Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 91, Bulls 25)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.40/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −101.97 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$280.40

45 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

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

$15.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.65

vs VA average

−26.61 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	284.55	1,545	33
Medium and Large 1	566	269.00	1,523	12thin

One grade step is worth $15.55/cwt here — about $23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.23, low $323.92, median $382.37 across 26 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 sale45 hd

280.40

—

VA average7 barns · 382 hd

271.75

+8.65

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−26.61

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−101.97

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

34 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,356	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,592	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,748	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,578	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,713	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	473	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,708	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,016	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,656	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,801	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,643	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	668	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	646	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,970	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,740	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,264	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,362	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,900	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,820	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,337	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	320	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	704	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,367	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	349	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,173	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,712	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	706	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,341	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,495	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	546	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,562	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	941	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,053	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,523	12

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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