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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-14

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, May 14

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← May 7May 14May 21 →

Receipts

220 head

▲ 18 vs last sale 202▼ 58 vs year ago 278 · −20.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 131, Bulls 12)

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 $232.25/cwt on 70 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −133.29 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$232.25

70 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$620

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 4

$111.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.38

vs VA average

−37.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	251.82	1,404	39
Medium and Large 2	554	243.22	1,347	16thin
Small 1	535	175.00	936	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	555	171.67	952	12thin
Medium and Large 3	500	170.00	850	1thin
Medium and Large 4	560	140.00	784	1thin

One grade step is worth $111.82/cwt here — about $620 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale70 hd

232.25

—

VA average9 barns · 504 hd

248.63

−16.38

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−37.75

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−133.29

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

54 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	703	1
Steers	350–400	Small 1	385	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	693	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,115	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	410	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,005	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,523	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,450	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,017	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	558	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,769	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,624	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	598	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,047	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,699	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,753	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	643	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,788	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,658	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	268.97/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,810	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,755	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,554	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,463	1
Steers	750–800	Small 1	770	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,386	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	910	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,866	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,868	1
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,198	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,037	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Small 2	238	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	393	1
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	238	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	393	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 4	335	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	335	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	730	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,027	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,097	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	254.29/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,210	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	850	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,222	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	528	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	845	5
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	535	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	936	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	803	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	243.77/cwt	175.00–249.00	1,355	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,420	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 4	560	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	784	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	574	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,033	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,504	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,526	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,546	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,450	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,485	3
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,030	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,648	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,142	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,380	1
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	510	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	893	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,233	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,427	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	595	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,160	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,382	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,499	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 14, 2024

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

Receipts 220Last week 202Year ago 278

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 131, Bulls 12)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	558	317.00	317.00
3	600–650	643	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	286.00	286.00
3	450–500	493	309.00	309.00
12	550–600	565	300.00	300.00
12	600–650	642	273.00	273.00
2	650–700	673	268.00–270.00	268.97
1	700–750	725	242.00	242.00
1	900–950	920	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	180.00	180.00
1	400–450	410	245.00	245.00
1	750–800	770	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	900–950	910	205.00	205.00
3	1150–1200	1,198	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	598	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	190.00	190.00
3	400–450	435	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	535	271.00	271.00
2	550–600	578	281.00	281.00
2	650–700	650	255.00	255.00
1	700–750	740	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	770	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	609	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	643	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	500	276.00	276.00
1	550–600	585	244.00	244.00
1	800–850	810	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	251.00	251.00
3	500–550	543	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	258.00	258.00
11	450–500	476	248.00–255.00	254.29
1	500–550	535	150.00	150.00
38	550–600	558	254.50	254.50
23	600–650	636	240.00	240.00
3	700–750	735	202.00	202.00
2	1000–1050	1,030	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	238	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	100.00	100.00
1	550–600	560	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	238	165.00	165.00
1	500–550	500	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	528	160.00	160.00
7	550–600	574	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	365	200.00	200.00
7	400–450	427	257.00	257.00
1	500–550	520	235.00	235.00
15	550–600	556	175.00–249.00	243.77
3	650–700	655	236.00	236.00
1	700–750	725	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	619	243.00	243.00

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.