Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 104, Heifers 82, Bulls 25)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.37/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −110.77 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$353.37

35 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,984

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,338

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$242.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.43

vs VA average

−15.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	362.00	2,034	25
Medium and Large 1-2	555	360.00	1,998	6thin
Medium and Large 2	565	346.00	1,955	3thin
Medium and Large 3	580	120.00	696	1thin

One grade step is worth $242.00/cwt here — about $1,338 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

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.18, low $394.61, median $464.14 across 27 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 sale35 hd

353.37

—

VA average8 barns · 585 hd

359.80

−6.43

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−15.64

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−110.77

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

52 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 3	600–650	600	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,659	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	310	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,122	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,536	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,174	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,035	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	270.17/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,397	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,955	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,937	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	215.42/cwt	200.00–231.00	1,982	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	607	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,988	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,991	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,660	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	555	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,998	6
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	580	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,624	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	425	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,041	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	263.07/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,807	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,511	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,343	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	258.92/cwt	180.00–274.00	1,667	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,766	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,302	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,036	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	934	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,194	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	400	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	313.20/cwt	313.00–314.00	1,506	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,820	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	678	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,756	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,528	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,698	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	639	304.56/cwt	297.00–315.00	1,946	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	800	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,072	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,216	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,427	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,782	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,034	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	696	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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