Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 114, Bulls 12)

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 $277.56/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −104.82 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$277.56

36 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$541

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 4

$76.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.40

vs VA average

−44.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	291.83	1,627	24
Medium and Large 2	545	273.29	1,490	7thin
Medium and Large 3	590	215.00	1,269	4thin
Medium and Large 4	505	215.00	1,086	1thin

One grade step is worth $76.83/cwt here — about $541 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 sale36 hd

277.56

—

VA average7 barns · 405 hd

286.95

−9.40

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−44.18

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−104.82

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

47 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	375	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,219	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,509	3
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	310	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	271.81/cwt	261.00–274.00	2,060	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,415	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	730	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,088	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	513	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,670	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,045	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	945	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,933	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	793	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,141	3
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	515	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,185	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,346	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,945	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	788	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,212	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	650–700	690	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,704	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,631	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	742	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,833	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	346.03/cwt	295.00–355.00	1,879	28
Steers	Small 1	400–450	405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	587	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	622	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,978	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,636	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,510	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,209	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	242	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	305.08/cwt	265.00–314.00	1,446	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,523	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,573	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	816	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,640	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,743	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,688	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	513	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,585	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	612	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,720	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,269	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	505	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,086	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	922	1

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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