Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 38, Bulls 3)

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 $328.44/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −135.70 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$328.44

16 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$914

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

$146.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.07

vs VA average

−25.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	346.67	1,924	12thin
Medium and Large 2	535	325.00	1,739	2thin
Medium and Large 3	550	245.00	1,348	1thin
Medium and Large 4	505	200.00	1,010	1thin

One grade step is worth $146.67/cwt here — about $914 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 sale16 hd

328.44

—

VA average8 barns · 412 hd

347.51

−19.07

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−25.86

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−135.70

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

32 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	450–500	453	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,540	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	910	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,433	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,678	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,768	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,935	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,957	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,088	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,644	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,308	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,414	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	950–1000	975	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,535	13
Steers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,027	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,344	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	470	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,508	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,082	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	850–900	854	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,306	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,348	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	625	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,691	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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