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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2021-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-07

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Dec 7

● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Nov 30Dec 7Dec 14 →

Receipts

696 head

▲ 337 vs last sale 359▼ 124 vs year ago 820 · −15.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 398, Heifers 245, Bulls 53)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned, mostly 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 $148.55/cwt on 397 head.

Average price

$148.55

397 head · 694 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,031

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$574

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 2

$64.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.45

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	656	152.98	1,004	138
Medium and Large 1-2	756	150.61	1,139	197
Medium and Large 2	568	149.45	849	33
Large 1-2	595	120.00	714	2thin
Small 1	603	114.89	693	19thin
Medium and Large 4	470	111.00	522	1thin
Medium and Large 3	646	110.40	713	5thin
Small 2	485	88.50	429	2thin

One grade step is worth $64.48/cwt here — about $574 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 sale397 hd

148.55

—

VA average10 barns · 2,292 hd

153.00

−4.45

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

Every lot

121 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 · Steers47 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 2	265	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	281	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	310	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	406	1
Steers	—	Small 1	345	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	383	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	537	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	387	147.49/cwt	140.00–151.00	571	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	444	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	706	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	463	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	773	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4	470	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	522	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	798	8
Steers	—	Small 1	485	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	238	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	546	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	912	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	546	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	895	7
Steers	—	Small 1Value Added	551	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	694	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	164.56/cwt	157.00–165.00	918	46
Steers	—	Small 1	559	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	704	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	884	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	570	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	735	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	592	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	947	8
Steers	—	Large 1-2	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	625	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	775	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	630	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	983	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	932	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	633	150.13/cwt	145.00–160.00	950	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	633	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	728	2
Steers	—	Small 1	643	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	772	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	648	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	959	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	154.37/cwt	151.00–154.50	1,019	28
Steers	—	Small 2	705	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	501	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	711	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,067	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	733	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	623	2
Steers	—	Small 1	735	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	684	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	746	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	947	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	758	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,141	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	761	135.12/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,028	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	772	148.29/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,145	13
Steers	—	Small 1	800	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	728	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	817	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,168	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	822	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,225	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	845	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,158	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	855	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	932	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	865	150.28/cwt	137.50–153.00	1,300	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	865	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,237	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	920	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,021	1
Steers	—	Small 1	960	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	950	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,015	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,005	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,103	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	949	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,180	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	991	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers49 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	245	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	294	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	323	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	413	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	352	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	401	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	480	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	481	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	335	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	122.93/cwt	119.00–125.00	522	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	425	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	378	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	391	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	434	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	599	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	436	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	534	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	128.49/cwt	124.00–130.00	610	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	475	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	542	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	483	130.70/cwt	130.00–132.00	631	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	124.02/cwt	119.00–127.00	599	8
Heifers	—	Small 1	490	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	412	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	520	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	588	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	525	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	719	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	537	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	714	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	538	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	640	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	125.55/cwt	123.00–126.00	684	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	547	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	730	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	569	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	694	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	696	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	585	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	679	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	592	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	820	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	630	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	797	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	640	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	794	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	124.53/cwt	121.00–125.00	799	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	653	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	784	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	653	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	757	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	671	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	805	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	680	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	558	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	685	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	226	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	709	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	929	10
Heifers	—	Small 1	719	83.68/cwt	81.00–85.00	602	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	868	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	738	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	849	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	750	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	630	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	764	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,123	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	768	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,068	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	780	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,053	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	793	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	991	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	810	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	705	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	811	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,119	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,076	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	878	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,054	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	958	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,169	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	970	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	863	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls25 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 2	240	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	216	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	250	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	248	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	315	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	321	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	350	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	273	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	358	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	412	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	380	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	570	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	425	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	344	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	430	63.85/cwt	46.00–83.00	275	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	450	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	410	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	451	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	690	6
Bulls	—	Small 2	465	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	391	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	682	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	529	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	704	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	564	80.98/cwt	46.00–99.00	457	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	580	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	719	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	605	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	593	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	635	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	775	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	679	117.08/cwt	111.00–120.00	795	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	683	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	690	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3-4	695	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	584	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	758	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	849	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	825	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	842	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	840	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	680	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	870	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	522	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	925	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	675	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.

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