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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-01-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-30

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jan 30

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jan 23Jan 30Feb 6 →

Receipts

117 head

▼ 288 vs last sale 405▼ 97 vs year ago 214 · −45.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 42, Bulls 28)

Value Added and Natural 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 $243.90/cwt on 47 head.

Average price

$243.90

47 head · 662 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,614

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$720

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$76.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.21

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	606	258.95	1,569	19thin
Medium and Large 1	718	236.58	1,699	26
Small 1	455	210.00	956	1thin
Medium and Large 3	465	182.50	849	1thin

One grade step is worth $76.45/cwt here — about $720 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 sale47 hd

243.90

—

VA average6 barns · 532 hd

250.11

−6.21

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

Every lot

38 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 1	455	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	956	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	465	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	849	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,344	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	532	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,436	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	540	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,458	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,498	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,575	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,593	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	715	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,687	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,755	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	803	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,831	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,888	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	945	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,777	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Small 1	370	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	564	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	418	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	886	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	453	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,087	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,147	1
Heifers	—	Small 1	492	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,033	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	237.48/cwt	233.00–238.00	1,339	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,316	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	227.02/cwt	221.00–227.50	1,510	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	740	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,487	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	755	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,518	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 2	153	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	210	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	320	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	472	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	360	126.98/cwt	126.00–127.50	457	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	365	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	916	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,067	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	510	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,234	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	546	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,343	4
Bulls	—	Small 2	645	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	677	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	647	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,398	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	750	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,200	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 4	800	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	584	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	855	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,197	1
Bulls	—	Small 1	895	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,110	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	920	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,159	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	973	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,192	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.

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

Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Tue Jan 30, 2024

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

Receipts 117Last week 405Year ago 214

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 42, Bulls 28)

Value Added and 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	—	750	160.00	160.00
1	—	855	140.00	140.00
1	—	920	126.00	126.00
2	—	973	122.50	122.50
4	—	546	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	510	242.00	242.00
1	—	425	251.00	251.00
1	—	320	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	153	137.50	137.50
1	—	645	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	73.00	73.00
3	—	360	126.00–127.50	126.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	365	251.00	251.00
6	—	647	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	480	280.00	280.00
1	—	675	236.00	236.00
1	—	715	236.00	236.00
5	—	862	219.00	219.00
6	—	763	230.00	230.00
3	—	563	266.00	266.00
6	—	643	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	540	270.00	270.00
5	—	803	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	532	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	465	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	945	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	665	221.00–227.50	227.02
2	—	755	201.00	201.00
10	—	564	233.00–238.00	237.48
1	—	470	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	492	210.00	210.00
1	—	370	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	418	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	572	230.00	230.00
4	—	453	240.00	240.00
1	—	740	201.00	201.00

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.