Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 96, Bulls 6)

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 $316.61/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −65.77 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$316.61

28 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$601

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

$104.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.58

vs VA average

−17.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	329.52	1,834	21
Medium and Large 2	548	315.00	1,726	4thin
Medium and Large 4	550	235.00	1,293	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	548	225.00	1,233	2thin

One grade step is worth $104.52/cwt here — about $601 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 sale28 hd

316.61

—

VA average9 barns · 455 hd

327.18

−10.58

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−17.50

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−65.77

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

48 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 3	250–300	295	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	841	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,174	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	555	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	548	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,233	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	550–600	550	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,293	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	405	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	500–550	535	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	910	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,417	4
Steers	Small 1	350–400	370	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	370	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	430	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	365	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,022	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	628	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,135	8
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	450	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,159	2
Bulls	Small 2	450–500	485	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,481	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,841	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,700	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	317.61/cwt	300.00–326.00	2,014	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,318	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,175	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,943	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	410	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,015	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,372	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	444	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,687	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,025	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	339.94/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,628	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,873	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,726	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	367	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,486	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	737	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,879	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	865	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,271	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,293	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	650–700	662	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,357	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,166	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	315.76/cwt	275.00–324.00	2,330	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,340	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,124	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,512	10

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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