Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-06-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 271, Heifers 157, Holstein Heifers 1, Bulls 18)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $387.83/cwt on 139 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −76.31 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$387.83

139 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,197

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$413

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$73.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.64

vs VA average

+6.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	393.07	2,221	123
Medium and Large 1-2	599	370.00	2,216	7thin
Medium and Large 2	560	342.59	1,919	4thin
Small 1	565	320.00	1,808	5thin

One grade step is worth $73.07/cwt here — about $413 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 sale139 hd

387.83

—

VA average8 barns · 447 hd

373.18

+14.64

National average158 barns · 9,089 hd

381.01

+6.82

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−76.31

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

54 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,855	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,095	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,122	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	342.59/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,919	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,843	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,147	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,549	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,432	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,460	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	5
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	458	322.54/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,477	4
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	640	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,952	3
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	555	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,082	1
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	730	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,387	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	467	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,378	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,035	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,801	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,809	1
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	465	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	744	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	450–500	480	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,128	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,884	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	373.91/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,094	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	294.38/cwt	275.00–314.00	2,296	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	567	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,274	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	755	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,446	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	354.53/cwt	351.00–355.00	2,347	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,292	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	317.69/cwt	313.00–318.00	2,351	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	182.46/cwt	180.00–185.00	1,679	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	327.57/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,815	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	294.72/cwt	293.00–295.00	2,169	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,137	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,495	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,273	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	461	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,844	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,151	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	693	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,218	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,673	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,278	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,216	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,763	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,348	3

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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