Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 167, Heifers 99, Bulls 23)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $492.93/cwt on 59 head, up $10.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 27 comparable sales and sits +28.79 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$492.93

▲ 10.14 vs prior sale

59 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$40.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.99

vs VA average

+24.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	505.00	2,677	25
Medium and Large 1	546	485.90	2,653	31
Medium and Large 2	550	465.00	2,558	3thin

One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $119 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.

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 sale59 hd

492.93

—

VA average8 barns · 543 hd

463.94

+28.99

National average150 barns · 8,917 hd

468.46

+24.47

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

+28.79

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

46 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	480.59/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,667	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,840	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,581	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,759	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,414	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	402.21/cwt	305.00–450.00	1,910	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,365	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	315.04/cwt	300.00–319.00	2,391	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	450–500	451	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,759	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	305	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,159	1
Steers	Small 1	750–800	790	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,607	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	660	352.41/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,326	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	555	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,012	1
Steers	Small 1Natural	350–400	382	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,566	8
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	488	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,830	2
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	735	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,095	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	640	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,112	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	520	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,898	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	625	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,162	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,558	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,677	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,226	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,368	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	800–850	838	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,615	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,129	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,249	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	348	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,174	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,167	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	530	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,677	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,181	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,640	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,130	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	741	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,764	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,211	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,135	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	335.08/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,607	2

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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