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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-07-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-27

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jul 27

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jul 20Jul 27Aug 3 →

Receipts

340 head

▼ 122 vs last sale 462▼ 141 vs year ago 481 · −29.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 181, Heifers 141, Bulls 18)

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 $137.88/cwt on 177 head.

Average price

$137.88

177 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$657

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 4

$75.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.45

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	665	141.69	942	96
Medium and Large 2	588	140.03	823	33
Medium and Large 1-2	687	139.90	961	29
Medium and Large 2-3	542	129.00	699	6thin
Medium and Large 3	530	127.00	673	1thin
Small 1	581	125.17	727	6thin
Medium and Large 3-4	605	85.00	514	4thin
Medium and Large 4	433	66.00	285	2thin

One grade step is worth $75.69/cwt here — about $657 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 sale177 hd

137.88

—

VA average6 barns · 954 hd

145.33

−7.45

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

Every lot

72 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4	385	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	312	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	461	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	687	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	474	149.77/cwt	141.00–152.00	710	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4	480	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	245	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	485	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	752	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	670	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	518	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	777	6
Steers	—	Small 1	525	126.51/cwt	125.00–127.00	664	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	530	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	673	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	738	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	542	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	699	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	552	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	850	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	557	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	861	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	561	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	813	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	591	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	875	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3-4Value Added	605	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	514	4
Steers	—	Small 1	625	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	788	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	909	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	641	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	929	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	658	130.67/cwt	129.00–131.00	860	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	144.43/cwt	140.00–146.00	959	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	715	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	815	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	734	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,006	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	130.63/cwt	130.00–131.00	961	16
Steers	—	Small 1	760	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	904	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	772	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,050	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	957	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	830	132.75/cwt	132.00–134.00	1,102	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	853	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,015	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	875	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,111	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	953	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,125	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,058	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,132	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	275	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	124	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	353	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	424	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	540	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	440	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	440	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	443	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	532	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	478	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	564	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	603	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	125.32/cwt	121.00–127.00	607	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	501	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	611	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	525	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	614	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	636	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	540	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	605	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	540	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	254	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	551	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	667	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	681	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	125.60/cwt	100.00–129.00	712	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	567	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	556	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	618	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	655	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	659	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	758	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	120.74/cwt	117.00–121.00	799	31
Heifers	—	Small 1	720	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	720	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	850	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	735	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	809	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	755	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	687	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	803	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	770	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	685	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	825	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	751	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	863	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	949	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	970	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	873	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	435	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	396	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	470	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	667	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	523	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	520	105.29/cwt	95.00–115.00	548	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	574	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	775	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	580	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	609	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	648	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	693	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	786	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	890	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	712	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 Jul 27, 2021

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

Receipts 340Last week 462Year ago 481

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 181, Heifers 141, Bulls 18)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	558	122.00	122.00
2	—	735	110.00	110.00
1	—	755	91.00	91.00
1	—	530	120.00	120.00
7	—	659	115.00	115.00
5	—	482	125.00	125.00
2	—	825	91.00	91.00
6	—	425	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	501	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	662	117.00–121.00	120.74
7	—	733	116.00	116.00
15	—	567	100.00–129.00	125.60
7	—	484	121.00–127.00	125.32
4	—	863	110.00	110.00
2	—	618	106.00	106.00
1	—	765	105.00	105.00
1	—	970	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	478	118.00	118.00
1	—	720	100.00	100.00
1	—	540	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	45.00	45.00
1	—	440	100.00	100.00
1	—	540	47.00	47.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	443	120.00	120.00
4	—	551	121.00	121.00
2	—	353	120.00	120.00
1	—	770	89.00	89.00
2	—	525	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	567	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	114.00	114.00
1	—	635	115.00	115.00
8	—	561	145.00	145.00
2	—	500	134.00	134.00
6	—	658	129.00–131.00	130.67
5	—	461	149.00	149.00
3	—	772	136.00	136.00
1	—	875	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	734	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	636	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	825	116.00	116.00
16	—	736	130.00–131.00	130.63
15	—	664	140.00–146.00	144.43
1	—	535	138.00	138.00
15	—	557	154.50	154.50
5	—	474	141.00–152.00	149.77
3	—	953	118.00	118.00
3	—	853	119.00	119.00
2	—	1,058	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	641	145.00	145.00
9	—	552	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	—	830	132.00–134.00	132.75
4	—	591	148.00	148.00
3	—	485	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	760	119.00	119.00
1	—	625	126.00	126.00
4	—	525	125.00–127.00	126.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	480	51.00	51.00
1	—	385	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	605	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	530	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	518	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	105.00	105.00
1	—	370	140.00	140.00
2	—	648	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	470	142.00	142.00
2	—	735	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	520	95.00–115.00	105.29
1	—	890	80.00	80.00
1	—	475	110.00	110.00

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.