Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2024-05-21

Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-21

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, May 21

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

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Receipts

207 head

▼ 13 vs last sale 220▼ 162 vs year ago 369 · −43.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 103, Bulls 36)

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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.50/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −113.04 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$252.50

33 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,382

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$11.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.50

vs VA average

−23.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	256.41	1,407	16thin
Medium and Large 2	539	250.92	1,352	11thin
Medium and Large 3	558	245.00	1,367	6thin

One grade step is worth $11.41/cwt here — about $40 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 sale33 hd

252.50

—

VA average9 barns · 447 hd

254.00

−1.50

National average163 barns · 12,702 hd

276.46

−23.96

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−113.04

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

55 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,336	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,460	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,513	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,501	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,671	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,616	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,454	1
Steers	600–650	Small 1	600	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,140	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	611	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,772	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,681	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,804	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,633	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,820	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,131	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	805	225.95/cwt	210.00–234.00	1,819	3
Steers	850–900	Small 1	850	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,403	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 3	875	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,575	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 4	305	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	564	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,108	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,140	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	418	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,246	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,237	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	438	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,215	6
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	465	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,186	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,298	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,303	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,313	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	250.92/cwt	250.00–251.00	1,352	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,413	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	558	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,367	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,499	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,517	10
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	665	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	998	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	680	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,401	5
Heifers	750–800	Small 1	763	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,297	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	809	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,788	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 3	825	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,073	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,796	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,710	1
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,110	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,809	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	339.97/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,302	4
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	430	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,226	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,433	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,488	1
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	535	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,102	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,276	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	261.77/cwt	220.00–272.50	1,510	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,569	6
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	650	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,170	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	712	189.89/cwt	170.00–200.00	1,352	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,433	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,412	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.

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