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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-06

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Oct 6

● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Sep 29Oct 6Oct 13 →

Receipts

432 head

▲ 185 vs last sale 247▼ 407 vs year ago 839 · −48.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 193, Heifers 172, Bulls 67)

Value Added 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 $136.31/cwt on 190 head.

Average price

$136.31

190 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$851

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$25.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.05

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	631	140.38	885	87
Medium and Large 2	581	138.65	806	34
Medium and Large 1-2	675	134.59	909	36
Medium and Large 3	533	127.44	679	18thin
Medium and Large 2-3	779	127.22	991	9thin
Small 1	524	114.50	600	6thin

One grade step is worth $25.88/cwt here — about $285 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 sale190 hd

136.31

—

VA average9 barns · 1,986 hd

137.35

−1.05

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

Every lot

70 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	—	Small 1	320	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	397	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	1
Steers	—	Small 1	410	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	381	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Value Added	439	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	601	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	448	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	694	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	733	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	458	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	577	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	653	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	548	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	762	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	554	146.75/cwt	146.75–146.75	813	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	559	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	704	7
Steers	—	Small 1	577	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	710	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	644	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	869	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	653	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	895	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	658	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	790	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	668	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	835	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	677	136.90/cwt	125.00–144.50	927	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	684	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	869	6
Steers	—	Small 1	685	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	692	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	700	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	819	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	718	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	933	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	724	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	905	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	753	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	986	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	755	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,012	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	776	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,017	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	790	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	861	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	823	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,062	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	992	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	288	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	360	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	386	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	506	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	398	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	490	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	535	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	434	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	534	5
Heifers	—	Small 1	460	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	419	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	466	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	513	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	477	122.75/cwt	122.75–122.75	586	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	589	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	113.00/cwt	110.00–116.00	565	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	517	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	615	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	530	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	531	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	595	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	544	120.86/cwt	119.00–121.00	657	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	553	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	680	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	577	116.37/cwt	116.00–117.00	671	11
Heifers	—	Small 1	635	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	540	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	647	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	776	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	115.94/cwt	115.00–116.00	758	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	732	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	827	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	738	111.65/cwt	109.00–113.00	824	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	750	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	780	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	890	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	783	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	335	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	513	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	345	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	411	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	368	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	405	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	398	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	585	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	443	112.60/cwt	105.00–114.00	499	6
Bulls	—	Small 1	443	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	443	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	448	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	627	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	535	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	583	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	539	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	728	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	540	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	670	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	555	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	505	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	635	113.00/cwt	112.00–115.00	718	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	635	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	673	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	652	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	769	7
Bulls	—	Small 1	720	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	576	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	765	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	826	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	793	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	809	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,055	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,023	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 Oct 6, 2020

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

Receipts 432Last week 247Year ago 839

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 193, Heifers 172, Bulls 67)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	112.00–115.00	113.00
2	—	345	119.00	119.00
4	—	535	109.00	109.00
6	—	443	105.00–114.00	112.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	91.00	91.00
2	—	368	110.00	110.00
1	—	720	80.00	80.00
4	—	443	100.00	100.00
1	—	635	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	793	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	108.00	108.00
2	—	448	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,055	97.00	97.00
1	—	335	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	539	135.00	135.00
7	—	652	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	440	135.00	135.00
4	—	398	147.00	147.00
1	—	540	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	101.00	101.00
4	—	398	123.00	123.00
11	—	577	116.00–117.00	116.37
7	—	466	110.00	110.00
4	—	750	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	288	125.00	125.00
5	—	434	123.00	123.00
9	—	647	120.00	120.00
8	—	386	131.00	131.00
11	—	553	123.00	123.00
10	—	477	122.75	122.75
2	—	500	110.00–116.00	113.00
3	—	738	109.00–113.00	111.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	91.00	91.00
2	—	890	88.00	88.00
4	—	531	112.00	112.00
2	—	635	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	428	125.00	125.00
18	—	654	115.00–116.00	115.94
7	—	732	113.00	113.00
7	—	481	122.50	122.50
27	—	544	119.00–121.00	120.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	517	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	439	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	448	155.00	155.00
6	—	684	127.00	127.00
9	—	548	139.00	139.00
1	—	390	150.00	150.00
1	—	700	117.00	117.00
1	—	480	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	559	126.00	126.00
3	—	458	126.00	126.00
1	—	790	109.00	109.00
2	—	658	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	823	129.00	129.00
4	—	724	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	93.00	93.00
3	—	577	123.00	123.00
1	—	320	124.00	124.00
1	—	685	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	776	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	755	134.00	134.00
7	—	644	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	653	137.00	137.00
1	—	870	114.00	114.00
4	—	718	130.00	130.00
27	—	554	146.75	146.75
12	—	753	131.00	131.00
8	—	458	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	668	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	677	125.00–144.50	136.90

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.