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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-20

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Oct 20

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Oct 13Oct 20Oct 27 →

Receipts

586 head

▲ 278 vs last sale 308▲ 254 vs year ago 332 · +76.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 320, Heifers 181, Bulls 85)

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 $133.51/cwt on 313 head.

Average price

$133.51

313 head · 686 lb average

Value per head Derived

$915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$19.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	570	137.61	785	31
Medium and Large 1	666	136.52	909	122
Medium and Large 3	515	134.00	690	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	741	131.36	973	146
Small 1	540	118.42	639	12thin

One grade step is worth $19.20/cwt here — about $146 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 sale313 hd

133.51

—

VA average10 barns · 1,986 hd

134.26

−0.75

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

Every lot

84 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	—	Small 1	345	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	514	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	582	7
Steers	—	Small 1	442	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	473	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	708	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	460	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	630	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	468	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	739	14
Steers	—	Small 1	515	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	546	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	714	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	712	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	759	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	559	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	811	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	790	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	562	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	759	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	747	1
Steers	—	Small 1	571	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	714	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	603	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	826	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	641	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	865	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	649	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	876	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	132.50/cwt	121.00–133.00	868	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	663	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	815	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	670	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	905	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	672	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	880	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	868	3
Steers	—	Small 1Value Added	718	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	790	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	756	124.06/cwt	115.00–125.00	938	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	757	132.03/cwt	127.00–134.50	999	42
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	760	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	874	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	866	129.81/cwt	121.00–130.50	1,124	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	871	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	1,137	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	895	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	976	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	969	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,085	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	210	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	208	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	132.69/cwt	130.00–134.00	434	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	375	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	435	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	512	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	429	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	489	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	508	5
Heifers	—	Small 1	465	99.86/cwt	93.00–101.00	464	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	564	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	123.36/cwt	120.00–124.00	591	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	483	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	512	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	518	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	653	15
Heifers	—	Small 1	533	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	501	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	549	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	675	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	522	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	556	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	662	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	557	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	646	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	560	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	594	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	764	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	694	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	635	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	565	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	738	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	645	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	516	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	119.66/cwt	115.00–120.00	785	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	677	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	785	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	677	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	616	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	690	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	731	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	827	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	738	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	834	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	775	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	705	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	950	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	751	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	220	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	295	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	338	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	561	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	343	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	539	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	355	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	547	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	380	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	361	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	385	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	493	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	418	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	339	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	446	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	620	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	453	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	476	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	458	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	618	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	673	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	549	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	730	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	551	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	711	6
Bulls	—	Small 1	554	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	560	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	555	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	549	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	600	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	702	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	635	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	692	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	649	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	785	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	665	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	698	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	665	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	592	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	733	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	799	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	788	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	804	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 Oct 20, 2020

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

Receipts 586Last week 308Year ago 332

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 320, Heifers 181, Bulls 85)

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 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	969	112.00	112.00
17	—	641	135.00	135.00
13	—	562	135.00	135.00
42	—	757	127.00–134.50	132.03
28	—	871	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	670	135.00	135.00
6	—	603	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	649	135.00	135.00
3	—	700	124.00	124.00
28	—	866	121.00–130.50	129.81
8	—	559	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	109.00	109.00
28	—	560	141.00	141.00
24	—	655	121.00–133.00	132.50
14	—	468	158.00	158.00
11	—	756	115.00–125.00	124.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	106.00	106.00
5	—	571	125.00	125.00
1	—	345	149.00	149.00
3	—	442	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	718	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	137.00	137.00
1	—	570	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	131.00	131.00
8	—	558	136.00	136.00
5	—	663	123.00	123.00
3	—	760	115.00	115.00
11	—	460	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	371	157.00	157.00
2	—	548	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	549	133.00	133.00
5	—	446	139.00	139.00
3	—	338	166.00	166.00
2	—	788	102.00	102.00
2	—	665	105.00	105.00
1	—	600	117.00	117.00
1	—	355	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	554	101.00	101.00
2	—	418	81.00	81.00
1	—	665	89.00	89.00
1	—	380	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	99.00	99.00
2	—	453	105.00	105.00
1	—	385	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	109.00	109.00
1	—	220	134.00	134.00
6	—	551	129.00	129.00
5	—	343	157.00	157.00
3	—	458	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	733	109.00	109.00
2	—	543	124.00	124.00
10	—	649	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	114.00	114.00
1	—	555	94.00	94.00
5	—	427	119.00	119.00
4	—	385	133.00	133.00
33	—	549	123.00	123.00
15	—	656	115.00–120.00	119.66
13	—	479	120.00–124.00	123.36
3	—	327	130.00–134.00	132.69
1	—	950	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	80.00	80.00
7	—	465	93.00–101.00	99.86
4	—	533	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	483	106.00	106.00
1	—	775	91.00	91.00
1	—	690	106.00	106.00
3	—	375	116.00	116.00
2	—	635	89.00	89.00
2	—	560	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	116.00	116.00
2	—	738	113.00	113.00
1	—	620	112.00	112.00
11	—	556	119.00	119.00
1	—	210	99.00	99.00
4	—	425	115.00	115.00
5	—	478	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	606	126.00	126.00
3	—	677	91.00	91.00
15	—	518	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	636	116.00	116.00
3	—	557	116.00	116.00
3	—	390	110.00	110.00

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.