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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-11

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, May 11

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← May 4May 11May 18 →

Receipts

277 head

▲ 75 vs last sale 202▼ 82 vs year ago 359 · −22.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 200, Heifers 68, Bulls 9)

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 $133.74/cwt on 198 head.

Average price

$133.74

198 head · 697 lb average

Value per head Derived

$932

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$33.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.60

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	616	144.80	892	75
Medium and Large 4	433	144.33	625	9thin
Medium and Large 2	572	137.95	789	31
Medium and Large 3	559	125.53	702	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	890	120.81	1,076	70
Small 1	725	111.33	807	3thin

One grade step is worth $33.46/cwt here — about $85 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 sale198 hd

133.74

—

VA average8 barns · 943 hd

139.34

−5.60

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

Every lot

47 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	358	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	533	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4Value Added	374	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	561	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4	445	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	645	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	146.74/cwt	131.00–152.00	687	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	722	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	477	128.06/cwt	126.00–129.00	611	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	716	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	528	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	660	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4Value Added	533	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	704	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	547	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	853	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	559	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	811	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	155.30/cwt	146.00–156.00	876	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	619	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	885	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	880	2
Steers	—	Small 1	635	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	775	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	644	124.04/cwt	115.00–127.00	799	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	646	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	859	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	142.52/cwt	132.00–143.00	934	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	712	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	926	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	722	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	845	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	932	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	831	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	997	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	868	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	877	2
Steers	—	Small 1	905	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	815	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	957	117.25/cwt	117.25–117.25	1,122	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,175	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	811	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	385	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	416	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	390	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	468	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4Value Added	421	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	505	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	436	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	523	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	469	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	589	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	472	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	595	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4Value Added	528	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	681	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	536	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	638	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	543	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	641	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	553	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	680	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	678	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3Natural	648	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	667	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	654	115.69/cwt	113.00–116.00	757	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	665	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	771	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	868	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	729	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	370	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	485	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	425	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	548	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	445	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	627	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	538	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	678	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	775	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	752	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 May 11, 2021

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

Receipts 277Last week 202Year ago 359

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 200, Heifers 68, Bulls 9)

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	—	445	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	538	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	370	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	730	110.00	110.00
3	—	472	126.00	126.00
10	—	553	123.00	123.00
10	—	654	113.00–116.00	115.69
2	—	543	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	665	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	868	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	436	120.00	120.00
1	—	390	120.00	120.00
3	—	570	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	469	125.50	125.50
10	—	536	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	648	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	421	120.00	120.00
3	—	528	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	515	139.00	139.00
2	—	633	139.00	139.00
6	—	740	126.00	126.00
12	—	469	154.00	154.00
14	—	564	146.00–156.00	155.30
24	—	655	132.00–143.00	142.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	831	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	905	90.00	90.00
2	—	635	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	712	130.00	130.00
52	—	957	117.25	117.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	547	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	468	131.00–152.00	146.74
8	—	559	145.00	145.00
2	—	358	149.00	149.00
1	—	1,175	69.00	69.00
7	—	646	133.00	133.00
3	—	722	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	868	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	619	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	477	126.00–129.00	128.06
4	—	644	115.00–127.00	124.04
3	—	528	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	533	132.00	132.00
4	—	374	150.00	150.00

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.