Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 22, Bulls 2)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.42/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −150.72 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$313.42

19 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$621

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$95.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.90

vs VA average

−25.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	320.59	1,836	17thin
Medium and Large 2	510	280.00	1,428	1thin
Small 1	540	225.00	1,215	1thin

One grade step is worth $95.59/cwt here — about $621 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 sale19 hd

313.42

—

VA average7 barns · 241 hd

302.52

+10.90

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−25.25

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−150.72

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

28 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	750–800	783	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,938	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,757	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,577	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,235	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,192	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,776	1
Steers	Small 2	250–300	275	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	536	1
Steers	Small 2	300–350	320	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,326	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	446	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,650	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	581	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,888	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,714	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	350–400	370	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	777	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	458	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,088	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	290.95/cwt	235.00–352.50	1,376	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	493	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,233	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	710	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	393	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	914	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	540	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,215	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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