Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 114, Heifers 101, Bulls 10)

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 $357.73/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −106.41 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$357.73

48 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$520

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

$80.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.05

vs VA average

−11.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	370.83	2,128	36
Medium and Large 2	561	332.50	1,866	8thin
Medium and Large 3	554	290.25	1,608	4thin

One grade step is worth $80.58/cwt here — about $520 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale48 hd

357.73

—

VA average6 barns · 265 hd

356.68

+1.05

National average140 barns · 6,212 hd

369.58

−11.85

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−106.41

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

45 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	400–450	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	959	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,214	22
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	770	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,348	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	305	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	869	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	590	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,069	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,781	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	305.09/cwt	290.00–313.00	2,349	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	625	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,987	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	681	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,193	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	330.64/cwt	250.00–340.00	1,574	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	340.27/cwt	315.00–342.00	2,259	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	649	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,077	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,343	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	313.25/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,654	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,643	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	573	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,120	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,243	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,157	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,957	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	753	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,432	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	880	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,629	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	150–200	193	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	280	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,115	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,492	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	554	290.25/cwt	290.00–290.50	1,608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	403	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,088	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	342.40/cwt	290.00–375.00	1,493	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	548	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,028	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	305.49/cwt	305.00–306.00	1,879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	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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