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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-11

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jun 11

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jun 4Jun 11Jun 18 →

Receipts

196 head

▼ 1,407 vs last sale 1,603▼ 1,668 vs year ago 1,864 · −89.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 112, Heifers 72, Bulls 12)

Value Added 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 $283.89/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −174.37 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$283.89

30 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,592

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$718

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$119.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.07

vs VA average

−15.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	306.84	1,749	19thin
Medium and Large 3	586	262.50	1,538	4thin
Medium and Large 2	520	250.81	1,304	5thin
Medium and Large 4	500	195.00	975	1thin
Small 1	550	187.50	1,031	1thin

One grade step is worth $119.34/cwt here — about $718 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 sale30 hd

283.89

—

VA average7 barns · 321 hd

292.96

−9.07

National average149 barns · 7,793 hd

299.42

−15.54

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−174.37

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

49 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	250–300	Medium and Large 4	290	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	580	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,256	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	420	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	830	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	957	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,416	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,534	2
Steers	450–500	Small 1	490	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,054	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 4	500	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	975	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	250.81/cwt	222.50–290.00	1,304	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,575	3
Steers	550–600	Small 1	550	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,031	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	586	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,538	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	243.29/cwt	210.00–275.00	1,508	2
Steers	600–650	Small 1	625	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,359	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,662	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,902	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,541	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	724	236.71/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,714	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,944	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	845	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,910	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,884	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	880	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,068	6
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,075	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,989	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	395	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,027	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,214	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,246	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,288	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 4	481	235.25/cwt	220.00–239.00	1,132	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,280	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 4	515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	644	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	544	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,371	4
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	545	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,226	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,507	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	258.27/cwt	230.00–261.00	1,444	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,445	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	642	234.04/cwt	200.00–245.00	1,503	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,632	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	735	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,176	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,463	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 4	455	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	956	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	980	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 4	515	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	901	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,433	2
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	660	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,056	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,508	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,746	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 Jun 11, 2024

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

Receipts 196Last week 1,603Year ago 1,864

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 112, Heifers 72, Bulls 12)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	197.50	197.50
1	450–500	490	215.00	215.00
1	550–600	550	187.50	187.50
1	600–650	625	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	318.00	318.00
2	450–500	478	321.00	321.00
3	500–550	543	290.00	290.00
16	550–600	575	310.00	310.00
2	600–650	620	210.00–275.00	243.29
35	650–700	656	290.00	290.00
10	700–750	742	262.00	262.00
1	800–850	845	223.00	223.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	880	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	448	316.00	316.00
5	500–550	520	222.50–290.00	250.81
6	600–650	633	262.50	262.50
2	650–700	685	225.00	225.00
3	700–750	724	230.00–240.00	236.71
1	800–850	845	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	200.00	200.00
1	500–550	500	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	220.00	220.00
4	550–600	586	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	265.00	265.00
12	550–600	558	270.00	270.00
11	600–650	645	253.00	253.00
1	750–800	750	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	260.00	260.00
4	450–500	485	264.00	264.00
4	500–550	544	252.00	252.00
1	600–650	635	227.50	227.50
1	700–750	735	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	481	220.00–239.00	235.25
1	500–550	515	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	477	270.00	270.00
12	550–600	559	230.00–261.00	258.27
4	600–650	642	200.00–245.00	234.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	426	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	150.00	150.00
2	550–600	585	245.00	245.00
1	650–700	670	225.00	225.00
1	950–1000	970	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	210.00	210.00
1	500–550	515	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	200.00	200.00
3	550–600	575	250.00	250.00

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.