Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 85, Bulls 10)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $300.46/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −81.91 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$300.46

24 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$457

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$70.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.53

vs VA average

−29.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	305.00	1,714	15thin
Medium and Large 2	559	300.13	1,678	8thin
Small 1	535	235.00	1,257	1thin

One grade step is worth $70.00/cwt here — about $457 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

300.46

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VA average7 barns · 283 hd

309.99

−9.53

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−29.49

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−81.91

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

33 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	900–950	925	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	293.71/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,677	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,407	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	569	266.17/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,515	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	315.27/cwt	300.00–316.00	2,002	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,716	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	697	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,885	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	300.13/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,678	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	640	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,714	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	275.95/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,785	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,760	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,481	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,766	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	370.94/cwt	305.00–392.50	1,354	4
Heifers	Small 1	200–250	245	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	625	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	535	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,257	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	796	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,990	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	840	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,218	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,033	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	283.16/cwt	270.00–285.00	2,104	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,776	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,530	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	280.69/cwt	260.00–302.50	1,328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,323	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,179	2

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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