Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-07-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 110, Bulls 16)

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 $371.47/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −92.67 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$371.47

51 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,113

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$828

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

$107.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.21

vs VA average

−7.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	576	382.50	2,203	24
Medium and Large 1	565	374.16	2,114	12thin
Medium and Large 2	565	357.14	2,016	14thin
Small 1	500	275.00	1,375	1thin

One grade step is worth $107.50/cwt here — about $828 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 sale51 hd

371.47

—

VA average4 barns · 142 hd

369.26

+2.21

National average153 barns · 8,707 hd

379.13

−7.66

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−92.67

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

51 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	Small 1	500–550	520	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,378	2
Steers	Small 1	300–350	310	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,101	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	500	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	554	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,510	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,259	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	498	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,183	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,870	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,125	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,766	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	768	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,843	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,066	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	374.16/cwt	285.00–382.50	2,114	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,577	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	293.66/cwt	227.50–310.00	1,897	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,174	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	900	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,115	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,415	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,024	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,141	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	576	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,203	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,486	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,005	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,016	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,851	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,028	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,333	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,823	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,044	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	483	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,473	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	640	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,888	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	375	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,256	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,217	3
Bulls	Small 2	450–500	495	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	619	1
Steers	Small 2	300–350	305	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,098	2
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	348	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	992	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	615	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,384	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	378	361.16/cwt	285.00–380.00	1,365	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	275.94/cwt	230.00–292.50	1,275	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	673	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	373	189.56/cwt	105.00–280.00	707	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	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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