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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Apr 2

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Receipts

92 head

▼ 160 vs last sale 252▼ 184 vs year ago 276 · −66.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 32, Bulls 15)

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 $289.75/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −168.50 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$289.75

16 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,597

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$763

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

$129.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.06

vs VA average

−21.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	304.00	1,690	14thin
Medium and Large 3	505	205.00	1,035	1thin
Medium and Large 2	530	175.00	928	1thin

One grade step is worth $129.00/cwt here — about $763 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 sale16 hd

289.75

—

VA average7 barns · 246 hd

307.81

−18.06

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−21.01

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−168.50

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

28 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	250	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	650	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,068	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	439	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,260	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,468	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,035	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	928	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,690	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,680	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,120	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,716	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,800	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	850	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	970	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,105	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,133	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	462	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,178	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	552	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,394	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	234.17/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,480	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,511	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	783	1
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	320	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	784	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,114	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	848	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,280	2
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	490	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,127	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,256	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,375	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	725	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,457	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 Apr 2, 2024

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

Receipts 92Last week 252Year ago 276

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 32, Bulls 15)

Natural 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
8	450–500	469	313.00	313.00
14	550–600	556	304.00	304.00
9	600–650	634	265.00	265.00
1	900–950	900	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	260.00	260.00
5	400–450	439	287.00	287.00
1	500–550	530	175.00	175.00
1	700–750	730	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	281.00	281.00
1	500–550	505	205.00	205.00
1	600–650	640	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	270.00	270.00
2	450–500	483	265.00	265.00
3	550–600	558	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	245.00	245.00
1	450–500	490	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	625	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	725	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	250.00	250.00
5	600–650	632	230.00–237.00	234.17
3	700–750	748	202.00	202.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	250.00	250.00
10	550–600	552	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	250.00	250.00
3	400–450	442	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	462	255.00	255.00

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.