Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2022-06-21

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jun 21
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
249 head
▼ 781 vs last sale 1,030▼ 199 vs year ago 448 · −44.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 143, Heifers 100, Bulls 6)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.07/cwt on 143 head.
Average price
$160.07
143 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,035
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$327
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$40.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.15
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2648165.651,07334
Medium and Large 1653163.461,06761
Medium and Large 1-2677159.271,07833
Medium and Large 2-3677149.001,0093thin
Medium and Large 3464136.896357thin
Small 1596125.207465thin
One grade step is worth $40.45/cwt here — about $327 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 sale143 hd
160.07
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VA average9 barns · 1,620 hd
169.23
−9.15
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

58 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1290171.00/cwt171.00–171.004961
Steers—Small 1340130.00/cwt130.00–130.004421
Steers—Medium and Large 1368182.00/cwt182.00–182.006702
Steers—Medium and Large 3374143.05/cwt140.00–144.005354
Steers—Small 1445120.00/cwt120.00–120.005341
Steers—Medium and Large 3460139.00/cwt139.00–139.006391
Steers—Medium and Large 2470167.00/cwt167.00–167.007852
Steers—Medium and Large 1488174.00/cwt174.00–174.008494
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added535186.00/cwt186.00–186.009955
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added552188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,0383
Steers—Medium and Large 1565177.53/cwt175.00–181.001,00312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added608165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,00312
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added618183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,13110
Steers—Medium and Large 1624119.76/cwt112.00–128.007475
Steers—Medium and Large 3645123.50/cwt110.00–137.007972
Steers—Medium and Large 1651176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,14620
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3677149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0093
Steers—Medium and Large 2678146.33/cwt139.00–154.009924
Steers—Small 1715124.00/cwt124.00–124.008872
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added716156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,11721
Steers—Medium and Large 2720116.00/cwt116.00–116.008351
Steers—Medium and Large 1735139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0221
Steers—Medium and Large 1751150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,12711
Steers—Small 1765128.00/cwt128.00–128.009791
Steers—Medium and Large 2774142.72/cwt110.00–154.001,1058
Steers—Medium and Large 1950141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3402
Steers—Medium and Large 2955131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2511
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added1,007140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4103
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1275111.00/cwt111.00–111.003051
Heifers—Small 1365121.00/cwt121.00–121.004421
Heifers—Medium and Large 3370109.00/cwt109.00–109.004031
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375150.00/cwt150.00–150.005634
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added403139.00/cwt139.00–139.005604
Heifers—Medium and Large 3465130.00/cwt130.00–130.006051
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465117.00/cwt117.00–117.005441
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472155.50/cwt155.50–155.507346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added492169.00/cwt169.00–169.0083110
Heifers—Small 149591.00/cwt91.00–91.004501
Heifers—Small 1500119.00/cwt119.00–119.005951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2543148.00/cwt148.00–148.008042
Heifers—Medium and Large 3565121.00/cwt121.00–121.006843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1568148.59/cwt144.00–149.0084412
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added577158.00/cwt158.00–158.009125
Heifers—Small 1603129.05/cwt118.00–140.007782
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added614145.00/cwt145.00–145.008908
Heifers—Medium and Large 3635132.00/cwt132.00–132.008382
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639140.07/cwt140.00–141.0089515
Heifers—Small 1686126.00/cwt126.00–126.008644
Heifers—Medium and Large 2700139.00/cwt139.00–139.009732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760121.00/cwt121.00–121.009202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added792135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added833133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1084
Heifers—Medium and Large 2880125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1001
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small 1470134.00/cwt134.00–134.006301
Bulls—Small 1510123.00/cwt123.00–123.006271
Bulls—Small 1558121.00/cwt121.00–121.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 2570144.00/cwt144.00–144.008211
Bulls—Small 1735113.00/cwt113.00–113.008311

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.