Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2021-04-27

Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-27

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Apr 27

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Apr 20Apr 27May 4 →

Receipts

275 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 285▲ 7 vs year ago 268 · +2.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 123, Heifers 115, Bulls 37)

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 $147.16/cwt on 123 head.

Average price

$147.16

123 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$846

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$320

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$28.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.55

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	629	153.45	966	11thin
Medium and Large 1	595	149.15	887	77
Medium and Large 2	512	146.46	750	26
Medium and Large 3	518	124.56	646	9thin

One grade step is worth $28.90/cwt here — about $320 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 sale123 hd

147.16

—

VA average8 barns · 1,441 hd

147.72

−0.55

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

Every lot

59 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	328	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	522	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	365	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	405	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	596	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	404	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	634	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	442	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	672	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	455	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	605	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	464	160.73/cwt	147.00–162.00	746	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	530	127.20/cwt	120.00–129.00	674	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	854	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	560	159.05/cwt	130.00–163.00	891	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	565	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	695	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	613	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	858	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	620	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	942	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	732	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	630	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	743	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	646	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,008	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	659	140.70/cwt	135.00–141.00	927	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	661	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	886	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	752	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	842	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	853	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	775	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,062	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	891	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	966	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,030	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	937	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	345	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	438	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	350	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	473	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	351	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	481	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	369	133.00/cwt	131.00–134.00	491	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	572	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	442	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	579	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	448	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	578	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	460	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	561	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	123.80/cwt	123.00–124.00	594	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	601	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	587	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	528	111.99/cwt	109.00–115.00	591	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	543	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	662	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	124.78/cwt	110.00–126.00	698	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	655	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	605	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	538	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	614	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	718	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	619	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	761	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	117.02/cwt	110.00–118.00	741	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	649	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	814	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	660	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	746	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	740	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	659	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	755	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	740	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	774	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	832	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	825	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	668	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	348	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	515	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	375	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	555	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	405	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	531	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	473	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	653	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	483	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	667	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	565	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	729	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	648	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	758	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	720	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	799	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	845	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	879	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 Apr 27, 2021

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

Receipts 275Last week 285Year ago 268

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 123, Heifers 115, Bulls 37)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	110.00	110.00
30	—	560	130.00–163.00	159.05
12	—	464	147.00–162.00	160.73
1	—	1,030	91.00	91.00
2	—	370	161.00	161.00
1	—	920	105.00	105.00
1	—	620	118.00	118.00
20	—	659	135.00–141.00	140.70
1	—	755	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	620	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	775	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	613	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	752	112.00	112.00
2	—	328	159.00	159.00
7	—	442	152.00	152.00
4	—	661	134.00	134.00
4	—	558	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	118.00	118.00
1	—	455	133.00	133.00
5	—	530	120.00–129.00	127.20
1	—	565	123.00	123.00
1	—	365	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	404	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	646	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	117.00	117.00
3	—	660	113.00	113.00
1	—	345	127.00	127.00
3	—	440	130.00	130.00
2	—	755	98.00	98.00
5	—	480	123.00–124.00	123.80
6	—	543	122.00	122.00
1	—	825	81.00	81.00
2	—	350	135.00	135.00
1	—	740	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	481	125.00	125.00
2	—	425	125.00	125.00
25	—	559	110.00–126.00	124.78
1	—	510	115.00	115.00
8	—	633	110.00–118.00	117.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	649	125.50	125.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	351	137.00	137.00
7	—	442	131.00	131.00
4	—	774	107.50	107.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	619	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	605	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	460	122.00	122.00
3	—	448	129.00	129.00
2	—	528	109.00–115.00	111.99
3	—	369	131.00–134.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	614	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	473	138.00	138.00
4	—	375	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	648	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	483	138.00	138.00
5	—	565	129.00	129.00
1	—	845	104.00	104.00
1	—	720	111.00	111.00
1	—	405	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	348	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.