Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2023-01-24

Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2023-01-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-24

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jan 24

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jan 17Jan 24Jan 31 →

Receipts

252 head

▼ 4 vs last sale 256▼ 769 vs year ago 1,021 · −75.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 142, Heifers 97, Bulls 13)

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

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $187.22/cwt on 142 head.

Average price

$187.22

142 head · 626 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,172

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$383

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

$60.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.29

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	608	195.94	1,192	60
Medium and Large 1	642	186.33	1,196	73
Small 1	690	139.00	959	2thin
Medium and Large 2	597	135.43	808	7thin

One grade step is worth $60.51/cwt here — about $383 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 sale142 hd

187.22

—

VA average9 barns · 656 hd

180.93

+6.29

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

Every lot

42 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	702	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	483	204.43/cwt	200.00–207.00	987	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	495	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	975	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	522	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,143	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	682	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	586	200.64/cwt	196.00–204.00	1,176	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	591	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,082	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	598	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	813	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	648	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,166	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	669	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,224	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	677	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,280	15
Steers	—	Small 1	690	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	959	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	751	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,269	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	766	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,203	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	800	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	968	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	980	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,058	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	378	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	567	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	390	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	394	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	635	3
Heifers	—	Small 2	430	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	348	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	732	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	725	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	505	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	550	1
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	515	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	675	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	515	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	551	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	538	162.66/cwt	159.00–170.50	875	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	902	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	579	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	944	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	582	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	986	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	617	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	944	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	998	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	708	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,034	12
Heifers	—	Small 1	750	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	795	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	922	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	330	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	432	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	370	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	596	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	770	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	515	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	716	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	532	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	846	3
Bulls	—	Small 1	548	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	603	2
Bulls	—	Large 1-2	590	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	791	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	730	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	891	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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