Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 176, Heifers 179, Bulls 43)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.92/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −129.45 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$252.92

44 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,411

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$500

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

$80.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.53

vs VA average

−52.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	270.00	1,528	8thin
Medium and Large 1	558	260.00	1,450	21
Medium and Large 2	562	252.87	1,422	10thin
Large 1-2	520	220.00	1,144	1thin
Small 1	541	190.00	1,028	4thin

One grade step is worth $80.00/cwt here — about $500 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

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 sale44 hd

252.92

—

VA average8 barns · 739 hd

266.45

−13.53

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−52.10

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−129.45

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

79 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	500–550	547	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,729	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	672	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	822	220.50/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,878	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	769	235.69/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,812	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,852	4
Steers	Small 1	350–400	365	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	931	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	675	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,485	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1100–1150	1,130	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,514	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,599	15
Steers	Medium and Large 4	700–750	740	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,702	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	890	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,469	1
Steers	Small 2	300–350	325	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,392	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	675	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,856	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,205	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	556	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,807	4
Steers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	445	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,246	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	629	250.61/cwt	237.50–255.00	1,576	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,696	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	624	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,753	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	931	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,992	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	734	269.63/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,979	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	955	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,815	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	640	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	840	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,041	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	731	267.17/cwt	267.00–268.00	1,953	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	668	288.04/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,924	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,238	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	819	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	360	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	918	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,600	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	971	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,574	5
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	720	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,591	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,347	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Bulls	Small 1	800–850	825	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	888	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	443	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	264.06/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,468	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,558	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,580	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	253.19/cwt	185.00–262.00	1,438	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,154	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,658	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,114	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	944	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,337	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,598	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	350	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	858	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	541	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,028	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	246.96/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,620	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,013	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	425	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	677	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,659	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	520	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,174	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,544	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	721	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,687	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,600	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,304	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,528	8

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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