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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 12

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Mar 5Mar 12Mar 19 →

Receipts

238 head

▼ 246 vs last sale 484▼ 23 vs year ago 261 · −8.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 108, Bulls 33)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.48/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −135.06 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$230.48

21 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,267

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$407

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

$74.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.69

vs VA average

−45.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	244.58	1,351	12thin
Medium and Large 2	555	230.83	1,281	6thin
Medium and Large 3	515	180.00	927	1thin
Small 1	520	170.00	884	1thin
Large 1-2	555	170.00	944	1thin

One grade step is worth $74.58/cwt here — about $407 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale21 hd

230.48

—

VA average7 barns · 294 hd

255.17

−24.69

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−45.69

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−135.06

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $417.58, low $319.91, median $365.54 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

56 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	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,164	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,394	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,085	3
Steers	450–500	Small 1	480	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	876	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	523	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	978	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,309	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	551	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,438	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,599	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	576	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,757	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	601	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,509	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,709	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	646	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,873	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	711	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,820	21
Steers	700–750	Small 1	723	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,591	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,860	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	828	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,838	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	873	212.30/cwt	210.00–214.00	1,853	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	737	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	877	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	189.18/cwt	175.00–196.00	738	3
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	408	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	738	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	483	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	918	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,193	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 4	495	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	886	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,224	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	927	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	520	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	884	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,323	5
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	555	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	944	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,362	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,053	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	621	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,521	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,465	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,477	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	651	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,432	5
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	668	126.76/cwt	90.00–145.00	847	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	674	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,550	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,541	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,530	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	780	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,786	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	787	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,613	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,436	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,376	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 2	255	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	640	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	881	1
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	370	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	648	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	440	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	946	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,005	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	278.88/cwt	277.00–286.00	1,272	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	273.29/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,304	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,390	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	237.06/cwt	170.00–254.00	1,328	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,448	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,453	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 12, 2024

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

Receipts 238Last week 484Year ago 261

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 97, Heifers 108, Bulls 33)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	291.00	291.00
5	450–500	463	301.00	301.00
8	550–600	557	287.00	287.00
2	600–650	633	270.00	270.00
4	750–800	775	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	576	305.00	305.00
6	600–650	646	290.00	290.00
21	700–750	711	256.00	256.00
9	800–850	828	222.00	222.00
7	850–900	873	210.00–214.00	212.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	182.50	182.50
2	700–750	723	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	480	226.00	226.00
2	500–550	523	187.00	187.00
1	700–750	705	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	601	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	543	241.00	241.00
4	550–600	551	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	705	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	621	245.00	245.00
14	650–700	674	230.00	230.00
11	750–800	787	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	234.00	234.00
4	450–500	485	246.00	246.00
1	500–550	510	240.00	240.00
11	550–600	556	245.00	245.00
3	600–650	637	230.00	230.00
5	700–750	734	210.00	210.00
2	750–800	765	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	835	172.00	172.00
1	850–900	860	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	181.00	181.00
1	500–550	520	170.00	170.00
3	650–700	668	90.00–145.00	126.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	651	220.00	220.00
14	750–800	780	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	179.00	179.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	390	175.00–196.00	189.18
3	450–500	483	190.00	190.00
1	500–550	515	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	237.00	237.00
5	500–550	549	241.00	241.00
1	550–600	585	180.00	180.00
4	600–650	648	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	175.00	175.00
1	400–450	440	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	456	277.00–286.00	278.88
4	500–550	545	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	255	251.00	251.00
1	300–350	335	263.00	263.00
4	400–450	441	228.00	228.00
5	450–500	477	250.00–279.00	273.29
5	550–600	560	170.00–254.00	237.06
1	700–750	745	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	658	220.00	220.00

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.