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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-09

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jul 9

● Final89 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jun 25Jul 9Jul 16 →

Receipts

625 head

▲ 334 vs last sale 291▲ 136 vs year ago 489 · +27.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 327, Heifers 267, Bulls 31)

Value Added and 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 $294.93/cwt on 115 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −163.32 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$294.93

115 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,670

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$944

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$152.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.09

vs VA average

−7.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	577	302.85	1,746	62
Medium and Large 1	561	300.50	1,686	31
Medium and Large 2	546	282.89	1,545	17thin
Medium and Large 3	530	255.00	1,352	1thin
Small 1	575	210.00	1,208	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	538	200.00	1,076	2thin
Medium and Large 4	535	150.00	803	1thin

One grade step is worth $152.85/cwt here — about $944 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 sale115 hd

294.93

—

VA average3 barns · 279 hd

288.83

+6.09

National average160 barns · 9,699 hd

302.91

−7.98

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−163.32

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

89 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Small 1	358	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	788	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	372	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,153	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	429	232.80/cwt	190.00–250.00	999	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,272	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	306.58/cwt	280.00–312.00	1,429	16
Steers	450–500	Small 1	473	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	970	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	960	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	485	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,387	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	507	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,491	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	520	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,534	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,352	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 4	535	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	803	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	538	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,076	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	546	282.89/cwt	281.00–283.00	1,545	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	1,686	31
Steers	550–600	Small 1	575	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,208	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	581	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,789	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	589	303.54/cwt	301.00–307.00	1,788	44
Steers	600–650	Small 2	625	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,063	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	631	252.78/cwt	190.00–269.00	1,595	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	638	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,212	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	276.91/cwt	276.00–277.00	1,814	35
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	684	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,963	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	700	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,232	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	708	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	977	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,900	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	744	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,934	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,784	1
Steers	800–850	Small 1	815	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,467	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,843	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 3Value Added	840	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,890	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	865	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,903	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,914	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	928	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,218	56
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	985	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,226	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Small 2	290	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	160	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	313	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	783	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 4	370	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	685	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	380	202.05/cwt	200.00–204.00	768	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,007	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,165	13
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	430	173.45/cwt	170.00–175.00	746	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	957	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 4	448	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	515	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	456	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,190	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	245.60/cwt	192.50–260.00	1,152	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	260.44/cwt	190.00–270.00	1,253	8
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	518	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	932	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	229.37/cwt	190.00–243.00	1,239	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	258.24/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,425	54
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	253.19/cwt	235.00–254.00	1,403	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,082	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	582	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,542	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,050	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	864	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,514	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,515	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,073	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,506	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 4	660	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	495	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,534	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,664	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	690	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,725	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	750	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,013	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	768	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,728	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,356	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,540	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,440	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,008	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,268	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	320	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	720	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	986	1
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	360	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	774	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	722	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,063	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	935	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 4	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	450	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	855	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 4	490	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	809	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 4	525	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	840	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,193	3
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	540	162.38/cwt	150.00–175.00	877	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 4	555	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	916	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,033	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,313	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,448	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,426	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,369	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,169	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,524	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 Jul 9, 2024

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

Receipts 625Last week 291Year ago 489

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 327, Heifers 267, Bulls 31)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	261.00	261.00
13	400–450	430	271.00	271.00
5	600–650	618	245.00	245.00
9	650–700	678	245.50	245.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
33	550–600	582	265.00	265.00
17	650–700	690	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	481	190.00–270.00	260.44
54	550–600	552	249.00–259.00	258.24
20	600–650	642	236.00	236.00
2	650–700	670	229.00	229.00
1	750–800	775	175.00	175.00
1	800–850	800	192.50	192.50
1	900–950	900	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	200.00–204.00	202.05
3	400–450	430	170.00–175.00	173.45
2	500–550	518	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	55.00	55.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,008	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	250.00	250.00
5	400–450	445	215.00	215.00
2	550–600	555	195.00	195.00
1	650–700	650	165.00	165.00
1	750–800	750	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	185.00	185.00
3	400–450	448	115.00	115.00
1	650–700	660	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	456	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	469	192.50–260.00	245.60
5	500–550	540	190.00–243.00	229.37
24	550–600	554	235.00–254.00	253.19
1	600–650	600	175.00	175.00
8	650–700	652	231.00	231.00
3	750–800	768	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	600	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	485	286.00	286.00
3	500–550	520	295.00	295.00
9	550–600	581	308.00	308.00
2	700–750	708	138.00	138.00
56	900–950	928	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	466	280.00–312.00	306.58
31	550–600	561	300.50	300.50
35	650–700	655	276.00–277.00	276.91
9	700–750	742	256.00	256.00
1	800–850	830	222.00	222.00
1	850–900	870	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	507	294.00	294.00
44	550–600	589	301.00–307.00	303.54
21	650–700	684	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	220.00	220.00
3	450–500	473	205.00	205.00
1	550–600	575	210.00	210.00
1	800–850	815	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	744	260.00	260.00
5	950–1000	985	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	429	190.00–250.00	232.80
1	500–550	530	255.00	255.00
3	600–650	638	190.00	190.00
1	700–750	700	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	840	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	538	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	437	291.00	291.00
1	450–500	480	200.00	200.00
17	500–550	546	281.00–283.00	282.89
11	600–650	631	190.00–269.00	252.78
1	800–850	800	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	865	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	528	226.00	226.00
3	650–700	658	220.00	220.00
2	700–750	720	198.00	198.00
2	750–800	790	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	290.00	290.00
1	600–650	625	210.00	210.00
2	800–850	828	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	225.00	225.00
1	350–400	360	215.00	215.00
1	450–500	450	190.00	190.00
2	500–550	540	150.00–175.00	162.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	110.00	110.00
1	450–500	490	165.00	165.00
1	500–550	525	160.00	160.00
1	550–600	555	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	185.00	185.00
3	400–450	445	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	240.00	240.00
1	550–600	590	175.00	175.00
1	700–750	740	185.00	185.00

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.