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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-06

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 6

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jul 30Aug 6Aug 13 →

Receipts

229 head

▼ 48 vs last sale 277▲ 49 vs year ago 180 · +27.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 125, Heifers 96, Bulls 8)

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $242.23/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −216.02 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$242.23

21 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,355

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$399

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

$74.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.56

vs VA average

−32.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	285.00	1,582	9thin
Medium and Large 2	563	210.15	1,183	12thin

One grade step is worth $74.85/cwt here — about $399 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale21 hd

242.23

—

VA average9 barns · 285 hd

267.79

−25.56

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

−32.85

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−216.02

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

46 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	885	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,228	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	470	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	846	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,403	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	210.15/cwt	180.00–261.00	1,183	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,153	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	619	274.12/cwt	273.00–275.00	1,697	37
Steers	600–650	Small 1	630	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,087	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,744	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	191.25/cwt	187.50–195.00	1,272	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,586	3
Steers	650–700	Small 1	675	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,296	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	350	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	720	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,512	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,776	6
Steers	750–800	Small 1	765	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,243	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,724	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	975	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	835	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,754	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	887	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,960	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	901	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,054	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	881	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 4	375	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	619	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	935	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,000	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,147	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,207	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	520	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	723	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	528	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,019	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	538	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	726	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	539	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,401	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,371	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	577	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,460	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	605	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,089	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,505	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	983	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	702	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,088	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,415	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,676	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	972	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,244	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,225	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	670	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,032	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	770	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	847	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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