Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 71, Heifers 135, Bulls 15)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $309.29/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −73.09 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$309.29

31 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,705

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$55.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.49

vs VA average

−23.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	513	325.00	1,667	3thin
Medium and Large 1	556	317.26	1,763	21
Medium and Large 2	549	282.07	1,549	5thin
Medium and Large 3	568	270.00	1,534	2thin

One grade step is worth $55.00/cwt here — about $134 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 sale31 hd

309.29

—

VA average9 barns · 494 hd

322.77

−13.49

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−23.53

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−73.09

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

51 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 2	500–550	510	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	647	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,601	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	453	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,755	25
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,858	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,311	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,598	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	303.45/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,623	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	1
Steers	Small 2	400–450	445	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Small 2	450–500	485	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,407	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,534	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	346.07/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,654	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,656	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,456	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,771	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	587	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,143	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	945	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,363	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	213.51/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,890	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	284.53/cwt	245.00–295.00	1,889	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	356.88/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,984	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	287.51/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,148	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,305	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,033	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,510	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	833	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,207	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,603	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,541	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	611	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,839	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,829	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	681	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,213	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	764	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,986	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	513	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,667	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	553	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,018	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	632	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,896	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	723	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,241	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,194	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	907	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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