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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-09

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 9

● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Mar 2Mar 9Mar 16 →

Receipts

783 head

▲ 681 vs last sale 102▲ 320 vs year ago 463 · +69.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 310, Heifers 380, Bulls 93)

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 $121.84/cwt on 368 head.

Average price

$121.84

368 head · 625 lb average

Value per head Derived

$762

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$30.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.25

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	557	124.66	694	45
Medium and Large 1-2	655	123.45	808	92
Medium and Large 1	654	122.43	800	183
Medium and Large 3	530	118.14	627	26
Small 1	499	111.05	554	19thin
Large 1-2	657	94.33	619	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.32/cwt here — about $75 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 sale368 hd

121.84

—

VA average9 barns · 2,444 hd

126.09

−4.25

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

Every lot

101 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1	400	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	420	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	448	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	533	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	457	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	777	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	463	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	625	3
Steers	—	Small 1	500	113.00/cwt	105.00–121.00	565	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	505	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	657	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	522	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	867	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	538	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	689	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	559	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	783	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	159.89/cwt	123.00–163.00	897	35
Steers	—	Large 1-2	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	581	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	877	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	583	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	956	4
Steers	—	Small 1	585	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	690	1
Steers	—	Small 1	610	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	683	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	564	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	633	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	968	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	643	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	984	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	644	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	902	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	649	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	986	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	895	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	680	151.66/cwt	150.00–152.00	1,031	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	686	151.81/cwt	151.00–153.00	1,041	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	690	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,056	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	714	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	785	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	727	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,018	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	728	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,056	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	733	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	990	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	129.40/cwt	127.00–130.00	950	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,001	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	790	137.26/cwt	136.00–140.50	1,084	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	830	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	955	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	843	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	986	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	853	111.33/cwt	111.00–112.00	950	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	865	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	882	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	891	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,105	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	105.86/cwt	100.00–107.00	973	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,190	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,000	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	274	117.33/cwt	116.00–118.00	321	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	360	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	443	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	370	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	466	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	371	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	482	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	376	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	414	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	508	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	117.81/cwt	110.00–126.00	495	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	548	9
Heifers	—	Small 1	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	122.64/cwt	115.00–125.00	570	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	616	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	129.05/cwt	125.00–129.25	619	22
Heifers	—	Small 1	531	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	584	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	711	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	130.18/cwt	126.00–130.50	725	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	580	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	696	11
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	590	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	596	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	591	131.16/cwt	129.00–134.00	775	14
Heifers	—	Small 1	605	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	532	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	607	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	789	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	114.89/cwt	112.00–115.00	738	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	646	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	743	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	660	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	653	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	661	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	714	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	680	126.57/cwt	125.00–128.00	861	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	697	115.99/cwt	111.00–120.00	808	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	714	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	896	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	715	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	844	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	729	115.49/cwt	114.00–116.50	842	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	852	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	743	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	669	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	788	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	839	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	778	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	980	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	789	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	955	16
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	790	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	640	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	805	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	942	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	815	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	986	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	820	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	976	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	830	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,021	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	856	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,023	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,153	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	853	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	372	142.99/cwt	121.00–149.00	532	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	385	141.67/cwt	133.00–146.00	545	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	420	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	517	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	430	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	447	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	453	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	666	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	453	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	539	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	460	144.67/cwt	141.00–145.00	665	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	480	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	576	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	558	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	725	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	560	134.94/cwt	134.00–139.00	756	16
Bulls	—	Small 1	560	103.01/cwt	102.00–105.00	577	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	563	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	687	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	838	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	669	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	816	4
Bulls	—	Small 1	690	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	711	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	739	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	898	6
Bulls	—	Small 1	760	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	760	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	935	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	739	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 2	925	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	749	1
Dairy Steers	—	Large 2	1,105	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	785	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 9, 2021

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

Receipts 783Last week 102Year ago 463

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 310, Heifers 380, Bulls 93)

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 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	680	150.00–152.00	151.66
8	—	643	153.00	153.00
7	—	522	166.00	166.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	734	127.00–130.00	129.40
11	—	758	132.00	132.00
1	—	1,190	84.00	84.00
16	—	457	170.00	170.00
3	—	853	111.00–112.00	111.33
1	—	690	153.00	153.00
26	—	649	152.00	152.00
6	—	919	100.00–107.00	105.86
35	—	561	123.00–163.00	159.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	728	145.00	145.00
34	—	686	151.00–153.00	151.81
28	—	790	136.00–140.50	137.26
11	—	581	151.00	151.00
9	—	891	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	633	153.00	153.00
4	—	733	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	585	118.00	118.00
2	—	500	105.00–121.00	113.00
1	—	610	112.00	112.00
1	—	400	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	538	128.00	128.00
1	—	865	102.00	102.00
2	—	448	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	463	135.00	135.00
1	—	705	100.00	100.00
5	—	559	140.00	140.00
1	—	830	115.00	115.00
1	—	620	91.00	91.00
5	—	668	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	843	117.00	117.00
4	—	583	164.00	164.00
9	—	727	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	505	130.00	130.00
4	—	714	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	644	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	789	121.00	121.00
9	—	830	123.00	123.00
11	—	607	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,153	74.00	74.00
22	—	480	125.00–129.25	129.05
26	—	642	112.00–115.00	114.89
1	—	770	109.00	109.00
8	—	738	115.50	115.50
2	—	420	110.00–126.00	117.81
3	—	820	119.00	119.00
3	—	274	116.00–118.00	117.33
7	—	388	131.00	131.00
28	—	557	126.00–130.50	130.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	856	119.50	119.50
18	—	697	111.00–120.00	115.99
17	—	778	126.00	126.00
3	—	805	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	428	128.00	128.00
3	—	370	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	445	120.00	120.00
5	—	376	110.00	110.00
1	—	605	88.00	88.00
4	—	661	108.00	108.00
4	—	531	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	590	101.00	101.00
1	—	790	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	99.00	99.00
9	—	465	115.00–125.00	122.64
3	—	360	123.00	123.00
2	—	743	90.00	90.00
11	—	580	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	646	115.00	115.00
13	—	545	130.50	130.50
2	—	750	105.00	105.00
6	—	371	130.00	130.00
10	—	476	129.50	129.50
1	—	815	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	680	125.00–128.00	126.57
18	—	714	125.50	125.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	591	129.00–134.00	131.16
31	—	729	114.00–116.50	115.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	715	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	739	121.50	121.50
9	—	660	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	560	102.00–105.00	103.01
1	—	760	100.00	100.00
1	—	690	103.00	103.00
1	—	430	104.00	104.00
6	—	453	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	79.00	79.00
16	—	560	134.00–139.00	134.94
13	—	460	141.00–145.00	144.67
9	—	372	121.00–149.00	142.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	669	122.00	122.00
1	—	480	120.00	120.00
2	—	563	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	420	123.00	123.00
3	—	385	133.00–146.00	141.67
12	—	558	130.00	130.00
2	—	453	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	925	81.00	81.00
1	—	1,105	71.00	71.00

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.