Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2024-08-27

Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-08-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-27

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 27

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Aug 20Aug 27Sep 10 →

Receipts

225 head

▼ 6 vs last sale 231▼ 16 vs year ago 241 · −6.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 107, Bulls 19)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly 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 $228.05/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −137.49 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$228.05

38 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,288

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

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

$39.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.83

vs VA average

−13.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	557	245.00	1,365	5thin
Medium and Large 1	565	242.00	1,367	16thin
Medium and Large 2	571	210.79	1,203	14thin
Medium and Large 3	548	206.00	1,129	3thin

One grade step is worth $39.00/cwt here — about $236 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale38 hd

228.05

—

VA average7 barns · 390 hd

235.88

−7.83

National average160 barns · 7,566 hd

241.88

−13.83

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−137.49

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

55 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	350–400	Medium and Large 3Value Added	390	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	926	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	780	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	263.61/cwt	261.00–271.00	1,223	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	278.99/cwt	261.00–282.00	1,306	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,331	1
Steers	500–550	Small 1	515	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	953	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	187.43/cwt	185.00–190.00	984	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	534	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,501	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,342	4
Steers	550–600	Small 1	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,542	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 4	575	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	949	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,553	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,661	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	229.60/cwt	217.00–255.00	1,545	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	680	260.69/cwt	257.00–264.00	1,773	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	695	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,529	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,669	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,680	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,805	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	222.65/cwt	222.00–224.00	1,857	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	895	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,969	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Small 2	230	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	230	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	655	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	936	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,052	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	236.71/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,077	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	477	222.95/cwt	205.00–226.00	1,063	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,145	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	850	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	548	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,129	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	557	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,365	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,291	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,367	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	589	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,178	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	946	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	631	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,420	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,495	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	659	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,384	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	675	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,451	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,144	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,383	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Natural	806	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,596	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,476	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,544	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	904	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,989	4
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,060	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,537	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	350	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	665	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	445	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	556	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	183.53/cwt	115.00–215.00	875	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,064	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,151	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,340	7
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,440	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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