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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-01-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-12

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jan 12

● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jan 5Jan 12Jan 19 →

Receipts

935 head

▲ 619 vs last sale 316▲ 602 vs year ago 333 · +180.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 498, Heifers 368, Bulls 69)

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 $131.34/cwt on 496 head.

Average price

$131.34

496 head · 688 lb average

Value per head Derived

$904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$45.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.88

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	564	139.11	785	27
Medium and Large 1	696	133.54	929	257
Medium and Large 1-2	701	130.33	913	194
Medium and Large 3	589	107.00	631	7thin
Medium and Large 4	460	100.00	460	1thin
Small 2	210	98.00	206	1thin
Small 1	725	93.33	676	9thin

One grade step is worth $45.78/cwt here — about $109 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 sale496 hd

131.34

—

VA average9 barns · 1,512 hd

134.23

−2.88

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

Every lot

104 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 2	210	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	206	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	498	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	320	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	512	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	562	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	612	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	410	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	533	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	427	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	645	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4	460	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	460	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	744	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	487	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	760	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	503	132.09/cwt	118.00–145.00	664	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	513	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	770	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	519	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	654	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	548	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	764	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	552	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	569	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	857	50
Steers	—	Small 1	565	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	622	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	592	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	784	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	623	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	835	10
Steers	—	Small 1	623	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	648	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	643	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	849	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	645	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	697	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	659	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	853	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	132.05/cwt	105.00–134.00	874	73
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	669	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	903	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	705	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	811	1
Steers	—	Small 1	715	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	636	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	736	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	916	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	746	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	951	64
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	752	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	940	21
Steers	—	Small 1Value Added	757	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	621	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	121.52/cwt	114.00–122.00	926	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	767	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	974	63
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	770	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	724	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	770	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	685	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	810	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	827	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	835	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	843	122.20/cwt	117.00–123.50	1,030	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	881	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,099	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	931	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	940	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	940	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,137	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	945	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,106	5
Steers	—	Small 1	1,010	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	990	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,074	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	988	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 2	238	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	228	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	275	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	330	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	481	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	330	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	386	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	374	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	501	5
Heifers	—	Small 1	385	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	350	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	132.43/cwt	125.00–136.00	513	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	551	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	429	121.02/cwt	111.00–123.50	519	10
Heifers	—	Small 1	436	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	462	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	445	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	378	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	468	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	538	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	119.18/cwt	101.00–120.50	567	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	554	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	540	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	524	106.28/cwt	101.00–108.00	557	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	559	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	643	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	722	20
Heifers	—	Small 1	560	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	543	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	122.82/cwt	105.00–123.50	690	54
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	600	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	480	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	604	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	713	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	638	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	753	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	647	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	763	23
Heifers	—	Small 1	649	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	526	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	651	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	768	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	718	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	783	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	738	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	841	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	749	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	801	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	755	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	831	21
Heifers	—	Small 1	755	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	680	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	771	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	871	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	780	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	655	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	824	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	865	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	853	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	759	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	863	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	872	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	952	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	962	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	369	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	576	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	388	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	621	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	395	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	581	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	415	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	535	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	454	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	636	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	459	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	666	5
Bulls	—	Small 1	485	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	504	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	533	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	661	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	543	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	646	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	545	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	594	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	551	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	749	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	518	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	595	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	494	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	620	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	465	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	642	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	751	9
Bulls	—	Small 1	645	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	535	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	685	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	610	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	720	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	295	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	740	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	770	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	785	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	707	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	815	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	481	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	885	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	805	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 Jan 12, 2021

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

Receipts 935Last week 316Year ago 333

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 498, Heifers 368, Bulls 69)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	931	101.00	101.00
4	—	1,074	92.00	92.00
17	—	762	114.00–122.00	121.52
73	—	662	105.00–134.00	132.05
1	—	810	100.00	100.00
13	—	465	160.00	160.00
4	—	385	159.00	159.00
50	—	562	152.50	152.50
1	—	320	160.00	160.00
1	—	705	115.00	115.00
3	—	503	118.00–145.00	132.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	643	132.00	132.00
4	—	940	121.00	121.00
4	—	736	124.50	124.50
15	—	843	117.00–123.50	122.20
21	—	752	125.00	125.00
35	—	881	124.75	124.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	945	117.00	117.00
10	—	623	134.00	134.00
63	—	767	127.00	127.00
6	—	427	151.00	151.00
64	—	746	127.50	127.50
8	—	592	132.50	132.50
7	—	669	135.00	135.00
9	—	519	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	98.00	98.00
2	—	715	89.00	89.00
2	—	623	104.00	104.00
1	—	565	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	757	82.00	82.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	210	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	645	108.00	108.00
1	—	770	94.00	94.00
1	—	410	130.00	130.00
3	—	552	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	659	129.50	129.50
6	—	487	156.00	156.00
1	—	770	89.00	89.00
1	—	315	158.00	158.00
1	—	370	152.00	152.00
9	—	548	139.50	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	827	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	513	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	104.00	104.00
1	—	545	109.00	109.00
1	—	645	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	90.00	90.00
9	—	642	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	740	104.00	104.00
1	—	885	91.00	91.00
12	—	551	136.00	136.00
5	—	459	145.00	145.00
5	—	369	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	83.00	83.00
1	—	620	75.00	75.00
1	—	720	41.00	41.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	785	90.00	90.00
3	—	543	119.00	119.00
1	—	815	59.00	59.00
1	—	685	89.00	89.00
1	—	395	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	533	124.00	124.00
2	—	388	160.00	160.00
1	—	415	129.00	129.00
7	—	454	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	118.00	118.00
3	—	327	147.00	147.00
54	—	562	105.00–123.50	122.82
1	—	500	108.00	108.00
7	—	429	128.50	128.50
23	—	647	118.00	118.00
5	—	387	125.00–136.00	132.43
6	—	749	107.00	107.00
24	—	476	101.00–120.50	119.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	771	113.00	113.00
4	—	863	101.00	101.00
3	—	952	101.00	101.00
22	—	824	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	106.00	106.00
5	—	649	81.00	81.00
2	—	560	97.00	97.00
1	—	385	91.00	91.00
1	—	755	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	238	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	524	101.00–108.00	106.28
3	—	468	115.00	115.00
2	—	853	89.00	89.00
2	—	330	117.00	117.00
1	—	780	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	600	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	120.00	120.00
10	—	429	111.00–123.50	121.02
2	—	718	109.00	109.00
21	—	559	115.00	115.00
5	—	374	134.00	134.00
5	—	638	118.00	118.00
6	—	482	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	604	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
20	—	560	129.00	129.00
41	—	651	118.00	118.00
21	—	755	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	738	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.