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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2023-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-19

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Dec 19

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Dec 12Dec 19Jan 9 →

Receipts

178 head

▼ 67 vs last sale 245▼ 253 vs year ago 431 · −58.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 85, Bulls 10)

Natural cattle are Weaned, some 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 $213.86/cwt on 85 head.

Average price

$213.86

85 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,245

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$618

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

$146.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.91

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	540	226.12	1,222	49
Medium and Large 2	531	206.40	1,096	5thin
Medium and Large 1	653	199.53	1,303	30
Large 1-2	755	80.00	604	1thin

One grade step is worth $146.12/cwt here — about $618 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 sale85 hd

213.86

—

VA average11 barns · 1,026 hd

193.95

+19.91

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

Every lot

41 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1	275	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	206	1
Steers	—	Small 1	368	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	184	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	400	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,000	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	400	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	924	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,050	1
Steers	—	Small 1	440	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	594	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	445	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,202	16
Steers	—	Small 1	460	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	230	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	965	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	551	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,433	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Natural	555	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,382	3
Steers	—	Small 1	630	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	504	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,420	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	649	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,564	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	661	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,520	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,337	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,470	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,554	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	770	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	777	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	462	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,053	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	483	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,072	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,091	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	554	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,280	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,199	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	585	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,199	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	631	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,376	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	645	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,406	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,340	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,426	2
Heifers	—	Large 1-2	755	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	604	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	945	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,158	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,065	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,012	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	410	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	898	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	553	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	332	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	565	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,187	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	635	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	953	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	703	80.07/cwt	60.00–100.00	563	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	845	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	803	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 Dec 19, 2023

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

Receipts 178Last week 245Year ago 431

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 85, Bulls 10)

Natural cattle are Weaned, some Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	410	219.00	219.00
1	—	635	150.00	150.00
1	—	845	95.00	95.00
3	—	565	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	703	60.00–100.00	80.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	201.00	201.00
1	—	480	201.00	201.00
1	—	425	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	445	270.00	270.00
8	—	649	241.00	241.00
17	—	551	260.00	260.00
11	—	661	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	400	250.00	250.00
3	—	555	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	777	200.00	200.00
1	—	550	240.00	240.00
1	—	400	231.00	231.00
7	—	631	225.00	225.00
2	—	710	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	440	135.00	135.00
1	—	630	80.00	80.00
2	—	368	50.00	50.00
1	—	275	75.00	75.00
1	—	460	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	365	213.00	213.00
3	—	585	205.00	205.00
1	—	535	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	645	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	554	231.00	231.00
19	—	462	228.00	228.00
14	—	631	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	122.50	122.50
4	—	571	210.00	210.00
1	—	355	217.00	217.00
1	—	640	200.00	200.00
1	—	1,065	95.00	95.00
3	—	483	222.00	222.00
11	—	660	203.00	203.00
2	—	713	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	755	80.00	80.00

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.