Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 184, Heifers 86, Bulls 16)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.08/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −91.06 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$373.08

24 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$91

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

$14.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.78

vs VA average

−11.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	514	382.50	1,966	8thin
Medium and Large 1	558	368.37	2,057	16thin

One grade step is worth $14.13/cwt here — about −$91 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

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 sale24 hd

373.08

—

VA average8 barns · 451 hd

375.86

−2.78

National average159 barns · 12,107 hd

384.60

−11.52

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−91.06

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

46 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	500–550	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	533	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,031	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	641	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,340	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	736	314.82/cwt	312.00–316.00	2,317	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,862	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	248.33/cwt	242.50–260.00	1,366	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,439	4
Bulls	Small 2	450–500	450	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Small 1	250–300	295	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	514	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,966	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	636	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,226	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,328	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	500–550	525	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	919	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	400–450	428	327.45/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,401	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	350–400	395	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,146	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,530	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,054	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,054	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,891	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	614	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,327	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,294	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,215	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,754	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,876	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	334.39/cwt	315.00–337.50	1,588	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	884	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,233	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	983	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,654	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,253	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,829	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	496	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,741	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	1050–1100	1,055	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	362.63/cwt	320.00–375.00	2,067	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,413	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,125	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	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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