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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2020-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-17

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Nov 17

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Nov 10Nov 17Dec 1 →

Receipts

443 head

▼ 299 vs last sale 742▲ 32 vs year ago 411 · +7.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 194, Heifers 189, Bulls 60)

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 $133.03/cwt on 184 head.

Average price

$133.03

184 head · 666 lb average

Value per head Derived

$886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$270

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

$46.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.35

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	643	137.48	884	89
Medium and Large 2	586	135.43	794	24
Medium and Large 1-2	767	129.54	994	57
Medium and Large 3	479	123.60	592	5thin
Small 1	566	112.26	635	8thin
Large 1-2	675	91.00	614	1thin

One grade step is worth $46.48/cwt here — about $270 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 sale184 hd

133.03

—

VA average12 barns · 1,826 hd

137.38

−4.35

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

Every lot

78 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	310	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	369	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	448	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	350	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	462	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	154.48/cwt	140.00–162.00	592	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	540	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	454	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	726	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	462	152.81/cwt	135.00–155.00	706	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	540	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	610	1
Steers	—	Small 1	550	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	627	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	551	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	827	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	564	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	761	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	784	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	822	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	636	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	700	4
Steers	—	Small 1	642	109.26/cwt	92.00–115.00	701	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	651	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	807	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	870	20
Steers	—	Large 1-2	675	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	614	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	698	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	928	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	728	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	968	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	125.94/cwt	121.00–127.00	929	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	885	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	760	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	806	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	773	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	982	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	790	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	798	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	866	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	840	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	924	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,043	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	889	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,138	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	922	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,014	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	998	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	289	126.41/cwt	121.00–129.00	365	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	305	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	305	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	472	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	501	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	382	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	489	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	420	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	420	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	535	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	498	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	113.41/cwt	108.00–116.00	542	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	594	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	126.05/cwt	118.00–127.00	674	9
Heifers	—	Small 1	543	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	570	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	545	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	627	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	549	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	609	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	702	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	643	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	733	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	649	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	759	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	653	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	705	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	655	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	648	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	666	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	719	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	842	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	692	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	865	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	727	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	727	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	745	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	618	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	819	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	758	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	766	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	847	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	754	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	900	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	630	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	980	85.65/cwt	83.00–87.00	839	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,110	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	821	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	390	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	620	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	430	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	585	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	458	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	692	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	480	136.92/cwt	133.00–141.00	657	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	500	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	420	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	535	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	669	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	553	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	614	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	558	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	725	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	610	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	519	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	640	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	544	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	680	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	755	5
Bulls	—	Small 1	685	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	610	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	690	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	628	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	733	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	748	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	758	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	803	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	862	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	845	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	886	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	815	7

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 17, 2020

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

Receipts 443Last week 742Year ago 411

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 194, Heifers 189, Bulls 60)

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
4	—	636	110.00	110.00
3	—	922	110.00	110.00
30	—	889	128.00	128.00
9	—	698	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	627	125.00	125.00
20	—	654	133.00	133.00
5	—	862	121.00	121.00
14	—	738	121.00–127.00	125.94
6	—	454	160.00	160.00
1	—	960	104.00	104.00
1	—	825	105.00	105.00
1	—	790	101.00	101.00
31	—	551	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	310	119.00	119.00
4	—	642	92.00–115.00	109.26
3	—	550	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	106.00	106.00
1	—	540	113.00	113.00
1	—	425	127.00	127.00
1	—	350	132.00	132.00
1	—	320	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	773	127.00	127.00
4	—	728	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	651	124.00	124.00
5	—	564	135.00	135.00
2	—	840	110.00	110.00
2	—	750	118.00	118.00
9	—	462	135.00–155.00	152.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	383	140.00–162.00	154.48
5	—	632	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	692	125.00	125.00
9	—	549	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,110	74.00	74.00
15	—	649	117.00	117.00
29	—	559	125.50	125.50
4	—	374	134.00	134.00
3	—	980	83.00–87.00	85.65
3	—	847	89.00	89.00
3	—	727	100.00	100.00
12	—	485	122.50	122.50
8	—	428	125.00	125.00
6	—	758	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	666	108.00	108.00
4	—	543	105.00	105.00
1	—	305	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	745	83.00	83.00
1	—	420	100.00	100.00
3	—	655	99.00	99.00
3	—	545	115.00	115.00
1	—	900	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	382	128.00	128.00
3	—	289	121.00–129.00	126.41
4	—	758	101.00	101.00
3	—	478	108.00–116.00	113.41
2	—	433	115.00	115.00
10	—	643	114.00	114.00
9	—	535	118.00–127.00	126.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	690	122.00	122.00
3	—	330	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	680	111.00	111.00
3	—	862	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	89.00	89.00
1	—	640	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	458	151.00	151.00
4	—	558	130.00	130.00
1	—	535	125.00	125.00
1	—	430	136.00	136.00
1	—	390	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	111.00	111.00
1	—	690	91.00	91.00
1	—	610	85.00	85.00
1	—	500	84.00	84.00
2	—	733	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	758	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	886	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	133.00–141.00	136.92

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.