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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-13

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 13

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Feb 6Feb 13Feb 20 →

Receipts

98 head

▼ 346 vs last sale 444▼ 64 vs year ago 162 · −39.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 32, Bulls 14)

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 $210.56/cwt on 50 head.

Average price

$210.56

50 head · 735 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$114

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

$75.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−49.96

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	468	220.00	1,029	4thin
Medium and Large 1	785	219.79	1,726	38
Medium and Large 2	631	179.63	1,134	4thin
Small 1	634	144.38	915	4thin

One grade step is worth $75.63/cwt here — about $114 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 sale50 hd

210.56

—

VA average8 barns · 1,469 hd

260.52

−49.96

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

Every lot

40 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	—	Medium and Large 1	335	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	841	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	684	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	400	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,100	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	748	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	554	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,524	4
Steers	—	Small 1Value Added	565	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	904	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	620	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,147	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,667	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	655	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,448	1
Steers	—	Small 1	655	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,163	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	227.95/cwt	225.00–234.00	1,532	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,275	1
Steers	—	Small 1	750	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	600	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	810	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,154	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	902	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,840	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	993	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,847	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,020	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,632	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	797	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	405	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	923	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	425	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	425	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	460	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	897	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,130	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,169	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	538	210.42/cwt	155.00–229.00	1,132	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	552	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,270	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,413	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	740	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	740	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	758	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,516	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	985	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,231	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	385	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	655	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	388	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,086	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	443	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,240	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	860	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	578	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,266	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	640	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,152	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	685	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	548	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	850	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	850	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,050	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,208	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 Feb 13, 2024

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

Receipts 98Last week 444Year ago 162

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 52, Heifers 32, Bulls 14)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	360	190.00	190.00
2	—	575	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	902	204.00	204.00
2	—	993	186.00	186.00
3	—	1,020	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	565	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	672	225.00–234.00	227.95
1	—	750	170.00	170.00
2	—	850	200.00	200.00
6	—	641	260.00	260.00
1	—	335	251.00	251.00
1	—	400	275.00	275.00
4	—	554	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	142.50	142.50
1	—	440	170.00	170.00
1	—	655	221.00	221.00
1	—	620	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	750	80.00	80.00
1	—	655	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	552	230.00	230.00
2	—	758	200.00	200.00
1	—	345	231.00	231.00
5	—	481	243.00	243.00
9	—	657	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	425	100.00	100.00
1	—	460	195.00	195.00
1	—	740	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	405	228.00	228.00
1	—	985	125.00	125.00
4	—	538	155.00–229.00	210.42
2	—	473	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	850	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,050	115.00	115.00
2	—	388	280.00	280.00
3	—	443	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	685	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	385	170.00	170.00
1	—	465	185.00	185.00
2	—	578	219.00	219.00
2	—	640	180.00	180.00

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.