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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-21

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Sep 21

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Sep 14Sep 21Sep 28 →

Receipts

421 head

▲ 59 vs last sale 362▲ 61 vs year ago 360 · +16.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 185, Heifers 175, Bulls 61)

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 $141.77/cwt on 182 head.

Average price

$141.77

182 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$728

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

$76.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.85

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	651	146.10	952	129
Medium and Large 2	593	138.83	823	25
Medium and Large 1-2	885	130.00	1,151	13thin
Small 1	534	123.40	658	10thin
Medium and Large 3	520	122.50	637	4thin
Medium and Large 4	320	70.00	224	1thin

One grade step is worth $76.10/cwt here — about $728 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 sale182 hd

141.77

—

VA average10 barns · 1,589 hd

147.62

−5.85

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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4	320	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	224	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	123.44/cwt	112.00–136.00	460	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	547	1
Steers	—	Small 1	390	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	452	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	460	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	750	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	477	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	591	3
Steers	—	Small 1	478	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	636	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	838	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	159.80/cwt	159.00–161.00	828	5
Steers	—	Small 1	530	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	710	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	549	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	818	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	883	18
Steers	—	Small 1	562	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	703	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	598	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	590	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	935	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	595	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	893	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	957	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	648	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	836	5
Steers	—	Small 1	648	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	680	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	649	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	928	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	145.97/cwt	125.00–147.00	959	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	720	138.63/cwt	130.00–145.00	998	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	744	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,004	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	764	118.75/cwt	110.00–121.00	907	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	765	131.39/cwt	131.00–133.00	1,005	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	855	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	941	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	121.46/cwt	117.00–123.00	1,060	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	885	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,151	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	982	107.29/cwt	89.00–116.00	1,054	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	285	104.93/cwt	103.00–107.00	299	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	346	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	450	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	368	119.88/cwt	110.00–122.00	441	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	380	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	365	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	395	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	470	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	582	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	590	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	556	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	644	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	638	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	480	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	523	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	127.97/cwt	126.00–130.00	663	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	518	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	591	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	536	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	622	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	547	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	711	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	757	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	613	113.50/cwt	113.00–114.00	696	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	639	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	831	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	640	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	730	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	646	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	840	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	647	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	822	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	779	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	660	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	607	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	703	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	914	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	721	121.74/cwt	114.00–123.00	878	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	738	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	893	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	742	122.90/cwt	119.00–124.00	912	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	974	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	860	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	783	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	870	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,018	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	978	89.31/cwt	79.00–100.00	873	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	1,055	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	781	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,070	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	760	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	270	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	370	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	300	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	306	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	345	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	345	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	486	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	360	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	378	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	400	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	300	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	427	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	525	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	456	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	684	7
Bulls	—	Small 1	456	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	547	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	458	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	655	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	510	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	561	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	545	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	747	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	560	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	594	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	579	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	816	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	653	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	640	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	773	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	665	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	658	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	715	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	365	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	865	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	441	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	975	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	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 Sep 21, 2021

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

Receipts 421Last week 362Year ago 360

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 185, Heifers 175, Bulls 61)

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 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	742	119.00–124.00	122.90
6	—	639	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	703	130.00	130.00
3	—	1,055	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	117.00	117.00
7	—	721	114.00–123.00	121.74
18	—	561	135.00	135.00
10	—	477	135.00	135.00
2	—	518	126.00–130.00	127.97
21	—	646	130.00	130.00
6	—	431	137.00	137.00
2	—	978	79.00–100.00	89.31
1	—	825	118.00	118.00
1	—	1,070	71.00	71.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	647	127.00	127.00
6	—	738	121.00	121.00
2	—	425	137.00	137.00
20	—	547	130.00	130.00
8	—	478	133.50	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	92.00	92.00
1	—	480	109.00	109.00
1	—	380	96.00	96.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	536	116.00	116.00
1	—	640	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	518	114.00	114.00
5	—	465	119.50	119.50
6	—	368	110.00–122.00	119.88
2	—	285	103.00–107.00	104.93
2	—	613	113.00–114.00	113.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	660	118.00	118.00
7	—	346	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	110.00	110.00
1	—	860	91.00	91.00
1	—	395	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	650	118.00	118.00
3	—	477	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	648	129.00	129.00
21	—	765	131.00–133.00	131.39
12	—	720	130.00–145.00	138.63
3	—	590	158.50	158.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	390	116.00	116.00
3	—	562	125.00	125.00
3	—	478	133.00	133.00
2	—	648	105.00	105.00
1	—	530	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	575	104.00	104.00
4	—	460	163.00	163.00
2	—	373	112.00–136.00	123.44
8	—	549	149.00	149.00
4	—	649	143.00	143.00
1	—	855	110.00	110.00
5	—	764	110.00–121.00	118.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	320	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	744	135.00	135.00
5	—	518	159.00–161.00	159.80
2	—	638	150.00	150.00
1	—	380	144.00	144.00
18	—	559	158.00	158.00
22	—	657	125.00–147.00	145.97
15	—	480	174.50	174.50
4	—	873	117.00–123.00	121.46
3	—	982	89.00–116.00	107.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	595	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	885	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	99.00	99.00
4	—	456	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	73.00	73.00
7	—	456	150.00	150.00
6	—	579	141.00	141.00
1	—	865	51.00	51.00
1	—	300	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	653	98.00	98.00
2	—	360	105.00	105.00
1	—	715	51.00	51.00
2	—	560	106.00	106.00
2	—	510	110.00	110.00
3	—	427	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	345	100.00	100.00
4	—	545	137.00	137.00
3	—	270	137.00	137.00
9	—	458	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	118.00	118.00
6	—	360	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	75.00	75.00

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.