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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2023-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-22

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 22

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Aug 15Aug 22Aug 29 →

Receipts

190 head

▼ 185 vs last sale 375▼ 198 vs year ago 388 · −51.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 76, Heifers 90, Bulls 24)

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

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $208.75/cwt on 89 head.

Average price

$208.75

89 head · 605 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,262

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$599

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

$73.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.64

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	636	229.04	1,457	26
Medium and Large 1	624	211.75	1,320	28
Medium and Large 2	587	200.82	1,179	25
Medium and Large 3	476	179.20	853	5thin
Small 1	550	155.75	857	5thin

One grade step is worth $73.29/cwt here — about $599 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 sale89 hd

208.75

—

VA average8 barns · 1,342 hd

209.40

−0.64

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

Every lot

56 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	405	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	697	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,157	3
Steers	—	Small 1	487	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	901	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	530	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	827	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	544	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,344	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	551	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,427	6
Steers	—	Small 1	560	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,075	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	565	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,017	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	625	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,469	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	644	245.83/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,583	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	649	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,603	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	238.89/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,565	11
Steers	—	Small 1	655	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,487	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	740	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,672	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	770	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,863	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,748	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	825	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,856	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	860	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,055	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	860	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,961	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	863	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,054	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	950	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,005	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	960	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,122	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,085	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,224	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	370	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	670	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	385	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	535	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	388	167.21/cwt	127.00–209.00	649	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,031	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	488	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	878	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	510	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,005	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	545	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	954	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	553	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,167	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,191	14
Heifers	—	Small 1	559	170.25/cwt	130.00–191.00	952	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	576	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,325	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	634	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,306	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	639	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,463	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	646	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,415	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	658	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,533	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	689	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,578	4
Heifers	—	Small 1	690	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	890	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,412	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	715	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,058	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	723	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,583	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,332	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	843	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,526	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	975	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,463	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	425	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	672	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	483	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,067	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	490	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	887	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	582	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,100	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	583	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,020	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	659	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,120	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	677	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,151	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	725	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,211	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	725	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	892	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	853	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,058	2

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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