Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-06-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 885, Heifers 533, Bulls 18)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $369.06/cwt on 322 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −95.08 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$369.06

322 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,090

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$913

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$146.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.64

vs VA average

−9.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	376.68	2,139	191
Medium and Large 1	572	375.21	2,145	93
Medium and Large 3	555	335.00	1,859	3thin
Medium and Large 2	542	324.91	1,761	16thin
Small 1	549	313.71	1,722	17thin
Medium and Large 4	533	230.00	1,226	2thin

One grade step is worth $146.68/cwt here — about $913 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale322 hd

369.06

—

VA average6 barns · 698 hd

366.41

+2.64

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

−9.52

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−95.08

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

106 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 1-2	450–500	469	356.53/cwt	353.00–357.00	1,672	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,885	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,089	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,151	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,367	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	280.57/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,487	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	605	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,178	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	546	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,911	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,308	81
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,247	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,743	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	644	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,222	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	400–450	431	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,509	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	453	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,019	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	308.09/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,884	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,414	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,566	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,488	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,178	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	305.27/cwt	240.00–322.00	1,706	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	350–400	365	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,205	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	758	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	330	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	908	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	278	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	890	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,966	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	250–300	289	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,055	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	400–450	407	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	875	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	350–400	390	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,229	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	369.24/cwt	315.00–377.00	2,046	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,328	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	481	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,708	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	350–400	365	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	430	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	968	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	658	295.05/cwt	245.00–305.00	1,941	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4Natural	450–500	458	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,397	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	673	207.37/cwt	167.50–250.00	1,396	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	571	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,799	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,225	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,345	4
Steers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	533	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,226	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	359.38/cwt	325.00–362.00	2,437	94
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	330	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	858	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	519	235.92/cwt	150.00–265.00	1,224	4
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	311.02/cwt	304.00–315.00	2,000	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	446	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,762	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,413	10
Steers	Small 1	450–500	455	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,388	10
Steers	Small 1	550–600	595	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,458	1
Heifers	Small 2	350–400	375	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	919	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	532	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,596	10
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	733	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,539	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	630	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	650	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	878	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	468	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,544	14
Steers	Small 2	300–350	323	293.37/cwt	265.00–325.00	948	2
Steers	Small 2	200–250	245	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	809	1
Steers	Small 2	450–500	470	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,128	1
Bulls	Small 2	450–500	465	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,186	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	366	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,446	13
Steers	Small 1	600–650	647	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,876	11
Steers	Small 1	500–550	546	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,736	16
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	360	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,152	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,495	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	714	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,278	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	828	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,029	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	632	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,269	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	576	377.57/cwt	372.00–386.00	2,175	58
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	690	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	852	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,173	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	324.52/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,804	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,693	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,550	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	429	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,737	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	369.82/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,089	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	360.33/cwt	357.00–367.00	2,274	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	324.13/cwt	290.00–325.00	2,100	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,328	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	215.68/cwt	205.00–221.00	1,859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	571	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,170	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	288.95/cwt	275.00–303.00	1,901	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	334.53/cwt	245.00–357.50	1,418	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,813	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	478	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	573	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,891	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	405	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,397	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	309.09/cwt	285.00–314.00	2,259	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,988	104

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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