Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 455, Heifers 303, Bulls 17)

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 $337.76/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −126.38 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$337.76

154 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,864

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

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

$61.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.44

vs VA average

−4.69 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	346.41	1,911	118
Medium and Large 1	562	329.30	1,851	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	525	327.50	1,719	5thin
Medium and Large 3	536	292.50	1,568	4thin
Medium and Large 2	560	291.75	1,634	9thin
Small 1	558	285.00	1,590	5thin

One grade step is worth $61.41/cwt here — about $321 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 sale154 hd

337.76

—

VA average6 barns · 255 hd

325.32

+12.44

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−4.69

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−126.38

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

85 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	800–850	805	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,229	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	628	243.05/cwt	215.00–270.00	1,526	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,900	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,020	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	291.75/cwt	190.00–321.00	1,634	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,953	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,668	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	628	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,507	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	460	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	805	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,725	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	536	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,568	4
Steers	Small 2	250–300	285	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	556	348.91/cwt	340.00–349.50	1,940	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,935	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	262.52/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	611	315.37/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,927	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	708	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,926	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	663	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,956	12
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	431	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,045	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,868	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	826	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,048	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,972	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	868	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,693	4
Steers	Small 1Natural	450–500	488	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,574	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	418	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,672	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	617	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,944	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	712	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	511	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,778	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	534	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,842	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	470	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,739	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	525	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,719	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	491	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,743	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,618	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,649	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,224	2
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	790	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,576	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	451	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,394	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	485	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,445	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	212.84/cwt	190.00–260.00	1,126	4
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	700	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	335	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	754	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	400	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	820	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	588	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,323	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	452	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,085	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,146	4
Heifers	Small 1	900–950	920	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,512	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	283.13/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,359	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,304	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	214.68/cwt	185.00–230.00	1,335	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	295.67/cwt	275.00–299.00	1,248	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,535	2
Heifers	Small 2	200–250	220	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	853	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,706	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	278.32/cwt	251.00–280.00	1,567	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	642	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,268	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	913	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,477	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	608	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,629	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	254.58/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,662	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	610	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,037	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,085	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,790	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	489	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,487	19
Steers	Small 1	500–550	525	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	722	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,668	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	329.30/cwt	321.00–330.00	1,851	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,858	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	421	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,234	7
Steers	Small 1	550–600	566	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,627	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	751	233.39/cwt	228.00–237.00	1,753	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,790	10

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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