Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 170, Heifers 123, Bulls 17)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.69/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −97.45 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$366.69

37 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,057

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$10.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.52

vs VA average

−11.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	371.50	2,073	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	576	365.83	2,108	12thin
Medium and Large 2-3	541	365.00	1,975	4thin
Medium and Large 2	553	361.00	1,996	8thin

One grade step is worth $10.50/cwt here — about $77 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale37 hd

366.69

—

VA average8 barns · 487 hd

378.21

−11.52

National average157 barns · 12,981 hd

378.05

−11.36

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−97.45

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

64 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 2	350–400	383	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,417	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,829	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,996	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	772	265.29/cwt	263.00–267.50	2,048	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	350–400	360	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	750–800	770	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,117	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	575	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,967	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	500–550	541	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,975	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,591	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,455	2
Steers	Small 2	300–350	305	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	641	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	355	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	364	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,329	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	220.41/cwt	180.00–300.00	1,003	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	453	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,302	3
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	467	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,401	5
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	562	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,461	3
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,554	1
Heifers	Small 2	250–300	278	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	890	2
Steers	Small 2	250–300	290	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	928	1
Bulls	Small 2	500–550	533	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,226	2
Steers	Small 1	300–350	305	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,052	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	710	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,562	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	665	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,596	2
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	735	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,691	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	250–300	283	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	629	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,107	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	662	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,218	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	658	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,987	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,713	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,816	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,966	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	241.81/cwt	225.00–272.50	2,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,868	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	371.50/cwt	371.50–371.50	2,073	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	296.18/cwt	295.00–302.50	2,195	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	842	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,366	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	889	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,498	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,570	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,492	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	658	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	655	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,201	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,191	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,135	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	538	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,786	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	812	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,257	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,687	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,691	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	730	290.93/cwt	230.00–314.00	2,124	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,266	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,776	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,159	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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