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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2022-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-26

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jul 26

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jul 19Jul 26Aug 2 →

Receipts

414 head

▲ 61 vs last sale 353▲ 74 vs year ago 340 · +21.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 242, Heifers 166, Bulls 6)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

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 $176.95/cwt on 242 head.

Average price

$176.95

242 head · 642 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,135

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$409

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$55.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.02

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	179.88	1,142	107
Medium and Large 1-2	670	178.42	1,196	113
Medium and Large 2	535	177.00	946	12thin
Medium and Large 4	353	136.00	480	2thin
Medium and Large 3	468	136.00	636	2thin
Small 1	590	124.33	734	6thin

One grade step is worth $55.55/cwt here — about $409 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 sale242 hd

176.95

—

VA average8 barns · 590 hd

170.94

+6.02

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

Every lot

53 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 4	353	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	480	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	400	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	516	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	405	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	770	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	415	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	697	1
Steers	—	Small 1	485	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	669	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	487	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	906	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	494	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	963	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	500	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	740	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	516	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	991	8
Steers	—	Small 1	530	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	705	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	535	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	765	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	553	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	979	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	558	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,016	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	578	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,139	39
Steers	—	Small 1	585	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	410	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	595	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,119	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,048	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,117	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	667	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,167	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	679	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,188	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	697	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,227	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	700	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,148	1
Steers	—	Small 1	705	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	959	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	756	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,232	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,186	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	799	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,238	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	801	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,242	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	811	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,322	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	870	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,253	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	350	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	284	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	388	139.17/cwt	130.00–148.00	540	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	680	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	440	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	541	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	488	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	788	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	495	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	842	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	495	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	787	9
Heifers	—	Small 1	520	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	634	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	542	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	846	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	554	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	842	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	558	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	882	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	569	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	899	21
Heifers	—	Small 1	593	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	735	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	619	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	941	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	652	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	978	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	953	5
Heifers	—	Small 1	710	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	852	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	726	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,176	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	746	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	940	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	747	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,195	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	930	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	958	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	355	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	536	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	571	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	799	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	690	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	863	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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