Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2021-03-02

Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-02

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 2

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Feb 23Mar 2Mar 9 →

Receipts

102 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 84▼ 209 vs year ago 311 · −67.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 53, Heifers 39, Bulls 10).

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 $142.08/cwt on 52 head.

Average price

$142.08

52 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$857

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$92

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$62.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.69

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	470	157.00	738	1thin
Medium and Large 3	467	144.00	672	3thin
Medium and Large 1	613	142.64	874	47
Small 1	680	95.00	646	1thin

One grade step is worth $62.00/cwt here — about $92 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 sale52 hd

142.08

—

VA average7 barns · 992 hd

145.77

−3.69

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

Every lot

36 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	570	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	440	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	651	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	734	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	738	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	729	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	520	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	707	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	557	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	785	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	880	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	868	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	631	135.40/cwt	133.00–137.00	854	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	959	2
Steers	—	Small 1	680	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	646	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	691	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	967	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	875	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	944	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	760	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,003	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	484	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	562	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	538	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	480	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	475	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	515	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	494	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	665	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	540	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	643	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	746	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	787	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	803	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	907	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,110	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	899	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,230	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	984	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 1	438	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	543	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	460	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	552	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	530	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	663	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	550	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	721	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	650	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	728	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	680	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	775	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	715	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	651	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 Mar 2, 2021

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

Receipts 102Last week 84Year ago 311

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 53, Heifers 39, Bulls 10).

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	—	650	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	120.00	120.00
1	—	680	114.00	114.00
3	—	438	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	125.00	125.00
1	—	715	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	550	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	120.00	120.00
1	—	715	110.00	110.00
1	—	1,110	81.00	81.00
1	—	1,230	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	96.00	96.00
3	—	480	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	803	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	468	120.00	120.00
3	—	417	116.00	116.00
5	—	536	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	119.00	119.00
3	—	468	115.00	115.00
4	—	640	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	557	141.00	141.00
10	—	631	133.00–137.00	135.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	760	132.00	132.00
6	—	691	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	680	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	152.00	152.00
1	—	700	125.00	125.00
1	—	755	125.00	125.00
2	—	675	142.00	142.00
3	—	445	165.00	165.00
3	—	470	155.00	155.00
6	—	579	152.00	152.00
7	—	607	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	136.00	136.00
2	—	440	148.00	148.00

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.