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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2023-02-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-14

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 14

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Feb 7Feb 14Feb 21 →

Receipts

162 head

▼ 81 vs last sale 243▼ 159 vs year ago 321 · −49.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 63, Bulls 1)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned, mostly Vaccinated

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 $209.16/cwt on 98 head.

Average price

$209.16

98 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,204

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$431

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

$82.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.10

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	578	220.44	1,273	78
Medium and Large 1	731	175.71	1,285	7thin
Medium and Large 2	477	165.29	788	10thin
Medium and Large 3	445	141.50	630	2thin
Small 1	610	138.00	842	1thin

One grade step is worth $82.44/cwt here — about $431 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 sale98 hd

209.16

—

VA average7 barns · 1,314 hd

189.06

+20.10

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

Every lot

33 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	375	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	645	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	380	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	578	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	905	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	437	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	891	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	462	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,090	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	487	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	628	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	510	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	668	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	540	160.63/cwt	141.00–201.00	867	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	559	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,269	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,206	1
Steers	—	Small 1	610	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	842	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	633	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,355	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	635	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,295	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	828	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,292	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	893	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,357	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	990	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,485	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 4	305	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	336	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	315	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	466	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	370	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	403	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	380	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	471	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	467	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	649	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	490	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	681	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	630	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	523	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	941	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	765	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	567	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	868	3
Heifers	—	Small 1	575	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	765	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	600	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	900	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	636	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	999	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	884	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	783	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,088	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	983	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,258	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 1	275	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	303	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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