 2020

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

Receipts 430Last week 359Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 203, Heifers 149, Bulls 78)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	779	114.00	114.00
1	—	815	90.00	90.00
14	—	567	124.00	124.00
8	—	643	116.50	116.50
8	—	453	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	115.00	115.00
2	—	568	100.00	100.00
1	—	760	86.00	86.00
1	—	690	86.00	86.00
1	—	380	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	479	110.00	110.00
1	—	595	87.00	87.00
1	—	370	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	463	122.25	122.25
6	—	533	117.00	117.00
3	—	383	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	584	119.00	119.00
11	—	447	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	557	125.00	125.00
6	—	641	117.00	117.00
6	—	471	125.50	125.50
1	—	1,055	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	583	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	770	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	520	133.50	133.50
4	—	870	118.00	118.00
2	—	785	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	797	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	565	61.00	61.00
1	—	440	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	651	110.00	110.00
3	—	560	112.00	112.00
3	—	372	93.00–130.00	117.73
2	—	453	116.00	116.00
1	—	540	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	650	113.00	113.00
3	—	463	127.00	127.00
2	—	870	63.00	63.00
2	—	815	80.00	80.00
2	—	548	121.00	121.00
1	—	920	57.00	57.00
1	—	745	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	462	136.00	136.00
2	—	575	116.00	116.00
1	—	515	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	376	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	554	132.00	132.00
5	—	467	137.00	137.00
2	—	823	95.00–96.00	95.50
1	—	735	108.00	108.00
1	—	650	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	545	127.00	127.00
4	—	724	104.00	104.00
1	—	470	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	545	127.00	127.00
4	—	453	134.00	134.00
1	—	805	103.00	103.00
1	—	375	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	620	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	555	132.00	132.00
7	—	456	158.00	158.00
5	—	787	119.00	119.00
3	—	670	128.00	128.00
2	—	1,018	89.00	89.00
2	—	850	105.00	105.00
2	—	370	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	784	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	866	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	808	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	564	146.00	146.00
18	—	673	132.50	132.50
7	—	750	122.00	122.00
4	—	450	156.00	156.00
1	—	925	67.00	67.00
1	—	635	127.00	127.00
1	—	545	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	96.00	96.00

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.