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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-30

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jul 30

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jul 23Jul 30Aug 6 →

Receipts

277 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 267▼ 54 vs year ago 331 · −16.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 121, Bulls 15)

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

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 $291.74/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −166.51 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$291.74

35 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,612

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$390

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$86.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.81

vs VA average

+3.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	527	305.00	1,607	10thin
Medium and Large 1	559	298.94	1,671	18thin
Medium and Large 2	586	281.00	1,647	4thin
Medium and Large 3	557	218.67	1,217	3thin

One grade step is worth $86.33/cwt here — about $390 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale35 hd

291.74

—

VA average6 barns · 220 hd

277.93

+13.81

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

+3.95

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−166.51

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

58 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	989	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,102	1
Steers	400–450	Small 2	410	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	246	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	453	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,182	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	263.25/cwt	195.00–274.00	1,243	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,443	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	527	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,607	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,517	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,156	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	565	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,249	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,647	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	600	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,722	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	271.18/cwt	264.00–272.00	1,776	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,781	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	677	272.99/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,848	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	749	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,760	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	242.86/cwt	221.00–246.00	1,826	16
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,974	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,705	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,030	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,967	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,043	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,804	3
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,165	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,876	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	285	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	613	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 4	370	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	648	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	988	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	693	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,072	1
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	450	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	765	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,256	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	259.73/cwt	251.00–261.00	1,270	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	495	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,015	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 4	495	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	668	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	546	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,370	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	252.78/cwt	245.00–254.00	1,436	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	577	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,593	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	645	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,587	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	240.82/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,553	27
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	657	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,564	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,465	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,766	3
Heifers	700–750	Large 1-2	718	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,687	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	226.80/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,644	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	222.98/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,648	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,899	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	458	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	966	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	547	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,130	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,164	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	192.50/cwt	190.00–195.00	943	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,247	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,418	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	595	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,071	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,398	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,406	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	770	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,232	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 Jul 30, 2024

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

Receipts 277Last week 267Year ago 331

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 121, Bulls 15)

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	291.00	291.00
1	350–400	380	290.00	290.00
7	450–500	472	195.00–274.00	263.25
4	550–600	586	281.00	281.00
3	650–700	672	265.00	265.00
5	700–750	749	235.00	235.00
3	1000–1050	1,043	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	261.00	261.00
3	800–850	840	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	527	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	489	295.00	295.00
1	500–550	540	281.00	281.00
17	550–600	560	300.00	300.00
29	650–700	655	264.00–272.00	271.18
16	750–800	752	221.00–246.00	242.86
1	850–900	870	196.00	196.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	191.00	191.00
1	1150–1200	1,165	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	60.00	60.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	600	287.00	287.00
20	650–700	677	270.00–274.00	272.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	214.00	214.00
2	550–600	565	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	250.00	250.00
1	400–450	445	241.00	241.00
8	450–500	489	251.00–261.00	259.73
19	550–600	568	245.00–254.00	252.78
27	600–650	645	240.00–241.00	240.82
3	650–700	682	259.00	259.00
6	700–750	739	221.00–227.00	222.98
2	850–900	863	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	577	276.00	276.00
6	600–650	645	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	718	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	175.00	175.00
1	450–500	495	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	215.00	215.00
1	450–500	495	205.00	205.00
2	550–600	570	230.00	230.00
2	650–700	660	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	165.00	165.00
6	450–500	483	260.00	260.00
8	500–550	546	251.00	251.00
10	650–700	657	238.00	238.00
4	700–750	725	220.00–229.00	226.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	150.00	150.00
1	350–400	370	261.00	261.00
1	400–450	445	254.00	254.00
1	550–600	565	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	135.00	135.00
1	450–500	475	245.00	245.00
2	500–550	540	231.00	231.00
1	700–750	710	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	190.00–195.00	192.50
1	550–600	595	180.00	180.00
1	650–700	650	215.00	215.00
1	750–800	770	160.00	160.00

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.