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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2022-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-01

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 1

● Final98 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Feb 22Mar 1Mar 8 →

Receipts

536 head

▼ 5 vs last sale 541▲ 434 vs year ago 102 · +425.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 184, Heifers 321, Bulls 31)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $134.22/cwt on 317 head.

Average price

$134.22

317 head · 668 lb average

Value per head Derived

$896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

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

$24.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.92

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	638	139.38	890	39
Medium and Large 2	585	137.68	806	34
Medium and Large 1	622	136.99	852	47
Medium and Large 1-2	721	134.65	970	166
Medium and Large 3	537	119.23	640	13thin
Small 2	300	119.00	357	1thin
Medium and Large 4	580	118.00	685	5thin
Large 1-2	621	116.40	723	5thin
Small 1	679	114.43	777	7thin

One grade step is worth $24.96/cwt here — about $112 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 sale317 hd

134.22

—

VA average7 barns · 1,580 hd

141.15

−6.92

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

Every lot

98 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1	240	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	346	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	385	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	655	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	390	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	624	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	430	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	447	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	744	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	437	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	734	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4	440	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	612	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	453	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	775	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4	473	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	416	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	416	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	881	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	531	157.61/cwt	141.00–164.00	837	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	894	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,027	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	560	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,053	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	600	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	852	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	624	143.23/cwt	138.00–145.00	894	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	625	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	856	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	638	178.37/cwt	175.00–183.00	1,138	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	646	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,001	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	662	151.12/cwt	110.00–161.00	1,000	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	664	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,129	7
Steers	—	Small 1	740	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	940	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	743	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,040	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	755	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	914	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	763	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,099	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	768	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,091	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,068	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	770	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,101	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	770	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	843	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,142	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,080	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	928	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,179	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,050	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	935	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers48 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 2	300	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	357	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	340	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	343	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	363	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	505	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	380	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	581	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	438	151.64/cwt	149.00–153.00	664	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	485	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	450	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	626	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	470	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	700	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	700	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	491	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	756	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	508	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	691	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	541	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	531	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	834	9
Heifers	—	Small 1	535	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	690	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	540	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	788	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	540	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	589	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	545	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	676	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	548	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	830	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	552	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	806	3
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	560	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	795	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	585	152.74/cwt	151.50–157.00	894	21
Heifers	—	Small 1	585	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	644	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	595	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	845	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	600	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	594	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	610	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	512	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	633	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	690	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	641	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	827	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	134.02/cwt	127.00–136.00	860	9
Heifers	—	Small 1	660	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	858	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	662	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	927	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	664	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	896	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	713	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	927	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	715	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	501	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	718	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	941	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	735	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	889	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	738	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	871	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	760	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	821	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	773	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,028	67
Heifers	—	Small 1	780	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	788	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	803	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	923	10
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	815	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	587	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	845	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	896	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	870	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,101	22
Heifers	—	Small 1	875	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	621	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	878	94.55/cwt	91.00–98.00	830	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	890	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	890	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	721	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	906	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,042	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	345	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	552	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	377	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	611	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	390	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	562	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	405	143.38/cwt	134.00–153.00	581	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	599	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	425	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	578	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	464	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	780	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	492	158.89/cwt	151.00–167.00	782	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	547	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	782	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	560	135.32/cwt	134.00–136.00	758	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	590	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	785	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	600	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	570	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	620	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	812	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	708	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	906	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	830	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	822	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,335	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,522	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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