Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 212, Heifers 115, Bulls 27)

Value Added are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned, some Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $324.07/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −140.07 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$324.07

57 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$401

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$66.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.60

vs VA average

−24.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	331.62	1,832	29
Medium and Large 1-2	577	322.20	1,859	16thin
Medium and Large 2	564	313.53	1,768	7thin
Small 1	545	310.00	1,690	4thin
Medium and Large 3	540	265.00	1,431	1thin

One grade step is worth $66.62/cwt here — about $401 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 sale57 hd

324.07

—

VA average5 barns · 283 hd

314.47

+9.60

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−24.59

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−140.07

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

61 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 1-2Natural	800–850	812	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,062	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	719	272.30/cwt	271.00–273.00	1,958	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	549	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,867	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	317.90/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,790	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	713	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,640	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	282.33/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,858	24
Steers	Small 1	600–650	645	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	545	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,690	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	422	276.28/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,166	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,431	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,900	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	313.53/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,714	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	543	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,846	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	656	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,916	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	214.41/cwt	212.00–215.00	2,080	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	808	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,891	4
Steers	Small 2	200–250	220	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,539	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	850–900	875	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	294.99/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,634	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,203	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,678	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,603	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	281.57/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,363	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,757	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	645	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,161	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	415	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	4
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	475	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	998	2
Heifers	Small 1	900–950	910	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,547	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	695	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,234	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	963	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	315	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	274.14/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,560	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,339	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,565	3
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	590	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	624	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,566	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,029	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	661	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	245.79/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,588	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	542	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,518	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	220.80/cwt	217.50–222.50	1,027	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	269.50/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,507	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,967	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	577	322.20/cwt	316.00–332.50	1,859	16

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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