Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 209, Heifers 147, Bulls 58)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $482.79/cwt on 70 head, up $23.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 27 comparable sales and sits +18.65 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$482.79

▲ 23.82 vs prior sale

70 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,000

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$199.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.76

vs VA average

+23.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	494.21	2,741	57
Medium and Large 1-2	588	460.00	2,705	6thin
Medium and Large 2	570	455.00	2,594	5thin
Small 1	590	295.00	1,741	2thin

One grade step is worth $199.21/cwt here — about $1,000 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.18, low $394.61, median $464.14 across 27 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale70 hd

482.79

—

VA average8 barns · 454 hd

455.03

+27.76

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

+23.74

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

+18.65

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,139	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	598	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,093	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	750–800	765	210.10/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	336	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,594	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,419	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,511	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	480	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,800	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	395	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	840	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,436	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	556	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,890	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	2
Bulls	Small 1	800–850	835	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	330	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,370	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	590	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,741	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	552	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,766	5
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	525	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,811	3
Steers	Small 1	600–650	635	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,166	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,786	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,116	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,192	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,551	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,298	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,188	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	350–400	363	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,561	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,927	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,042	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	350–400	380	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,634	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	442	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,879	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	588	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,705	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,908	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,488	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,829	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	824	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,727	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,274	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,994	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	648	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,786	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	480	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,400	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,615	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,404	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,754	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,070	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,136	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,352	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,747	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,090	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,671	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	610	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,715	7

How this sale compares

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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