Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 303, Heifers 213, Bulls 30)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $311.63/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −152.51 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$311.63

40 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,006

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

$165.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.34

vs VA average

−30.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	325.00	1,830	22
Medium and Large 1-2	549	321.25	1,763	8thin
Medium and Large 2	548	305.00	1,671	7thin
Small 1	558	225.00	1,256	2thin
Medium and Large 3	515	160.00	824	1thin

One grade step is worth $165.00/cwt here — about $1,006 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 sale40 hd

311.63

—

VA average8 barns · 505 hd

308.29

+3.34

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−30.75

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−152.51

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

94 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	594	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,752	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,479	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	761	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,674	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	537	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,141	5
Steers	Small 1	550–600	558	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,256	2
Steers	Small 1	750–800	760	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,729	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	8
Steers	Small 2	150–200	195	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	264.27/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,990	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,701	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	285.96/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,893	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	243.02/cwt	241.00–245.00	2,100	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	736	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,914	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	670	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,956	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,880	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	633	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,329	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	824	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,537	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	931	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,922	2
Steers	Large 1-2	800–850	845	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	668	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,671	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	776	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,909	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	665	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,042	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	248	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	732	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	613	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	965	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	922	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,167	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	789	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,020	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	495	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,881	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	802	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,021	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	790	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,857	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	709	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,900	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	605	312.26/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,889	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,960	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	954	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,908	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	726	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,989	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	665	296.40/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,971	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	226.32/cwt	180.00–242.00	1,489	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,439	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,048	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,546	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	500	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	925	1
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	763	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,526	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	665	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,131	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,755	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	276.63/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,176	3
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	410	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	677	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	281.34/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,500	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,638	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	234.75/cwt	200.00–255.00	1,261	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,706	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	448	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	874	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	277.04/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,360	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,565	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	223.18/cwt	208.00–225.00	1,665	9
Heifers	Small 2	600–650	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	690	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,503	24
Heifers	Small 2	250–300	295	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	258.79/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,400	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,338	7
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	952	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	650–700	663	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,658	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	443	222.08/cwt	190.00–235.00	984	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	930	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	578	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,040	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	762	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,676	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	630	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,613	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	684	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	259.96/cwt	175.00–280.00	1,089	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	544	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,480	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	672	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,344	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,435	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,830	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	713	220.38/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,571	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	490	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	919	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1250–1300	1,290	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,064	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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