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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-18

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 18

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Aug 11Aug 18Aug 25 →

Receipts

456 head

▲ 127 vs last sale 329▲ 214 vs year ago 242 · +88.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 281, Heifers 155, Bulls 20)

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 $142.29/cwt on 260 head.

Average price

$142.29

260 head · 654 lb average

Value per head Derived

$930

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$251

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

$57.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.42

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	667	146.93	981	174
Small 1	583	135.18	788	19thin
Medium and Large 2	645	134.93	871	22
Medium and Large 1-2	710	134.79	957	24
Medium and Large 3	533	128.43	685	20
Large 1-2	820	89.00	730	1thin

One grade step is worth $57.93/cwt here — about $251 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 sale260 hd

142.29

—

VA average12 barns · 1,604 hd

141.87

+0.42

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

Every lot

71 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Value Added	423	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	567	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	458	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	559	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	658	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	713	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	514	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	843	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	531	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	674	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	542	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	786	6
Steers	—	Small 1	552	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	753	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	149.49/cwt	141.00–150.00	866	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	599	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,000	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	610	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	793	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	632	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	885	3
Steers	—	Small 1	632	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	853	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	639	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	859	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	906	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	655	132.60/cwt	122.00–134.00	869	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	665	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	931	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	695	147.82/cwt	141.00–150.50	1,027	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	718	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	998	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	725	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	885	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	739	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	968	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,003	11
Steers	—	Small 1	745	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	887	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	805	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,047	4
Steers	—	Large 1-2	820	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	730	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	821	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,067	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	829	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,078	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	868	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,141	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,076	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	885	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	974	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	999	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,039	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,010	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,010	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	459	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	457	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	503	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	458	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	481	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	608	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	552	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	524	109.67/cwt	109.00–110.00	575	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	525	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	551	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	529	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	698	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	538	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	675	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	129.99/cwt	122.00–130.50	727	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	573	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	751	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	595	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	608	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	766	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	613	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	794	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	618	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	680	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	630	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	680	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	121.59/cwt	121.00–124.00	772	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	778	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	654	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	853	8
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	665	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	692	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	763	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	908	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	833	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	783	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	932	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	858	93.52/cwt	91.00–96.00	802	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	955	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	860	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,060	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	912	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,120	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	918	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 1	410	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	492	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	455	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	596	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	621	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	547	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	667	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	550	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	649	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	660	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	610	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	683	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	685	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	801	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	725	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	819	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	750	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	893	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 Aug 18, 2020

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

Receipts 456Last week 329Year ago 242

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 281, Heifers 155, Bulls 20)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	135.00	135.00
2	—	555	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	131.00	131.00
1	—	685	117.00	117.00
2	—	750	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	118.00	118.00
1	—	725	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	610	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	122.00	122.00
5	—	458	122.00	122.00
5	—	639	134.50	134.50
6	—	531	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	821	130.00	130.00
5	—	610	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	632	140.00	140.00
4	—	805	130.00	130.00
17	—	514	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	868	131.50	131.50
2	—	1,010	100.00	100.00
5	—	999	104.00	104.00
11	—	829	130.00	130.00
32	—	695	141.00–150.50	147.82
35	—	599	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	820	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	552	136.50	136.50
1	—	745	119.00	119.00
5	—	632	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	140.00	140.00
1	—	885	110.00	110.00
5	—	739	131.00	131.00
6	—	542	145.00	145.00
9	—	655	122.00–134.00	132.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	475	150.00	150.00
3	—	875	123.00	123.00
11	—	743	135.00	135.00
17	—	579	141.00–150.00	149.49
30	—	654	138.50	138.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	718	139.00	139.00
7	—	665	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	423	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	613	129.50	129.50
4	—	763	119.00	119.00
2	—	1,120	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	858	91.00–96.00	93.52
5	—	471	129.00	129.00
7	—	764	109.00	109.00
17	—	559	122.00–130.50	129.99
1	—	955	90.00	90.00
21	—	643	121.00	121.00
1	—	1,060	86.00	86.00
2	—	545	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	90.00	90.00
2	—	618	110.00	110.00
3	—	457	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	115.00	115.00
2	—	710	110.00	110.00
5	—	635	121.00–124.00	121.59
8	—	538	125.50	125.50
1	—	370	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	608	126.00	126.00
8	—	654	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	458	105.00	105.00
3	—	524	109.00–110.00	109.67
4	—	630	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	525	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	529	132.00	132.00
5	—	573	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	783	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.