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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-20

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 20

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Aug 13Aug 20Aug 27 →

Receipts

231 head

▲ 85 vs last sale 146▲ 41 vs year ago 190 · +21.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 113, Bulls 20)

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 $240.73/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −124.81 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$240.73

34 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,353

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$536

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

$99.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.57

vs VA average

−3.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	249.95	1,398	21
Medium and Large 2	567	241.57	1,370	10thin
Small 1	560	185.00	1,036	2thin
Medium and Large 3	575	150.00	863	1thin

One grade step is worth $99.95/cwt here — about $536 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 sale34 hd

240.73

—

VA average9 barns · 447 hd

244.30

−3.57

National average171 barns · 9,778 hd

244.41

−3.68

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−124.81

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

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Small 2	250	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	450	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	781	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,228	5
Steers	450–500	Small 1	483	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,026	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,426	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,470	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,559	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,637	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	568	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,681	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	577	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,708	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,723	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	271.38/cwt	271.00–272.00	1,805	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,676	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	703	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,800	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,745	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	239.23/cwt	215.00–244.00	1,758	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,834	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,020	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,887	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Small 1	235	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	294	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 4	343	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	635	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	594	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	370	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	666	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	972	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	419	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,073	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	170.00/cwt	150.00–190.00	731	2
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	435	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	783	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 4	453	191.43/cwt	160.00–198.00	867	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	865	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,208	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	247.25/cwt	241.00–253.00	1,169	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	478	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,224	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	2
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	560	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,036	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,413	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	241.57/cwt	225.00–246.00	1,370	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	863	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	634	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,509	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,519	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	729	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,677	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,553	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 4	300	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	570	1
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	345	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	604	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	866	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	390	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	420	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	756	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	735	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	997	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 4	455	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	774	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	460	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	805	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 4	500	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	750	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,167	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	891	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,227	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,187	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,230	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,240	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 3	860	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,204	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 Aug 20, 2024

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

Receipts 231Last week 146Year ago 190

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 113, Bulls 20)

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	231.00	231.00
1	550–600	555	221.00	221.00
1	650–700	665	185.00	185.00
1	750–800	770	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	231.00	231.00
2	400–450	420	175.00	175.00
2	450–500	453	220.00	220.00
1	500–550	540	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	100.00	100.00
1	850–900	860	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	175.00	175.00
1	400–450	420	180.00	180.00
1	450–500	460	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	190.00	190.00
1	450–500	455	170.00	170.00
1	500–550	500	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	635	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	343	185.00	185.00
6	450–500	453	160.00–198.00	191.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	241.00–253.00	247.25
2	500–550	525	240.00	240.00
19	550–600	563	251.00	251.00
17	600–650	641	237.00	237.00
5	700–750	736	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	381	255.00	255.00
4	400–450	419	256.00	256.00
5	450–500	470	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	478	256.00	256.00
10	600–650	634	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	165.00	165.00
2	400–450	430	150.00–190.00	170.00
2	450–500	455	190.00	190.00
1	550–600	575	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	235	125.00	125.00
1	350–400	370	180.00	180.00
1	400–450	435	180.00	180.00
2	550–600	560	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	567	225.00–246.00	241.57
5	700–750	729	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	490	291.00	291.00
3	500–550	500	294.00	294.00
13	550–600	555	295.00	295.00
8	650–700	665	271.00–272.00	271.38
6	700–750	735	215.00–244.00	239.23
1	800–850	830	221.00	221.00
1	1000–1050	1,020	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	568	296.00	296.00
12	700–750	703	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	588	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	300.00	300.00
5	450–500	465	264.00	264.00
3	550–600	553	282.00	282.00
2	650–700	665	252.00	252.00
1	700–750	715	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	483	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	250	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	577	296.00	296.00

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.