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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-13

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 13

● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Aug 6Aug 13Aug 20 →

Receipts

146 head

▼ 83 vs last sale 229▼ 229 vs year ago 375 · −61.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 54, Heifers 88, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

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 $247.46/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −118.08 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$247.46

31 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,350

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$658

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 2

$104.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.57

vs VA average

−4.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	558	259.00	1,445	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	532	253.60	1,350	10thin
Medium and Large 1	556	251.63	1,399	13thin
Small 2	508	155.00	787	2thin

One grade step is worth $104.00/cwt here — about $658 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 sale31 hd

247.46

—

VA average7 barns · 310 hd

248.03

−0.57

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−4.48

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−118.08

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

39 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	992	2
Steers	450–500	Small 1	468	218.34/cwt	195.00–240.00	1,022	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,262	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,455	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	253	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,563	4
Steers	500–550	Small 1	548	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,206	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	586	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,705	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,577	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	632	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,751	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	524	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,822	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	672	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,821	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	713	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,711	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	736	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,847	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Natural	822	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,932	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,728	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,204	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	253.78/cwt	249.00–255.00	1,238	5
Heifers	500–550	Small 2	508	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	787	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,178	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	517	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,303	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	555	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,421	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,445	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	253.35/cwt	246.00–254.00	1,419	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	610	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,574	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	992	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,552	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,551	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	674	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,678	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,519	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,757	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	745	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,810	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	746	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,858	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,825	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,019	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	550	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	798	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	793	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,372	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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