Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2021-02-16

Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-16

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 16

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Feb 9Feb 16Feb 23 →

Receipts

40 head

▼ 108 vs last sale 148▼ 825 vs year ago 865 · −95.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 10, Bulls 1)

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 $138.90/cwt on 29 head.

Average price

$138.90

29 head · 587 lb average

Value per head Derived

$816

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$337

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$27.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.71

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	147.00	820	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	593	140.55	834	11thin
Medium and Large 2	616	139.92	862	13thin
Small 1	570	129.00	735	1thin
Medium and Large 3	403	120.00	484	2thin

One grade step is worth $27.00/cwt here — about $337 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 sale29 hd

138.90

—

VA average7 barns · 300 hd

131.18

+7.71

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

Every lot

16 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Natural	403	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	484	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	538	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	802	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	820	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	564	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	807	8
Steers	—	Small 1	570	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	735	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	642	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	886	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	672	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	900	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1	465	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	419	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	559	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	490	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	549	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	570	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	581	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	682	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	692	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	796	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	693	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	665	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	632	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 Feb 16, 2021

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

Receipts 40Last week 148Year ago 865

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 29, Heifers 10, Bulls 1)

Value Added and 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	—	665	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	110.00	110.00
1	—	825	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	102.00	102.00
2	—	465	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	692	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	490	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	558	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	570	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	564	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	538	149.00	149.00
9	—	642	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	403	120.00	120.00

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.