Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2025-02-18

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 18
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
349 head
288 vs last sale 61 96 vs year ago 253 · +37.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 207, Heifers 134, Bulls 8)

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 $302.97/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits 161.17 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.
Average price
$302.97
37 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$758
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4
$140.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.30
vs VA average
38.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558330.001,84111thin
Medium and Large 1563305.001,71717thin
Medium and Large 2573294.001,6855thin
Small 1522245.001,2793thin
Medium and Large 4570190.001,0831thin
One grade step is worth $140.00/cwt here — about $758 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
517472426381median 464.1412/1603/0304/2106/1608/11
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 sale37 hd
302.97
VA average4 barns · 113 hd
300.67
+2.30
National average106 barns · 4,665 hd
341.21
−38.24
This barn, trailing median27 sales
464.14
−161.17
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

57 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural500–550521276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,4386
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650648270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7508
SteersSmall 1450–500495240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1881
SteersMedium and Large 3400–450420245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0291
SteersMedium and Large 2750–800765260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9891
SteersMedium and Large 2300–350325265.00/cwt265.00–265.008611
HeifersMedium and Large 1Natural600–650627262.13/cwt261.00–263.001,64447
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural550–600558330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,84111
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900871240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,09013
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added900–950913235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,1462
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750735265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,9481
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5601
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500459328.24/cwt250.00–340.001,5078
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural650–700677298.07/cwt266.00–308.002,01830
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Natural600–650646319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,06140
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural600–650606319.00/cwt319.00–319.001,9335
SteersMedium and Large 3250–300295265.00/cwt265.00–265.007821
SteersSmall 2350–400353255.00/cwt255.00–255.009002
SteersSmall 1500–550522245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2793
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750748271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,0275
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural750–800763270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,06028
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800760266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,02213
BullsSmall 1350–400365245.00/cwt245.00–245.008941
BullsMedium and Large 3800–850810160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2961
BullsMedium and Large 3700–750730175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2781
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500490220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0781
BullsSmall 1600–650635210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3341
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550543255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3853
HeifersMedium and Large 3250–300255225.00/cwt225.00–225.005741
HeifersSmall 2300–350340235.00/cwt235.00–235.007991
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750733231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,6933
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,4979
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700658246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,6198
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural650–700679245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,6646
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added850–900897216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,9383
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500488285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3913
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500465280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,3022
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5061
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750743225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,6722
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400383265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural500–550517270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3966
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750740240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,77612
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Natural550–600593250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4836
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550525254.02/cwt250.00–256.001,3343
HeifersSmall 1450–500456230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0496
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450430100.00/cwt100.00–100.004301
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600573294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,6855
SteersSmall 1400–450440270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1882
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450448355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5906
HeifersSmall 1600–650630205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2921
HeifersSmall 1700–750710155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1011
HeifersMedium and Large 3400–450418232.49/cwt230.00–235.009722
SteersMedium and Large 4550–600570190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0831
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,71717
SteersSmall 1750–800760220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6721
HeifersMedium and Large 21000–10501,040140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4561
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650630241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5181

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.