Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2024-03-26

Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-26

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 26

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Mar 19Mar 26Apr 2 →

Receipts

252 head

▼ 173 vs last sale 425▼ 17 vs year ago 269 · −6.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 125, Heifers 113, Bulls 14)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned

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 $284.37/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −173.88 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$284.37

54 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$661

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

$115.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.03

vs VA average

−25.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	546	302.22	1,649	9thin
Medium and Large 1	554	298.96	1,656	31
Medium and Large 2	562	273.88	1,540	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	548	216.00	1,184	2thin
Small 1	530	186.37	988	4thin

One grade step is worth $115.85/cwt here — about $661 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale54 hd

284.37

—

VA average8 barns · 320 hd

296.41

−12.03

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

−25.89

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−173.88

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

62 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	293	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	697	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	694	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	292.55/cwt	291.00–294.00	1,214	2
Steers	450–500	Small 1	452	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	940	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,315	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,427	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,298	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	519	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,599	5
Steers	500–550	Small 1	530	186.37/cwt	160.00–214.00	988	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	548	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,184	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	298.96/cwt	280.00–301.00	1,656	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,576	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	579	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,708	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,451	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	622	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,711	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,625	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,781	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,521	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	1,759	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	703	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,772	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	704	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,795	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,794	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,766	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	825	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,757	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	211.00/cwt	191.00–221.00	1,751	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	268	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	496	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	763	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	940	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	237.60/cwt	225.00–244.00	1,045	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,083	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	928	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,140	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	228.83/cwt	180.00–245.00	1,103	4
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	534	254.73/cwt	254.00–256.00	1,360	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,331	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,307	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,123	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,406	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	575	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,443	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,184	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,497	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	644	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,507	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,518	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	656	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,555	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,528	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	668	234.54/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,567	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	679	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,585	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,602	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,540	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	783	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,699	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	945	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,323	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,075	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,424	1
Heifers	1350–1400	Medium and Large 1	1,350	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,701	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,265	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,213	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,308	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,321	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,316	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,432	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,395	1
Bulls	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,065	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,544	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.

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