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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-09-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-14

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Sep 14

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Aug 31Sep 14Sep 21 →

Receipts

362 head

▲ 82 vs last sale 280▼ 259 vs year ago 621 · −41.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 189, Heifers 140, Bulls 33)

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 $147.71/cwt on 185 head.

Average price

$147.71

185 head · 624 lb average

Value per head Derived

$922

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$331

per head · Medium and Large 3-4 over Large 1-2

$68.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.00

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3-4	525	157.00	824	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	610	154.19	940	48
Medium and Large 2	555	149.77	831	58
Medium and Large 1	686	149.24	1,024	52
Small 1	537	123.90	665	10thin
Medium and Large 4	585	113.00	661	2thin
Large 1-2	1,305	88.50	1,155	5thin

One grade step is worth $68.50/cwt here — about −$331 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 sale185 hd

147.71

—

VA average10 barns · 1,426 hd

148.71

−1.00

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

Every lot

84 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	325	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	468	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	510	1
Steers	—	Small 1	415	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	556	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	456	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	684	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	458	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	751	4
Steers	—	Small 1	471	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	631	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	513	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	821	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	523	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	863	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3-4Value Added	525	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	824	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	837	1
Steers	—	Small 1	545	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	600	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	556	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	845	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	158.03/cwt	150.00–159.00	894	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4	585	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	661	2
Steers	—	Small 1	588	119.48/cwt	115.00–124.00	703	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	595	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	952	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	984	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	608	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	724	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	866	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	125.46/cwt	124.00–127.00	784	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	650	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	923	12
Steers	—	Small 1	650	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	793	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	951	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	685	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,034	9
Steers	—	Small 1	700	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	686	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	151.27/cwt	135.00–152.00	1,124	23
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	745	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	767	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	755	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	898	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	845	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,048	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	918	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,111	2
Steers	—	Large 1-2Value Added	1,305	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	1,155	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	275	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	344	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	300	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	351	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	330	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	419	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	365	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	449	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	123.80/cwt	119.00–125.00	458	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	550	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	470	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	564	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	615	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	123.83/cwt	118.00–125.00	597	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	500	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	355	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	533	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	629	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	561	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	752	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	764	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	570	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	695	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	673	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	608	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	705	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	805	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	648	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	739	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	650	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	735	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	656	124.60/cwt	109.00–126.00	817	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	131.38/cwt	107.00–132.50	863	24
Heifers	—	Small 1	715	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	779	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	723	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	716	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	726	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	806	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	733	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	792	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	838	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	790	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	790	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	863	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	785	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	950	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	751	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	290	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	406	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	353	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	459	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	355	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	493	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	415	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	415	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	658	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	482	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	675	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	530	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	625	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	547	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	678	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	553	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	724	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	560	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	756	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	560	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	650	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	625	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	725	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	645	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	664	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	747	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	680	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	632	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	690	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	621	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	740	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	792	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	765	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	658	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	825	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	693	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	850	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	604	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Large 2-3	580	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	412	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 Sep 14, 2021

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

Receipts 362Last week 280Year ago 621

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 189, Heifers 140, Bulls 33)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	545	110.00	110.00
1	—	650	122.00	122.00
1	—	415	134.00	134.00
4	—	471	134.00	134.00
2	—	588	115.00–124.00	119.48
1	—	700	98.00	98.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	119.00	119.00
5	—	845	124.00	124.00
4	—	458	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	918	121.00	121.00
1	—	540	155.00	155.00
16	—	656	145.00	145.00
23	—	743	135.00–152.00	151.27
9	—	566	150.00–159.00	158.03
1	—	610	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	136.00	136.00
1	—	745	103.00	103.00
2	—	625	124.00–127.00	125.46
12	—	650	142.00	142.00
1	—	325	144.00	144.00
4	—	556	152.00	152.00
4	—	755	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	685	151.00	151.00
12	—	600	164.00	164.00
5	—	595	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,305	88.50	88.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	513	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	525	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	456	150.00	150.00
21	—	523	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	275	125.00	125.00
2	—	473	130.00	130.00
21	—	570	134.00	134.00
24	—	657	107.00–132.50	131.38
6	—	733	108.00	108.00
2	—	755	111.00	111.00
5	—	639	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	715	109.00	109.00
1	—	470	120.00	120.00
3	—	533	118.00	118.00
2	—	648	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	435	110.00	110.00
1	—	300	117.00	117.00
1	—	570	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	561	134.00	134.00
12	—	656	109.00–126.00	124.60
6	—	482	118.00–125.00	123.83
5	—	370	119.00–125.00	123.80
4	—	726	111.00	111.00
1	—	790	100.00	100.00
1	—	645	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	445	120.00	120.00
1	—	500	71.00	71.00
2	—	723	99.00	99.00
1	—	950	79.00	79.00
3	—	650	113.00	113.00
2	—	365	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	423	130.00	130.00
3	—	863	91.00	91.00
3	—	330	127.00	127.00
2	—	590	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	608	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	103.00	103.00
1	—	850	71.00	71.00
1	—	530	118.00	118.00
1	—	680	93.00	93.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	482	140.00	140.00
2	—	560	135.00	135.00
1	—	625	116.00	116.00
1	—	415	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	553	131.00	131.00
1	—	740	107.00	107.00
2	—	470	140.00	140.00
1	—	825	84.00	84.00
1	—	355	139.00	139.00
1	—	765	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	90.00	90.00
1	—	560	116.00	116.00
2	—	353	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	140.00	140.00
3	—	655	114.00	114.00

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.