Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 56, Heifers 66, Bulls 8)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $345.59/cwt on 17 head, down $2.53 from the prior sale (only 12 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 26 comparable sales and sits −36.78 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$345.59

▼ 2.53 vs prior sale

17 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$255

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$51.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.44

vs VA average

−5.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	534	370.00	1,976	5thin
Medium and Large 1	558	370.00	2,065	4thin
Small 1	541	318.13	1,721	8thin

One grade step is worth $51.87/cwt here — about $255 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

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.23, low $323.92, median $382.37 across 26 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 sale17 hd

345.59

—

VA average8 barns · 491 hd

366.03

−20.44

National average122 barns · 3,757 hd

351.18

−5.59

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−36.78

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

36 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	589	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,356	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	741	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,519	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	475	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,591	13
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	541	318.13/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,721	8
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	620	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	745	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,900	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	435	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,588	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	483	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,546	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,287	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,301	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,976	5
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	600–650	638	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,946	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,821	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	650–700	668	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,921	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,244	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	825	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,269	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,710	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	646	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,932	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,163	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,065	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,592	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,240	1

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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