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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2022-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-25

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jan 25

● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jan 11Jan 25Feb 1 →

Receipts

1,021 head

▲ 953 vs last sale 68▲ 749 vs year ago 272 · +275.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 544, Heifers 451, Bulls 26)

Value Added and most 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 $153.87/cwt on 542 head.

Average price

$153.87

542 head · 696 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,070

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$426

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

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.98

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	554	160.00	886	6thin
Medium and Large 2	572	158.19	905	42
Medium and Large 1-2	700	157.81	1,105	272
Small and Medium 1-2	478	157.00	750	9thin
Medium and Large 1	744	150.99	1,123	184
Medium and Large 3	635	129.91	825	11thin
Small 1	638	125.12	798	17thin
Small 2	400	115.00	460	1thin

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $426 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 sale542 hd

153.87

—

VA average6 barns · 961 hd

155.85

−1.98

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

Every lot

87 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1	185	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	241	1
Steers	—	Small 2	400	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	460	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	734	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	461	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	839	9
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2Value Added	478	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	750	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	869	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	658	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	544	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	745	6
Steers	—	Small 1	546	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	710	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	554	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	886	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	988	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	949	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	893	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	582	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	780	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	596	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,025	20
Steers	—	Small 1	600	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	750	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	633	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	912	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	928	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	153.99/cwt	140.00–155.50	1,004	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,061	50
Steers	—	Small 1	662	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	880	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	670	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	864	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	681	162.89/cwt	156.00–165.50	1,109	65
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	716	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,088	18
Steers	—	Small 1	728	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	830	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	741	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,060	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	754	156.26/cwt	150.00–159.50	1,178	41
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	756	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,130	60
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	134.75/cwt	105.00–142.00	1,021	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	761	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,111	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	761	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,035	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	778	144.25/cwt	143.00–145.00	1,122	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	833	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,133	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	845	143.24/cwt	143.00–146.00	1,210	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	848	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,187	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	855	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	941	2
Steers	—	Small 1	855	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	846	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	878	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,326	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	892	140.02/cwt	135.00–142.50	1,249	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	921	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,114	6
Steers	—	Small 1	935	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	879	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	944	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,256	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	455	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	374	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	527	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	375	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	488	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	418	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	589	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	447	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	568	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	671	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	491	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	687	7
Heifers	—	Small 1	495	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	599	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	540	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	626	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	547	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	733	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	680	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	557	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	663	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	560	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	661	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	790	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	839	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	581	151.20/cwt	151.00–152.00	878	52
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	590	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	596	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	623	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	916	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	775	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	806	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	654	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	955	76
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	127.58/cwt	123.00–128.00	836	25
Heifers	—	Small 1	666	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	733	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	668	87.60/cwt	61.00–114.00	585	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	705	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	931	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	735	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	750	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	116.75/cwt	101.00–121.00	859	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,065	66
Heifers	—	Small 1	750	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	735	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	759	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	918	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,080	25
Heifers	—	Small 1	858	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	832	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	980	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	263	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	387	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	445	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	823	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	470	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	686	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	500	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	895	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	500	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	615	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	533	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	778	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	573	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	831	2
Bulls	—	Small 1	578	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	711	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	600	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	726	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	649	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	850	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	720	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	850	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	895	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	725	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 Jan 25, 2022

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

Receipts 1,021Last week 68Year ago 272

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 544, Heifers 451, Bulls 26)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	558	177.00	177.00
50	—	655	162.00	162.00
60	—	756	149.50	149.50
9	—	944	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	558	160.00	160.00
9	—	461	182.00	182.00
1	—	510	129.00	129.00
5	—	761	136.00	136.00
1	—	445	165.00	165.00
8	—	633	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	845	143.00–146.00	143.24
12	—	758	105.00–142.00	134.75
7	—	483	180.00	180.00
1	—	640	145.00	145.00
5	—	741	143.00	143.00
30	—	652	140.00–155.50	153.99
18	—	558	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	921	121.00	121.00
41	—	754	150.00–159.50	156.26
17	—	878	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	662	133.00	133.00
1	—	935	94.00	94.00
1	—	600	125.00	125.00
1	—	855	99.00	99.00
4	—	546	130.00	130.00
2	—	728	114.00	114.00
1	—	185	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	544	137.00	137.00
2	—	855	110.00	110.00
3	—	670	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	761	146.00	146.00
2	—	833	136.00	136.00
12	—	892	135.00–142.50	140.02
3	—	582	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	716	152.00	152.00
19	—	778	143.00–145.00	144.25
9	—	848	140.00	140.00
65	—	681	156.00–165.50	162.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	554	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	596	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	478	157.00	157.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	581	151.00–152.00	151.20
6	—	705	132.00	132.00
30	—	623	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	759	121.00	121.00
14	—	547	134.00	134.00
1	—	350	130.00	130.00
6	—	483	139.00	139.00
16	—	640	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	374	141.00	141.00
76	—	654	146.00	146.00
23	—	567	148.00	148.00
2	—	548	124.00	124.00
3	—	418	141.00	141.00
4	—	860	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	495	121.00	121.00
8	—	557	119.00	119.00
4	—	750	98.00	98.00
2	—	375	130.00	130.00
10	—	666	110.00	110.00
2	—	858	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	540	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	850	127.00	127.00
14	—	736	101.00–121.00	116.75
3	—	630	123.00	123.00
7	—	491	140.00	140.00
25	—	655	123.00–128.00	127.58
21	—	564	140.00	140.00
66	—	750	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	102.00	102.00
6	—	447	127.00	127.00
4	—	560	118.00	118.00
2	—	668	61.00–114.00	87.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	179.00	179.00
1	—	895	81.00	81.00
1	—	600	121.00	121.00
2	—	573	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	720	118.00	118.00
4	—	649	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	123.00	123.00
2	—	500	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	263	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	470	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	445	185.00	185.00
2	—	533	146.00	146.00

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.