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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-10

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Sep 10

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Aug 27Sep 10Sep 17 →

Receipts

468 head

▲ 243 vs last sale 225▼ 63 vs year ago 531 · −11.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 275, Heifers 179, Bulls 14)

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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $272.13/cwt on 80 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −186.13 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$272.13

80 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,506

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$461

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$81.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.46

vs VA average

+3.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	281.07	1,571	41
Medium and Large 1-2	544	273.25	1,487	28
Medium and Large 2	557	249.38	1,389	8thin
Small 1	555	200.00	1,110	3thin

One grade step is worth $81.07/cwt here — about $461 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale80 hd

272.13

—

VA average8 barns · 486 hd

267.66

+4.46

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+3.93

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−186.13

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

77 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3-4	263	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	579	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	882	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	883	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,106	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,211	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	459	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	964	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,314	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,388	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	928	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	532	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,500	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	547	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,499	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	2
Steers	550–600	Small 1	555	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,110	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	561	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,459	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,582	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Natural	607	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,621	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	613	267.25/cwt	267.25–267.25	1,638	31
Steers	600–650	Large 1-2	630	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	630	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,526	2
Steers	600–650	Small 1	640	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	800	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	645	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	806	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,680	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	656	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,732	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	663	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,326	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	665	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,762	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	676	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,717	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	703	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,652	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	221.43/cwt	165.00–231.00	1,614	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	731	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,718	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,688	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	785	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,295	1
Steers	800–850	Small 1	800	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,000	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	816	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,795	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	202.98/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,746	5
Steers	850–900	Large 1-2	880	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,100	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,035	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,656	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	738	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	339	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	661	4
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	884	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,022	7
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	456	164.73/cwt	100.00–187.50	751	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	953	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 4	470	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	823	1
Heifers	450–500	Small 2	470	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	470	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	233.88/cwt	233.00–234.00	1,118	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,154	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,204	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	545	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	927	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	555	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	749	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,281	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,036	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	233.88/cwt	231.00–234.00	1,319	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	568	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,335	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,355	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,328	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,398	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	653	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,450	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	653	217.96/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,423	15
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	695	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,008	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	699	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,503	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,369	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	756	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,588	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,570	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,600	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	880	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,232	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,044	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,012	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,183	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,321	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	990	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	635	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	984	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	968	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,339	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	785	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,099	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.

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