Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-03-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 35, Heifers 106, Bulls 31)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $249.12/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −133.25 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$249.12

19 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,386

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$698

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$104.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−36.80

vs VA average

−65.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	571	274.00	1,565	5thin
Medium and Large 1	566	256.67	1,453	8thin
Medium and Large 3	525	240.00	1,260	3thin
Medium and Large 1-2	553	210.00	1,161	2thin
Small 1	510	170.00	867	1thin

One grade step is worth $104.00/cwt here — about $698 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

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 sale19 hd

249.12

—

VA average7 barns · 542 hd

285.92

−36.80

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−65.84

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−133.25

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

60 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 2Value Added	450–500	495	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,423	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	429	206.60/cwt	160.00–250.00	886	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	200–250	231	132.87/cwt	100.00–225.00	307	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,215	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	333	223.03/cwt	215.00–235.00	743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,131	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	985	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,921	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,767	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	860	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,901	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	409	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,211	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,780	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	1
Steers	Small 1	750–800	775	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	337.35/cwt	305.00–350.00	1,545	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	265.64/cwt	240.00–278.00	1,812	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 4	550–600	565	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	578	293.71/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	2
Steers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	455	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,138	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	350–400	380	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,856	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,047	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,014	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	426	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,193	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	950–1000	970	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,407	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	300–350	340	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	901	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	250–300	268	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	268	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	495	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,487	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,414	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	340	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	236.90/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,706	2
Bulls	Small 2	200–250	240	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	624	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,239	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,589	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,066	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,171	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	256.67/cwt	207.50–274.00	1,453	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,533	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	260.49/cwt	230.00–290.00	1,206	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,280	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,565	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	234.08/cwt	218.00–257.50	794	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	510	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,667	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	600–650	600	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	455	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,161	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,260	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	221.35/cwt	215.00–227.50	1,025	2
Heifers	Small 2	200–250	243	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	547	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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