Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 60, Bulls 6)

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 $297.38/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −85.00 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$297.38

24 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$705

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 3

$116.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.50

vs VA average

−17.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	550	306.00	1,683	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	551	302.67	1,668	12thin
Medium and Large 1	572	300.00	1,716	3thin
Medium and Large 2	540	295.00	1,593	3thin
Medium and Large 3	515	190.00	979	1thin

One grade step is worth $116.00/cwt here — about $705 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 sale24 hd

297.38

—

VA average11 barns · 767 hd

282.88

+14.50

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−17.20

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−85.00

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

31 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 2	500–550	540	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	233.70/cwt	200.00–250.00	1,613	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,645	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,519	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,509	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,897	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	378.31/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,551	3
Steers	Small 1	400–450	425	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,551	3
Steers	Small 2	200–250	230	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	821	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,946	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	821	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,069	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	850–900	885	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,878	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,728	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,068	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,038	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	979	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	550	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,683	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	459	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,473	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	302.67/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,668	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	700–750	714	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,821	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	646	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,731	10

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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