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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2024-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-12

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Nov 12

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Nov 4Nov 12Nov 19 →

Receipts

331 head

▼ 29 vs last sale 360▼ 18 vs year ago 349 · −5.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 163, Bulls 27)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and 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 $210.35/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −155.19 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$210.35

54 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,177

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$842

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3-4

$138.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.04

vs VA average

−54.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	233.88	1,327	25
Medium and Large 2	566	232.00	1,313	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	571	228.00	1,302	4thin
Medium and Large 3	550	215.00	1,183	2thin
Small 1	561	189.00	1,060	8thin
Medium and Large 3-4	511	95.00	485	6thin

One grade step is worth $138.88/cwt here — about $842 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale54 hd

210.35

—

VA average8 barns · 421 hd

218.39

−8.04

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−54.75

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−155.19

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

69 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	935	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 4	340	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	612	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,159	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	281.93/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,294	13
Steers	450–500	Small 1	488	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,220	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	498	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,365	2
Steers	500–550	Small 1	540	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,053	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	563	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,329	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	273.07/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,543	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,469	4
Steers	550–600	Small 1	570	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,311	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,578	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	199.52/cwt	170.00–230.00	1,237	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	248.90/cwt	247.00–249.00	1,643	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	679	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,643	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	717	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,757	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	726	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,786	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	227.60/cwt	200.00–236.00	1,655	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	739	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,848	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	238.83/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,813	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	228.51/cwt	224.00–233.00	1,858	2
Steers	800–850	Small 1	815	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,426	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,748	2
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,110	147.38/cwt	127.00–157.50	1,636	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	215	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	355	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 4	345	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	518	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	950	16
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	372	156.30/cwt	130.00–165.00	581	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	936	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	244.72/cwt	238.00–247.00	1,067	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	436	214.45/cwt	197.50–220.00	935	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	907	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,162	9
Heifers	450–500	Small 2	485	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	388	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,156	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3-4Value Added	511	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	485	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,259	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,183	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,318	16
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	561	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,060	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,313	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,302	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	593	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,352	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	625	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,481	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,395	6
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	648	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,361	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	222.79/cwt	222.00–223.00	1,468	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,333	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	701	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,577	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	728	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,456	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,420	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	181.98/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,383	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	830	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,494	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,388	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	960	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	957	1
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	338	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	828	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	252.49/cwt	220.00–268.00	1,093	3
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	450	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	878	2
Bulls	450–500	Small 2	460	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	460	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,239	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	945	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	242.97/cwt	231.00–246.00	1,370	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,317	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,441	1
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	692	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,176	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,287	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,341	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 Nov 12, 2024

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

Receipts 331Last week 360Year ago 349

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 163, Bulls 27)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	371	256.00	256.00
12	400–450	436	238.00–247.00	244.72
4	550–600	571	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	165.00	165.00
5	450–500	492	235.00	235.00
9	550–600	566	232.00	232.00
6	600–650	637	219.00	219.00
1	650–700	675	197.50	197.50
2	700–750	728	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	830	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	240.00	240.00
9	450–500	484	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	545	231.00	231.00
16	550–600	556	237.00	237.00
14	650–700	659	222.00–223.00	222.79
3	700–750	728	195.00	195.00
5	750–800	760	180.00–185.00	181.98
1	900–950	925	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	130.00–165.00	156.30
8	550–600	561	189.00	189.00
6	600–650	648	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	593	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	511	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	197.50–220.00	214.45
1	450–500	465	195.00	195.00
2	550–600	550	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	625	237.00	237.00
6	700–750	701	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	374	310.00	310.00
13	450–500	459	270.00–283.00	281.93
12	550–600	565	260.00–277.00	273.07
20	650–700	660	247.00–249.00	248.90
6	700–750	727	200.00–236.00	227.60
14	750–800	759	235.00–241.00	238.83
2	800–850	813	224.00–233.00	228.51
2	900–950	920	190.00	190.00
3	1100–1150	1,110	127.00–157.50	147.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	540	195.00	195.00
1	550–600	570	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	815	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	285.00	285.00
2	450–500	498	274.00	274.00
4	550–600	565	260.00	260.00
2	600–650	620	170.00–230.00	199.52
4	650–700	679	242.00	242.00
1	850–900	850	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	717	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	600	263.00	263.00
6	700–750	739	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	563	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	726	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	290.00	290.00
3	400–450	433	220.00–268.00	252.49
1	600–650	630	209.00	209.00
1	700–750	745	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	300.00	300.00
4	450–500	471	263.00	263.00
5	550–600	564	231.00–246.00	242.97
1	650–700	670	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	715	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	245.00	245.00
2	450–500	450	195.00	195.00
3	650–700	692	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	100.00	100.00

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.