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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-15

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Sep 15

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Sep 1Sep 15Sep 22 →

Receipts

621 head

▲ 194 vs last sale 427▲ 8 vs year ago 613 · +1.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 400, Heifers 172, Bulls 49)

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 $140.56/cwt on 385 head.

Average price

$140.56

385 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$903

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$267

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

$37.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.21

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	622	148.39	922	118
Medium and Large 1	690	139.64	963	165
Medium and Large 2	612	135.70	830	69
Medium and Large 3	539	129.60	698	20
Small 1	545	124.90	681	12thin
Large 1-2	590	111.00	655	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.39/cwt here — about $267 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 sale385 hd

140.56

—

VA average11 barns · 2,589 hd

140.35

+0.21

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

Every lot

85 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	360	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	551	1
Steers	—	Small 1	370	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	559	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	548	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	445	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	645	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	450	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	594	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	455	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	660	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	459	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	620	7
Steers	—	Small 1	483	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	609	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	525	115.00/cwt	110.00–120.00	604	2
Steers	—	Small 1	535	124.97/cwt	124.00–129.00	669	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	539	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	814	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	541	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	665	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	559	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	771	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	823	25
Steers	—	Large 1-2	590	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	655	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	606	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	879	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	619	152.96/cwt	140.00–156.50	947	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	619	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	904	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	625	144.38/cwt	140.00–146.00	902	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	648	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	959	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	651	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	853	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	659	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	830	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	661	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	965	38
Steers	—	Small 1	683	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	785	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	864	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	721	137.23/cwt	130.00–141.00	989	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	728	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	968	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	739	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	916	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	752	135.86/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,022	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	814	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	1,111	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	858	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,098	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,072	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	952	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,095	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,029	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,302	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,145	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	744	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	243	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	318	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	295	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	342	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	483	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	554	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	565	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	453	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	385	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	595	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	477	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	544	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	600	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	510	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	602	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	533	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	560	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	681	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	698	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	681	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	563	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	653	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	585	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	801	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	589	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	807	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	605	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	744	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	628	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	571	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	630	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	636	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	652	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	776	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	769	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	657	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	874	9
Heifers	—	Small 1	730	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	555	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	754	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	762	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	758	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	758	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	831	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	989	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	945	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	832	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls21 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	195	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	372	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	265	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	477	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	305	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	470	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	343	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	559	4
Bulls	—	Small 1	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	453	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	625	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	584	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	471	132.11/cwt	124.00–135.00	622	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	535	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	578	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	536	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	729	7
Bulls	—	Small 1	552	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	668	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	570	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	690	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	620	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	670	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	620	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	589	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	653	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	757	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	693	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	755	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	855	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	710	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	945	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	794	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,050	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	641	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 Sep 15, 2020

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

Receipts 621Last week 427Year ago 613

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 400, Heifers 172, Bulls 49)

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 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,029	126.50	126.50
38	—	721	130.00–141.00	137.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	861	124.50	124.50
11	—	625	140.00–146.00	144.38
12	—	455	145.00	145.00
21	—	752	133.00–136.00	135.86
25	—	564	146.00	146.00
1	—	720	120.00	120.00
38	—	661	146.00	146.00
1	—	1,145	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	535	124.00–129.00	124.97
1	—	370	151.00	151.00
3	—	483	126.00	126.00
3	—	683	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	541	123.00	123.00
6	—	659	126.00	126.00
7	—	459	135.00	135.00
1	—	360	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	651	131.00	131.00
2	—	370	148.00	148.00
2	—	525	110.00–120.00	115.00
4	—	739	124.00	124.00
4	—	858	128.00	128.00
7	—	450	132.00	132.00
14	—	559	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	619	146.00	146.00
5	—	814	136.50	136.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	952	115.00	115.00
13	—	728	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	445	145.00	145.00
5	—	648	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	619	140.00–156.50	152.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	606	145.00	145.00
24	—	539	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	453	85.00	85.00
1	—	730	76.00	76.00
2	—	533	105.00	105.00
4	—	628	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	101.00	101.00
6	—	563	116.00	116.00
8	—	477	114.00	114.00
1	—	295	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	558	122.00	122.00
10	—	652	119.00	119.00
1	—	545	125.00	125.00
2	—	445	127.00	127.00
2	—	758	100.00	100.00
8	—	480	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	510	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	345	140.00	140.00
4	—	754	101.00	101.00
5	—	831	119.00	119.00
1	—	945	88.00	88.00
13	—	474	125.50	125.50
2	—	390	135.00	135.00
17	—	652	118.00	118.00
2	—	605	123.00	123.00
22	—	556	125.50	125.50
3	—	433	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	585	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	589	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	243	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	657	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	305	154.00	154.00
1	—	535	108.00	108.00
1	—	855	83.00	83.00
2	—	693	109.00	109.00
4	—	471	124.00–135.00	132.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	195	191.00	191.00
1	—	265	180.00	180.00
1	—	340	130.00	130.00
1	—	620	117.00	117.00
2	—	453	138.00	138.00
2	—	570	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	945	84.00	84.00
1	—	1,050	61.00	61.00
7	—	536	136.00	136.00
1	—	620	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	121.00	121.00
1	—	440	120.00	120.00
1	—	620	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	116.00	116.00
4	—	343	163.00	163.00
5	—	460	127.00	127.00

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.