Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 189, Heifers 236, Bulls 53)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Some Heifer lots weighing between 759 and 1142 lbs are CVCA (Central Virginia Cattlemen's Association) lots and are Home Raised and Guaranteed Open

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $296.44/cwt on 39 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −85.94 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$296.44

39 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,608

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$282

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

$48.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.91

vs VA average

−24.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	303.00	1,654	25
Medium and Large 2	536	292.82	1,570	11thin
Medium and Large 3	538	255.00	1,372	3thin

One grade step is worth $48.00/cwt here — about $282 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 sale39 hd

296.44

—

VA average11 barns · 633 hd

314.35

−17.91

National average175 barns · 12,815 hd

321.18

−24.74

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−85.94

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

77 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 1Value Added	950–1000	958	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,361	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,031	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,464	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	944	242.03/cwt	230.00–246.50	2,285	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	305.87/cwt	265.00–350.00	1,591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	855	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,108	18
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	459	282.01/cwt	245.00–300.00	1,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	336.34/cwt	260.00–375.00	1,318	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	900–950	912	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,225	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	692	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,180	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,057	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,202	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,814	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	787	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,470	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	260.25/cwt	240.00–305.00	877	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,805	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,013	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	798	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,155	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	831	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,210	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,994	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	941	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,305	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	1,973	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,571	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	639	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,013	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	880	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	735	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,132	10
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	453	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,223	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,813	14
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	580	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,682	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,632	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,444	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,661	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,888	2
Bulls	Large 1-2	800–850	845	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,141	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,045	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	532	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,569	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	348	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,270	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,376	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	713	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,832	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,433	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	620	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,333	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,455	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	284.79/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,601	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,391	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	799	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,830	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	304.02/cwt	296.00–305.00	1,459	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,280	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	250–300	270	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	662	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,342	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,368	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	292.82/cwt	225.00–307.00	1,570	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	611	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,680	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,914	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,372	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	610	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,848	5
Heifers	Small 2	450–500	470	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,034	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1100–1150	1,142	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,615	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,905	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,654	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	305.09/cwt	305.00–307.00	1,455	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,746	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	627	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	262.41/cwt	215.00–274.00	1,669	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	759	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,958	4

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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