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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-05

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 5

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Feb 27Mar 5Mar 12 →

Receipts

484 head

▲ 275 vs last sale 209▲ 357 vs year ago 127 · +281.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 299, Heifers 168, Bulls 17)

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 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $294.66/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −163.59 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$294.66

61 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$518

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

$86.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.55

vs VA average

−18.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	567	304.95	1,730	19thin
Medium and Large 2	568	297.80	1,691	15thin
Medium and Large 1	551	291.06	1,602	25
Medium and Large 3	555	218.44	1,212	2thin

One grade step is worth $86.51/cwt here — about $518 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale61 hd

294.66

—

VA average7 barns · 419 hd

290.12

+4.55

National average178 barns · 13,961 hd

313.00

−18.34

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−163.59

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.93, low $382.08, median $458.25 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

73 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	245	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	368	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,042	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	740	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,325	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,459	10
Steers	450–500	Small 1	475	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	879	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	498	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,579	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	508	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,539	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	536	295.18/cwt	285.00–302.00	1,582	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	538	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,668	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,501	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	218.44/cwt	212.00–225.00	1,212	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	573	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,742	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	284.47/cwt	281.00–289.00	1,633	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	578	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,763	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	608	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,739	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,761	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	660	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,881	8
Steers	650–700	Small 1	665	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,357	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	670	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,856	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	689	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,819	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,772	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	710	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,740	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,745	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	741	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,930	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	744	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,938	99
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,820	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	761	255.78/cwt	245.00–260.50	1,946	23
Steers	750–800	Small 1	770	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,425	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Natural	818	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,020	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,895	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	890	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,931	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,035	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Small 2	155	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	194	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	240	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	300	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	756	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	296	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	312	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,025	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,066	2
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	435	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	805	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,135	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,195	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	501	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,293	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	238.97/cwt	235.00–240.50	1,257	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	234.93/cwt	210.00–241.00	1,283	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,183	2
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	565	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	565	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	584	251.00/cwt	247.00–259.00	1,466	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	605	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	883	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 4	605	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	853	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	647	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,572	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	651	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,302	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,460	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,016	1
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	675	162.50/cwt	160.00–165.00	1,097	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	691	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,624	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,501	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	715	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,616	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,604	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	778	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,050	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	850	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,513	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,527	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,127	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,209	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	410	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	861	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,314	3
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	495	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	743	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,100	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,346	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,402	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 3	870	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	696	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 Mar 5, 2024

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

Receipts 484Last week 209Year ago 127

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 299, Heifers 168, Bulls 17)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	508	303.00	303.00
8	650–700	660	285.00	285.00
3	700–750	710	245.00	245.00
23	750–800	761	245.00–260.50	255.78
7	800–850	818	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	498	317.00	317.00
5	500–550	536	285.00–302.00	295.18
3	600–650	608	286.00	286.00
8	650–700	689	264.00	264.00
99	700–750	744	260.50	260.50
3	850–900	890	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	466	313.00	313.00
14	550–600	574	281.00–289.00	284.47
12	600–650	645	273.00	273.00
1	650–700	695	255.00	255.00
5	700–750	746	244.00	244.00
5	800–850	835	227.00	227.00
1	900–950	920	112.50	112.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	185.00	185.00
1	650–700	665	204.00	204.00
1	750–800	770	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	150.00	150.00
1	350–400	370	200.00	200.00
2	550–600	555	212.00–225.00	218.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	302.00	302.00
3	400–450	418	317.00	317.00
4	500–550	540	278.00	278.00
2	700–750	715	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	578	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	573	304.00	304.00
18	700–750	741	260.50	260.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	538	310.00	310.00
18	650–700	670	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	501	258.00	258.00
29	600–650	647	243.00	243.00
2	750–800	778	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	651	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	240.00	240.00
3	400–450	415	247.00	247.00
4	450–500	494	242.00	242.00
15	500–550	546	210.00–241.00	234.93
6	650–700	652	224.00	224.00
2	750–800	760	211.00	211.00
2	850–900	858	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	185.00	185.00
1	550–600	565	100.00	100.00
2	650–700	675	160.00–165.00	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	155	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	80.00	80.00
2	400–450	435	245.00	245.00
3	450–500	473	240.00	240.00
7	500–550	526	235.00–240.50	238.97
1	650–700	695	216.00	216.00
1	850–900	850	178.00	178.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	125.00	125.00
1	350–400	370	80.00	80.00
2	550–600	550	215.00	215.00
1	600–650	605	146.00	146.00
1	650–700	660	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
35	550–600	584	247.00–259.00	251.00
9	650–700	691	235.00	235.00
12	700–750	715	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	306.00	306.00
3	450–500	450	292.00	292.00
2	650–700	660	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	210.00	210.00
2	550–600	550	200.00	200.00
1	850–900	870	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	299.00	299.00
1	500–550	520	150.00	150.00
1	700–750	730	192.00	192.00

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.