Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2022-01-11

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jan 11
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
68 head
▼ 209 vs last sale 277▼ 867 vs year ago 935 · −92.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24, Heifers 32, Bulls 12)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.16/cwt on 31 head.
Average price
$132.16
31 head · 526 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$45
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$5.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.24
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2502135.336799thin
Medium and Large 2501132.386638thin
Medium and Large 1557130.0072414thin
One grade step is worth $5.33/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale31 hd
132.16
—
VA average9 barns · 956 hd
137.40
−5.24
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

22 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2437180.00/cwt180.00–180.007873
Steers—Medium and Large 1475167.42/cwt165.00–170.007952
Steers—Medium and Large 1519161.32/cwt160.00–162.008373
Steers—Medium and Large 1563152.20/cwt119.00–170.008573
Steers—Medium and Large 2573154.00/cwt154.00–154.008823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added676157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0617
Steers—Medium and Large 2680127.00/cwt127.00–127.008641
Steers—Medium and Large 1695146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0152
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2300138.00/cwt138.00–138.004141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360125.00/cwt125.00–125.004501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373138.00/cwt138.00–138.005153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444139.00/cwt139.00–139.006174
Heifers—Medium and Large 2468136.84/cwt136.00–137.006406
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540138.00/cwt138.00–138.007452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2566134.00/cwt134.00–134.007586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638125.00/cwt125.00–125.007986
Heifers—Medium and Large 1750113.00/cwt113.00–113.008481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2900100.00/cwt100.00–100.009001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470161.00/cwt161.00–161.007572
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2593127.00/cwt127.00–127.007533
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2650127.00/cwt127.00–127.008265
Bulls—Medium and Large 1723104.54/cwt101.00–108.007562

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.