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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-27

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Oct 27

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Oct 20Oct 27Nov 3 →

Receipts

524 head

▼ 62 vs last sale 586▲ 132 vs year ago 392 · +33.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 266, Heifers 216, Bulls 42)

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 $128.24/cwt on 252 head.

Average price

$128.24

252 head · 679 lb average

Value per head Derived

$871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$291

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$19.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.80

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	685	134.13	919	141
Medium and Large 2	644	124.48	802	48
Medium and Large 1-2	762	118.91	906	43
Medium and Large 3	552	117.13	647	8thin
Small 1	546	114.92	628	12thin

One grade step is worth $19.20/cwt here — about $291 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 sale252 hd

128.24

—

VA average10 barns · 1,986 hd

132.04

−3.80

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

Every lot

75 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	509	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	335	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	369	1
Steers	—	Small 1	370	108.53/cwt	108.00–109.00	402	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	559	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	576	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	449	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	696	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	469	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	689	7
Steers	—	Small 1	471	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	603	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	474	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	593	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	139.85/cwt	134.00–140.25	785	32
Steers	—	Small 1	568	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	704	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	579	133.13/cwt	128.00–134.00	771	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	595	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	637	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	624	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	830	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	636	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	757	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	644	126.26/cwt	124.00–127.00	813	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	648	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	855	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	649	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	850	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	819	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	666	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	912	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	684	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	800	5
Steers	—	Small 1	705	92.01/cwt	91.00–93.00	649	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	745	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	820	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	753	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	881	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	755	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	868	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	771	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	925	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	818	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	937	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	845	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	930	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	852	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,001	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	876	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	929	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	894	127.75/cwt	127.75–127.75	1,142	39
Steers	—	Small 1	915	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	824	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,002	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	982	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	270	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	300	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	310	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	285	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	406	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	355	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	433	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	376	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	478	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	420	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	454	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	471	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	489	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	445	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	110.60/cwt	110.00–115.00	532	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	484	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	561	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	488	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	564	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	592	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	549	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	560	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	551	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	557	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	114.58/cwt	111.00–115.00	643	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	561	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	617	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	620	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	794	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	649	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	727	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	650	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	715	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	746	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	682	83.01/cwt	75.00–87.00	566	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	750	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	763	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	725	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	765	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	581	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	791	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	855	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	727	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	320	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	333	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	355	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	525	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	395	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	431	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	450	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	504	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	477	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	692	6
Bulls	—	Small 1	490	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	372	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	510	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	663	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	520	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	551	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	550	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	627	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	551	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	733	5
Bulls	—	Small 1	558	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	513	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	5
Bulls	—	Small 1	690	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	607	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	825	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	586	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	1,030	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	670	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 27, 2020

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

Receipts 524Last week 586Year ago 392

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 266, Heifers 216, Bulls 42)

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
15	—	649	112.00	112.00
45	—	561	111.00–115.00	114.58
3	—	660	113.00	113.00
9	—	433	113.00	113.00
6	—	743	101.00	101.00
3	—	833	95.00	95.00
1	—	270	111.00	111.00
16	—	481	110.00–115.00	110.60
1	—	510	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	620	128.00	128.00
5	—	488	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	76.00	76.00
8	—	549	102.00	102.00
3	—	682	75.00–87.00	83.01
1	—	310	92.00	92.00
1	—	420	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	129.00	129.00
2	—	430	109.50	109.50
4	—	484	116.00	116.00
3	—	763	95.00	95.00
8	—	561	110.00	110.00
7	—	650	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	445	100.00	100.00
4	—	355	122.00	122.00
5	—	551	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	376	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	649	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	561	134.00–140.25	139.85
1	—	320	159.00	159.00
3	—	852	117.50	117.50
20	—	449	155.00	155.00
14	—	753	117.00	117.00
1	—	650	126.00	126.00
20	—	648	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	624	133.00	133.00
16	—	818	114.50	114.50
6	—	1,002	98.00	98.00
5	—	684	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	666	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	124.00	124.00
5	—	471	128.00	128.00
2	—	705	91.00–93.00	92.01
1	—	915	90.00	90.00
2	—	370	108.00–109.00	108.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	755	115.00	115.00
1	—	440	131.00	131.00
4	—	644	124.00–127.00	126.26
7	—	579	128.00–134.00	133.13
2	—	375	149.00	149.00
7	—	469	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	845	110.00	110.00
1	—	745	110.00	110.00
4	—	474	125.00	125.00
1	—	595	107.00	107.00
1	—	335	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	876	106.00	106.00
14	—	636	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	894	127.75	127.75
4	—	771	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	71.00	71.00
1	—	690	88.00	88.00
1	—	395	109.00	109.00
2	—	558	92.00	92.00
1	—	490	76.00	76.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	477	145.00	145.00
5	—	645	120.00	120.00
5	—	551	133.00	133.00
1	—	510	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	112.00	112.00
1	—	1,030	65.00	65.00
1	—	320	104.00	104.00
2	—	520	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	355	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	550	114.00	114.00

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.