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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-07

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, May 7

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Apr 30May 7May 14 →

Receipts

202 head

▼ 119 vs last sale 321▼ 6 vs year ago 208 · −2.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 78, Bulls 13)

Value Added and some 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 $294.44/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −163.81 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$294.44

53 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,681

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$12

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

$11.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.39

vs VA average

−15.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	295.53	1,682	48
Medium and Large 2	588	284.00	1,670	5thin

One grade step is worth $11.53/cwt here — about $12 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 sale53 hd

294.44

—

VA average9 barns · 470 hd

295.83

−1.39

National average167 barns · 10,730 hd

309.71

−15.27

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−163.81

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

43 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 4	215	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	215	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 4	270	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	540	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	925	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	460	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	989	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,434	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,533	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	499	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,462	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	568	295.66/cwt	295.00–296.00	1,679	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	295.40/cwt	287.00–298.00	1,684	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,670	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	658	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,777	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	266.51/cwt	263.00–268.00	1,762	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Natural	704	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,816	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	709	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,808	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	223.12/cwt	170.00–237.00	1,691	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 4	230	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	230	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	833	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	785	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 4	390	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	390	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 4	415	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	726	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	445	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,019	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	249.52/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,133	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	468	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,095	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,136	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	248.28/cwt	246.00–249.00	1,343	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	544	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,306	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,376	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	587	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,494	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	595	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,511	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,194	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	620	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,163	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	138.71/cwt	135.00–140.00	920	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	227.20/cwt	208.00–231.00	1,511	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Natural	693	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,559	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	705	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,607	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	860	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,247	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,610	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	186.75/cwt	145.00–230.00	790	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,333	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,479	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,271	1
Bulls	800–850	Small 1	830	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	913	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 May 7, 2024

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

Receipts 202Last week 321Year ago 208

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 78, Bulls 13)

Value Added and some Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	145.00–230.00	186.75
6	450–500	466	286.00	286.00
2	550–600	558	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	260.00	260.00
1	550–600	560	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	830	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	479	320.00	320.00
24	550–600	570	287.00–298.00	295.40
10	650–700	661	263.00–268.00	266.51
5	750–800	758	170.00–237.00	223.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	568	295.00–296.00	295.66
13	650–700	658	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	709	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	704	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	478	300.00	300.00
5	550–600	588	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	100.00	100.00
1	250–300	270	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	499	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	454	241.00–251.00	249.52
1	500–550	505	225.00	225.00
8	550–600	555	248.00	248.00
6	650–700	665	208.00–231.00	227.20
1	900–950	925	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	229.00	229.00
1	600–650	620	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	245.00	245.00
4	500–550	541	246.00–249.00	248.28
1	600–650	620	192.50	192.50
4	650–700	663	135.00–140.00	138.71
1	850–900	860	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	587	254.50	254.50
4	700–750	705	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	221.00	221.00
3	450–500	468	234.00	234.00
4	500–550	544	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	100.00	100.00
1	350–400	390	100.00	100.00
1	400–450	415	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	595	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	693	225.00	225.00

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.