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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-10-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-06

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Oct 6

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Sep 29Oct 6Oct 13 →

Receipts

200 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 184▲ 13 vs year ago 187 · +7.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 92, Bulls 19)

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 $319.91/cwt on 29 head, down $8.16 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −51.00 against this barn's trailing median of $370.92.

Average price

$319.91

▼ 8.16 vs prior sale

29 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$287

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$57.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.58

vs VA average

−48.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	330.00	1,835	14thin
Medium and Large 2	552	322.27	1,778	11thin
Medium and Large 3	575	295.00	1,696	1thin
Small 1	568	272.50	1,548	3thin

One grade step is worth $57.50/cwt here — about $287 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale29 hd

319.91

—

VA average9 barns · 459 hd

324.50

−4.58

National average187 barns · 16,614 hd

367.91

−48.00

This barn, trailing median30 sales

370.92

−51.00

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

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.23, low $319.91, median $370.92 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

41 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,659	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,528	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	405.14/cwt	375.00–425.00	1,912	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,032	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	405.32/cwt	405.00–406.00	2,254	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,226	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,767	1
Steers	550–600	Small 1	580	315.26/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,829	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,443	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,329	6
Steers	650–700	Small 1	655	343.33/cwt	342.50–345.00	2,249	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	350.67/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,339	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	699	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,307	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,338	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	316.88/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,440	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,387	1
Steers	800–850	Small 1	845	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,028	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	418	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,655	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,726	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,703	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,828	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,835	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	568	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,846	2
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	568	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,548	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	613	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,624	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,029	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,968	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	690	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,139	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,087	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 2	215	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	871	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,055	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,482	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	325.15/cwt	275.00–350.00	1,766	3
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	610	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,983	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	318.48/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,108	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,971	1
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	760	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,052	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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Tue Oct 6, 2026

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

Receipts 200Last week 184Year ago 187

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 92, Bulls 19)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	445	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	543	275.00–350.00	325.15
4	650–700	662	300.00–325.00	318.48
1	700–750	730	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	610	325.00	325.00
2	750–800	760	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	215	405.00	405.00
1	350–400	390	380.00	380.00
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	473	360.00	360.00
14	550–600	556	330.00	330.00
13	600–650	634	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	568	272.50	272.50
4	600–650	613	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	690	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	770	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	568	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	365.00	365.00
1	500–550	500	255.00	255.00
8	550–600	554	330.00	330.00
1	600–650	640	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	418	396.00	396.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	580	300.00–345.00	315.26
3	650–700	655	342.50–345.00	343.33
1	800–850	845	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	478	425.00	425.00
16	550–600	556	405.00–406.00	405.32
24	600–650	643	380.00	380.00
3	650–700	667	350.00–351.00	350.67
1	700–750	725	322.50	322.50
3	750–800	770	300.00–325.00	316.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	699	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	420.00	420.00
5	450–500	472	375.00–425.00	405.14
8	550–600	558	399.00	399.00
6	600–650	647	360.00	360.00
1	750–800	770	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	570	310.00	310.00

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.