Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 118, Heifers 88, Bulls 25)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.31/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −117.83 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$346.31

40 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,951

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$758

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$117.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.74

vs VA average

−28.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	357.78	2,054	27
Medium and Large 2	543	341.00	1,852	10thin
Medium and Large 3	525	302.50	1,588	1thin
Small 1	540	240.00	1,296	2thin

One grade step is worth $117.78/cwt here — about $758 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 sale40 hd

346.31

—

VA average8 barns · 542 hd

365.05

−18.74

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

−28.12

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−117.83

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

48 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	400–450	440	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,518	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,357	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	279.03/cwt	225.00–290.00	1,459	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,641	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	331.74/cwt	325.00–345.50	1,310	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,405	5
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	655	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	983	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	455	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,251	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	740	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,332	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	540	240.00/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,296	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,083	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	561	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,756	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	242.06/cwt	170.00–280.00	1,859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,548	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,562	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,852	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,679	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,458	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,947	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,704	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	661	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,857	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	350–400	381	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,516	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	427	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,623	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,028	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,178	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,023	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	589	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,091	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	282.83/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,773	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	369.69/cwt	320.00–381.00	1,730	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	339.07/cwt	305.00–347.50	1,611	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,124	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	713	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,175	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,266	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,087	6

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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