Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2021-02-23

Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-23

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 23

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Feb 16Feb 23Mar 2 →

Receipts

84 head

▲ 44 vs last sale 40▼ 370 vs year ago 454 · −81.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24. Heifers 45, Bulls 15)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $117.32/cwt on 44 head.

Average price

$117.32

44 head · 602 lb average

Value per head Derived

$707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$40.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.49

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	495	121.26	600	8thin
Medium and Large 1	629	119.67	753	31
Medium and Large 3	517	107.01	553	3thin
Small 1	745	80.50	600	2thin

One grade step is worth $40.76/cwt here — about $1 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 sale44 hd

117.32

—

VA average6 barns · 509 hd

121.81

−4.49

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

Every lot

34 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	799	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	148.83/cwt	144.00–150.00	804	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	546	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	846	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	590	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	867	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	907	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	653	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	947	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	899	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	915	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	915	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	888	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	415	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	473	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	457	118.52/cwt	117.00–120.00	542	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	582	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	533	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	661	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	122.98/cwt	121.00–124.00	683	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	568	103.52/cwt	100.00–107.00	588	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	598	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	718	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	645	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	581	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	653	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	764	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	703	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	858	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	113.24/cwt	113.00–114.00	831	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	845	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	600	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	300	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	366	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	375	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	540	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	415	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	639	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	447	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	706	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	540	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	605	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	685	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	767	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	720	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	770	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	735	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	669	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	750	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	743	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	900	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	801	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 23, 2021

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

Receipts 84Last week 40Year ago 454

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24. Heifers 45, Bulls 15)

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	—	375	144.00	144.00
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
1	—	720	107.00	107.00
1	—	900	89.00	89.00
3	—	447	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	154.00	154.00
1	—	600	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	112.00	112.00
1	—	685	112.00	112.00
1	—	750	99.00	99.00
1	—	300	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	734	113.00–114.00	113.24
8	—	653	117.00	117.00
2	—	415	125.00	125.00
3	—	477	122.00	122.00
3	—	555	121.00–124.00	122.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	90.00	90.00
1	—	845	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	703	122.00	122.00
3	—	598	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	533	124.00	124.00
4	—	457	117.00–120.00	118.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	114.00	114.00
2	—	568	100.00–107.00	103.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	546	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	540	144.00–150.00	148.83
1	—	915	97.00	97.00
3	—	832	110.00	110.00
1	—	630	144.00	144.00
2	—	743	121.00	121.00
4	—	470	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	147.00	147.00

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.