Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2020-11-03

Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-03

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Nov 3

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Oct 27Nov 3Nov 10 →

Receipts

152 head

▼ 372 vs last sale 524▼ 505 vs year ago 657 · −76.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 64, Bulls 12)

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 $125.99/cwt on 76 head.

Average price

$125.99

76 head · 677 lb average

Value per head Derived

$852

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$51

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

$23.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.48

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	613	136.50	837	16thin
Medium and Large 1	682	127.17	867	35
Medium and Large 2	693	123.09	853	11thin
Medium and Large 3	762	113.67	866	6thin
Small 1	696	113.00	786	8thin

One grade step is worth $23.50/cwt here — about $51 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 sale76 hd

125.99

—

VA average9 barns · 863 hd

135.47

−9.48

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

Every lot

37 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	556	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	778	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	9
Steers	—	Small 1	570	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	627	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	640	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	781	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	654	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	837	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	880	10
Steers	—	Small 1	665	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	811	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	670	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	891	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	730	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	847	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	747	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	874	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	870	1
Steers	—	Small 1	750	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	803	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	755	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	876	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	765	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	880	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	820	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	910	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	111.99/cwt	111.00–113.00	922	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	890	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	917	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	359	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	345	107.00/cwt	102.00–112.00	369	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	355	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	359	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	597	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	549	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	651	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	652	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	552	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	602	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	645	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	419	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	656	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	722	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	112.19/cwt	112.00–113.00	739	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	723	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	809	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	810	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	737	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	340	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	442	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	443	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	598	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	565	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	684	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	620	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	608	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	780	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	741	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	840	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	739	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 Nov 3, 2020

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

Receipts 152Last week 524Year ago 657

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 64, Bulls 12)

Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	340	130.00	130.00
1	—	565	121.00	121.00
1	—	620	98.00	98.00
1	—	780	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	555	120.00	120.00
4	—	443	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	840	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	659	112.00–113.00	112.19
1	—	730	99.00	99.00
6	—	763	106.00	106.00
5	—	549	118.50	118.50
3	—	493	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	315	114.00	114.00
2	—	810	91.00	91.00
13	—	550	118.50	118.50
4	—	656	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	355	101.00	101.00
1	—	645	65.00	65.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	109.00	109.00
4	—	345	102.00–112.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	116.00	116.00
10	—	662	133.00	133.00
9	—	570	140.00	140.00
2	—	823	111.00–113.00	111.99
13	—	747	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	750	107.00	107.00
1	—	570	110.00	110.00
3	—	665	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	730	116.00	116.00
7	—	654	128.00	128.00
1	—	765	115.00	115.00
1	—	820	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	122.00	122.00
2	—	890	103.00	103.00
2	—	755	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	670	133.00	133.00
8	—	556	140.00	140.00

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.