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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-12

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Oct 12

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Oct 5Oct 12Oct 19 →

Receipts

617 head

▲ 294 vs last sale 323▲ 309 vs year ago 308 · +100.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 391, Heifers 190, Bulls 36)

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 $144.27/cwt on 385 head.

Average price

$144.27

385 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$926

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

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

$41.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.01

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	657	152.07	999	151
Medium and Large 1	647	147.92	957	139
Medium and Large 2	567	144.90	822	38
Medium and Large 3	505	120.75	609	16thin
Small 1	554	117.13	649	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	726	110.48	803	33

One grade step is worth $41.58/cwt here — about $196 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 sale385 hd

144.27

—

VA average10 barns · 1,845 hd

147.28

−3.01

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

Every lot

89 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	280	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	311	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	584	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	563	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	402	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	458	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	453	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	575	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	463	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	801	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Value Added	463	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	412	2
Steers	—	Small 1	471	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	556	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	146.79/cwt	108.00–160.00	699	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	504	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	822	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	510	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	852	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	535	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	877	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	558	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	720	6
Steers	—	Small 1	560	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	678	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	561	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	813	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	155.70/cwt	121.00–159.00	877	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	568	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	665	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	593	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	937	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	626	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	326	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	628	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	735	2
Steers	—	Small 1	630	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	731	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	632	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	992	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	635	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	756	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	637	160.52/cwt	149.00–164.00	1,023	38
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	646	151.24/cwt	148.00–151.50	977	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	793	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	652	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	919	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	665	132.82/cwt	128.00–145.00	883	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	692	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	969	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	706	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,031	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	707	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	997	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	710	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	980	2
Steers	—	Small 1	730	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	818	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	755	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	974	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	757	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,052	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	761	151.93/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,156	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	770	135.91/cwt	125.00–143.00	1,047	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	826	138.49/cwt	135.00–139.50	1,144	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	830	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,112	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	834	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,163	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	867	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,105	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	874	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,180	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	963	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,194	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,095	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,183	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	190	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	262	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	263	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	331	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	295	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	333	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	318	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	264	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	338	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	399	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	413	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	394	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	504	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	531	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	437	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	533	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	474	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	616	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	609	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	479	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	548	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	496	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	650	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	535	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	465	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	687	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	557	104.83/cwt	81.00–117.00	584	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	561	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	645	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	721	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	563	102.50/cwt	83.00–115.00	577	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	573	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	751	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	579	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	758	11
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1Value Added	610	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	756	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	632	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	733	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	125.15/cwt	101.00–126.50	805	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	647	109.50/cwt	109.00–110.00	708	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	702	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	892	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	848	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	747	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	852	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	223	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	337	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	290	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	360	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	325	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	393	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	350	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	578	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	360	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	583	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	395	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	332	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	418	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	497	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	425	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	276	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	443	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	682	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	688	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	525	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	740	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	555	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	805	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	560	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	627	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	635	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	800	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	725	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	587	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	755	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	710	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	820	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	623	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 Oct 12, 2021

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

Receipts 617Last week 323Year ago 308

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 391, Heifers 190, Bulls 36)

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 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	453	127.00	127.00
1	—	280	111.00	111.00
2	—	628	117.00	117.00
6	—	558	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	963	124.00	124.00
10	—	757	139.00	139.00
2	—	830	134.00	134.00
1	—	1,095	108.00	108.00
27	—	646	148.00–151.50	151.24
31	—	563	121.00–159.00	155.70
1	—	650	122.00	122.00
2	—	378	149.00	149.00
6	—	463	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	632	157.00	157.00
5	—	535	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	561	145.00	145.00
3	—	365	160.00	160.00
6	—	652	141.00	141.00
8	—	476	108.00–160.00	146.79
2	—	710	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	706	146.00	146.00
5	—	770	125.00–143.00	135.91
12	—	635	119.00	119.00
9	—	826	135.00–139.50	138.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	692	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	471	118.00	118.00
1	—	560	121.00	121.00
1	—	730	112.00	112.00
2	—	630	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	463	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	867	127.50	127.50
5	—	568	117.00	117.00
13	—	755	129.00	129.00
7	—	626	52.00	52.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	637	149.00–164.00	160.52
4	—	874	135.00	135.00
12	—	510	167.00	167.00
3	—	402	114.00	114.00
19	—	665	128.00–145.00	132.82
33	—	761	145.00–156.00	151.93
8	—	707	141.00	141.00
6	—	834	139.50	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	593	158.00	158.00
10	—	504	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	162.00	162.00
3	—	465	148.00	148.00
4	—	525	141.00	141.00
2	—	325	121.00	121.00
1	—	290	124.00	124.00
2	—	223	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	65.00	65.00
1	—	395	84.00	84.00
1	—	755	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	350	165.00	165.00
5	—	555	145.00	145.00
3	—	443	154.00	154.00
2	—	635	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	725	81.00	81.00
2	—	560	112.00	112.00
1	—	820	76.00	76.00
2	—	418	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	545	126.00	126.00
6	—	476	128.00	128.00
12	—	647	109.00–110.00	109.50
3	—	747	114.00	114.00
4	—	418	127.00	127.00
1	—	190	138.00	138.00
1	—	375	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	87.00	87.00
6	—	561	115.00	115.00
5	—	479	114.50	114.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	557	81.00–117.00	104.83
3	—	632	116.00	116.00
2	—	338	118.00	118.00
1	—	295	113.00	113.00
3	—	437	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	263	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	496	131.00	131.00
8	—	731	116.00	116.00
26	—	643	101.00–126.50	125.15
23	—	563	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	474	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	573	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	702	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	579	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	563	83.00–115.00	102.50
5	—	394	128.00	128.00
3	—	318	83.00	83.00

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.