Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2022-02-08

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 8
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
237 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 207▲ 89 vs year ago 148 · +60.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (77, Heifers 122, Bulls 38)

Value Added and Natural 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 $146.77/cwt on 121 head.
Average price
$146.77
121 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$831
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 4
$39.99/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.17
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2495152.9975730
Medium and Large 1-2582148.4386321
Medium and Large 1598146.2287459
Medium and Large 3540137.007401thin
Small 1564130.677379thin
Medium and Large 4545113.006161thin
One grade step is worth $39.99/cwt here — about $141 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 sale121 hd
146.77
—
VA average9 barns · 1,594 hd
146.60
+0.17
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

63 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1240172.50/cwt172.50–172.504141
Steers—Medium and Large 2290167.50/cwt167.50–167.504861
Steers—Medium and Large 2335137.50/cwt137.50–137.504611
Steers—Medium and Large 1375192.00/cwt192.00–192.007202
Steers—Medium and Large 2380192.50/cwt192.50–192.507322
Steers—Medium and Large 1462184.87/cwt161.00–190.0085411
Steers—Medium and Large 2477177.00/cwt177.00–177.008443
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural495187.00/cwt187.00–187.009265
Steers—Small 1530146.00/cwt146.00–146.007742
Steers—Medium and Large 2541171.00/cwt171.00–171.009254
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural557180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0036
Steers—Medium and Large 1557176.00/cwt176.00–176.009807
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,0266
Steers—Medium and Large 1620151.00/cwt151.00–151.009361
Steers—Medium and Large 2640161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,0303
Steers—Medium and Large 1655164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0747
Steers—Medium and Large 3683150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0253
Steers—Medium and Large 3735111.00/cwt111.00–111.008161
Steers—Medium and Large 1755147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1101
Steers—Medium and Large 2775144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,1162
Steers—Small 280581.00/cwt81.00–81.006521
Steers—Medium and Large 1865131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1331
Steers—Medium and Large 287595.00/cwt95.00–95.008311
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added955120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1463
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2367152.44/cwt128.00–166.005596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368166.00/cwt166.00–166.006115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1432155.25/cwt131.00–161.006719
Heifers—Medium and Large 2434163.00/cwt163.00–163.007076
Heifers—Small 1446136.00/cwt136.00–136.006074
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482161.00/cwt161.00–161.0077610
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490159.29/cwt155.00–160.007817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural533154.50/cwt154.50–154.508236
Heifers—Medium and Large 3540137.00/cwt137.00–137.007401
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545151.00/cwt151.00–151.008236
Heifers—Medium and Large 4545113.00/cwt113.00–113.006161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569152.50/cwt152.50–152.5086814
Heifers—Small 1593148.00/cwt148.00–148.008783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural601146.00/cwt146.00–146.0087715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2648139.00/cwt139.00–139.009014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661132.38/cwt125.00–134.0087510
Heifers—Small 171099.00/cwt99.00–99.007031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728130.00/cwt130.00–130.009462
Heifers—Medium and Large 2740120.00/cwt120.00–120.008881
Heifers—Medium and Large 1790104.00/cwt104.00–104.008221
Heifers—Small 180089.00/cwt89.00–89.007121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1915106.00/cwt106.00–106.009701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added997123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,2267
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1280165.00/cwt165.00–165.004621
Bulls—Medium and Large 1335192.50/cwt192.50–192.506451
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380137.50/cwt137.50–137.505231
Bulls—Medium and Large 2455156.00/cwt156.00–156.007101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1463175.42/cwt169.00–176.0081212
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2468149.00/cwt149.00–149.006973
Bulls—Small 1500150.00/cwt150.00–150.007501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1541159.00/cwt159.00–159.008607
Bulls—Medium and Large 1585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600144.00/cwt144.00–144.008641
Bulls—Small 1600137.00/cwt137.00–137.008221
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2675139.00/cwt139.00–139.009383
Bulls—Small 1755112.00/cwt112.00–112.008461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1770116.00/cwt116.00–116.008931
Bulls—Medium and Large 1835103.00/cwt103.00–103.008601
Bulls—Medium and Large 286586.00/cwt86.00–86.007441

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.