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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2023-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-07-18

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jul 18

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jul 11Jul 18Jul 25 →

Receipts

121 head

▼ 368 vs last sale 489▼ 232 vs year ago 353 · −65.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 38, Bulls 8)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and 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 $225.36/cwt on 73 head.

Average price

$225.36

73 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$563

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

$100.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.68

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	588	253.00	1,488	6thin
Medium and Large 1	665	234.28	1,558	50
Medium and Large 2	642	206.06	1,323	11thin
Medium and Large 3	535	171.00	915	2thin
Small 1	605	152.73	924	4thin

One grade step is worth $100.27/cwt here — about $563 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 sale73 hd

225.36

—

VA average10 barns · 1,237 hd

228.04

−2.68

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

Every lot

35 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	952	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	961	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	460	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,150	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	535	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	915	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,238	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,448	14
Steers	—	Small 1	582	159.98/cwt	158.00–164.00	931	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	588	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,488	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	651	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,562	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	654	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,504	4
Steers	—	Small 1	675	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	884	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	160.98/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,167	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,673	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	758	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,728	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	764	166.17/cwt	149.00–218.00	1,270	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	385	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	512	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	455	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	969	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,192	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	566	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,194	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	568	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	454	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	590	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,145	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	636	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,304	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	644	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,320	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	740	128.00/cwt	81.00–175.00	947	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	753	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,370	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	775	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,341	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	838	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,399	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	935	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,122	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,200	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,332	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	450	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	954	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	485	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	970	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	550	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,073	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	620	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	986	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	790	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,264	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	985	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,221	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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Tue Jul 18, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 121Last week 489Year ago 353

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 38, Bulls 8)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	212.00	212.00
1	—	985	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	200.00	200.00
2	—	550	195.00	195.00
2	—	790	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	579	250.00	250.00
13	—	651	240.00	240.00
2	—	725	160.00–162.00	160.98
2	—	460	250.00	250.00
12	—	750	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	588	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	758	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	241.00	241.00
4	—	764	149.00–218.00	166.17
4	—	654	230.00	230.00
1	—	550	225.00	225.00
1	—	445	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	535	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	675	131.00	131.00
3	—	582	158.00–164.00	159.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	120.00	120.00
1	—	1,200	111.00	111.00
7	—	644	205.00	205.00
4	—	565	211.00	211.00
2	—	753	182.00	182.00
2	—	838	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	455	213.00	213.00
4	—	566	211.00	211.00
2	—	740	81.00–175.00	128.00
7	—	636	205.00	205.00
1	—	775	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	568	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	590	194.00	194.00
1	—	385	133.00	133.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.