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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-16

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jan 16

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jan 9Jan 16Jan 23 →

Receipts

122 head

▼ 1,037 vs last sale 1,159▼ 134 vs year ago 256 · −52.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 48, Bulls 37)

Natural cattle are Weaned and 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 $182.96/cwt on 48 head.

Average price

$182.96

48 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,052

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$471

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

$129.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.79

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	363	210.00	762	3thin
Medium and Large 1	616	189.56	1,168	25
Medium and Large 2	577	183.88	1,060	17thin
Medium and Large 3	465	102.96	479	2thin
Small 1	360	81.00	292	1thin

One grade step is worth $129.00/cwt here — about $471 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 sale48 hd

182.96

—

VA average8 barns · 916 hd

184.75

−1.79

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

Every lot

37 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1	435	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	348	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	450	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,116	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,208	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	245.69/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,423	6
Steers	—	Small 1	580	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,340	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	639	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,585	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	645	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,580	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,612	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,661	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1	360	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	292	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	363	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	762	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	429	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	450	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	927	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	102.96/cwt	101.00–105.00	479	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	476	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,000	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	544	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,132	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,201	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	613	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	619	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,321	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	661	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,322	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	753	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	986	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,076	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	833	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,083	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,000	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,090	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	325	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	683	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	370	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	810	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	375	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	754	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	430	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	215	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	454	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,003	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	480	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	864	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,167	6
Bulls	—	Small 1	531	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	786	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	639	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,201	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	740	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	377	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	758	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,167	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	828	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,201	4
Bulls	—	Small 1	1,065	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	863	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 Jan 16, 2024

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

Receipts 122Last week 1,159Year ago 256

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 48, Bulls 37)

Natural 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	—	480	180.00	180.00
2	—	370	219.00	219.00
4	—	828	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	639	188.00	188.00
6	—	528	221.00	221.00
4	—	454	221.00	221.00
4	—	758	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	201.00	201.00
1	—	325	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	430	50.00	50.00
4	—	531	148.00	148.00
1	—	1,065	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	740	51.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	579	245.00–247.00	245.69
6	—	669	241.00	241.00
2	—	735	226.00	226.00
2	—	470	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	645	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	580	231.00	231.00
1	—	435	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	639	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	101.00	101.00
4	—	544	208.00	208.00
5	—	450	206.00	206.00
2	—	753	131.00	131.00
4	—	661	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	465	101.00–105.00	102.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	561	214.00	214.00
4	—	476	210.00	210.00
1	—	1,000	109.00	109.00
5	—	657	201.00	201.00
1	—	425	101.00	101.00
2	—	758	142.00	142.00
2	—	833	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	81.00	81.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	363	210.00	210.00

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.