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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-07-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-23

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jul 23

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jul 16Jul 23Jul 30 →

Receipts

267 head

▼ 1 vs last sale 268▲ 3 vs year ago 264 · +1.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 122, Heifers 126, Bulls 19)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some 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 $243.44/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −122.10 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$243.44

51 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,347

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$591

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

$87.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.77

vs VA average

−21.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	255.00	1,429	22
Medium and Large 1-2	526	251.00	1,320	7thin
Medium and Large 2	563	249.00	1,402	14thin
Medium and Large 3	545	210.00	1,145	4thin
Small 1	547	185.00	1,012	3thin
Medium and Large 4	500	167.50	838	1thin

One grade step is worth $87.50/cwt here — about $591 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 sale51 hd

243.44

—

VA average7 barns · 346 hd

245.21

−1.77

National average157 barns · 8,958 hd

264.63

−21.19

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−122.10

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

61 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	237.71/cwt	204.00–271.00	970	2
Steers	400–450	Small 1	430	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	538	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,099	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,311	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,419	3
Steers	500–550	Small 1	515	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,082	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	555	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,621	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	253.19/cwt	190.00–271.00	1,408	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,618	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	566	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,228	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,244	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	613	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,618	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,683	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	672	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,814	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	715	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,544	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,529	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,810	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	771	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,928	20
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,912	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	894	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,190	10
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,120	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,736	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	275	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	536	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	348	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	839	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	718	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 4	373	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	737	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	940	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,037	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	465	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,163	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	467	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	934	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,164	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,188	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 4	500	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	838	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	526	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,320	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	535	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,364	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,145	4
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	547	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,012	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,402	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,443	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	600	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,506	4
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	620	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	992	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Natural	630	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,550	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,161	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	1,588	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,040	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,572	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	718	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,651	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,584	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	761	213.27/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,623	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,529	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	870	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,488	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 4	345	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	621	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	920	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 4	390	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	702	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,085	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	963	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,299	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	605	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,349	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,500	2
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	685	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,336	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,450	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.

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