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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-23

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 23

● Final86 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Mar 16Mar 23Mar 30 →

Receipts

425 head

▼ 259 vs last sale 684▲ 135 vs year ago 290 · +46.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 234, Heifers 162, Bulls 29)

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 $143.29/cwt on 226 head.

Average price

$143.29

226 head · 629 lb average

Value per head Derived

$901

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$364

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$39.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.06

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	661	146.99	972	141
Medium and Large 1-2	580	142.69	828	51
Medium and Large 3	482	139.00	670	6thin
Medium and Large 2	584	134.99	788	19thin
Large 1-2	690	116.00	800	2thin
Small 1	568	107.14	608	7thin

One grade step is worth $39.85/cwt here — about $364 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 sale226 hd

143.29

—

VA average10 barns · 1,380 hd

147.35

−4.06

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

Every lot

86 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	345	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	521	1
Steers	—	Small 1	380	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	517	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	393	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	605	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	429	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	665	5
Steers	—	Small 1	435	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	587	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	456	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	638	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	474	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	678	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	477	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	787	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	750	7
Steers	—	Small 1	500	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	620	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	507	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	700	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	517	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	646	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	533	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	730	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	542	133.58/cwt	133.00–136.00	724	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	902	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	568	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	920	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	591	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	946	15
Steers	—	Small 1	595	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	666	1
Steers	—	Small 1	600	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	606	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	991	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	883	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	642	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,014	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	643	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	907	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	658	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	951	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	664	153.80/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,021	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	672	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,035	6
Steers	—	Small 1	685	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	514	1
Steers	—	Large 1-2	690	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	800	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	704	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,056	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	704	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	943	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	943	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	754	130.32/cwt	125.00–131.00	983	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	763	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,068	6
Steers	—	Small 1	780	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	523	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	804	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	965	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	805	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,006	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	810	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	851	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	115.65/cwt	115.00–117.00	968	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	915	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	833	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	922	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,033	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	945	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	860	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1	270	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	313	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	284	117.00/cwt	116.00–119.00	332	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	325	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	426	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	443	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	491	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	390	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	406	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	403	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	504	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	570	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	436	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	584	7
Heifers	—	Small 1	460	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	529	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	471	114.41/cwt	114.00–116.00	539	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Natural	480	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	442	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	132.66/cwt	130.00–134.00	653	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	520	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	582	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	525	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	683	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	556	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	706	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	566	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	679	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	635	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	686	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	647	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	776	5
Heifers	—	Small 1	650	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	553	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	651	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	755	10
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	653	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	686	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	116.83/cwt	116.00–117.00	768	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	670	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	811	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	678	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	827	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	714	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	821	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	797	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	784	111.26/cwt	110.00–112.00	872	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	790	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	703	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	791	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	886	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	798	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	710	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	813	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	878	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	860	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	932	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	979	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	945	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	898	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	335	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	429	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	340	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	524	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	453	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	634	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	471	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	678	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	500	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	565	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	556	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	773	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	657	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	857	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	665	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	565	1
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	760	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	540	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	820	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	615	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 23, 2021

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

Receipts 425Last week 684Year ago 290

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 234, Heifers 162, Bulls 29)

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 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	640	138.00	138.00
3	—	393	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	922	112.00	112.00
5	—	429	155.00	155.00
15	—	591	160.00	160.00
11	—	664	150.00–156.00	153.80
10	—	804	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	754	125.00–131.00	130.32
7	—	484	155.00	155.00
5	—	627	158.00	158.00
3	—	837	115.00–117.00	115.65
21	—	557	162.00	162.00
14	—	658	144.50	144.50
1	—	945	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	704	150.00	150.00
8	—	642	158.00	158.00
6	—	763	140.00	140.00
4	—	568	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	67.00	67.00
1	—	435	135.00	135.00
1	—	380	136.00	136.00
1	—	500	124.00	124.00
1	—	595	112.00	112.00
1	—	685	75.00	75.00
1	—	600	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	690	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	151.00	151.00
5	—	643	141.00	141.00
1	—	725	130.00	130.00
5	—	474	143.00	143.00
1	—	810	105.00	105.00
5	—	542	133.00–136.00	133.58
1	—	915	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	137.00	137.00
4	—	456	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	477	165.00	165.00
6	—	517	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	704	134.00	134.00
6	—	672	154.00	154.00
11	—	507	138.00	138.00
5	—	805	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	657	116.00–117.00	116.83
3	—	425	134.00	134.00
3	—	492	130.00–134.00	132.66
2	—	798	89.00	89.00
1	—	945	95.00	95.00
1	—	830	98.00	98.00
2	—	390	126.00	126.00
10	—	556	127.00	127.00
6	—	738	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	932	105.00	105.00
8	—	784	110.00–112.00	111.26
5	—	647	120.00	120.00
6	—	678	122.00	122.00
3	—	878	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	115.00	115.00
1	—	270	116.00	116.00
3	—	650	85.00	85.00
1	—	520	112.00	112.00
1	—	390	104.00	104.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	670	121.00	121.00
18	—	714	115.00	115.00
6	—	791	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	115.00	115.00
3	—	284	116.00–119.00	117.00
1	—	635	108.00	108.00
5	—	471	114.00–116.00	114.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	403	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	525	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	651	116.00	116.00
1	—	790	89.00	89.00
7	—	436	134.00	134.00
5	—	566	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	556	139.00	139.00
2	—	340	154.00	154.00
6	—	471	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	500	113.00	113.00
2	—	335	128.00	128.00
1	—	820	75.00	75.00
1	—	665	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	453	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	657	130.50	130.50

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.