Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 205, Heifers 177, Bulls 22)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $400.09/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 2 of 27 comparable sales and sits −64.05 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$400.09

91 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,185

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$591

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

$126.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.22

vs VA average

+27.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	411.41	2,230	47
Medium and Large 1	554	392.01	2,171	33
Medium and Large 2	536	385.00	2,064	10thin
Medium and Large 3	575	285.00	1,639	1thin

One grade step is worth $126.41/cwt here — about $591 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 sale91 hd

400.09

—

VA average10 barns · 364 hd

374.86

+25.22

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

+27.66

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−64.05

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

67 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 2Natural	400–450	427	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,601	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	491	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,768	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	451	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	551	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,791	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,594	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,245	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Natural	350–400	350	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,348	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	400–450	423	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,819	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,031	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	400–450	445	220.00/cwt	100.00–280.00	979	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	305	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	275	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	318	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	954	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,050	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	610	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	946	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	422	203.72/cwt	100.00–260.00	860	3
Bulls	Small 2	550–600	595	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	982	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	470	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	600–650	633	189.80/cwt	140.00–240.00	1,201	2
Steers	Small 1	300–350	335	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	455	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,206	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	652	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,347	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	607	333.48/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,024	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	499	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,996	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,903	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,300	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,466	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,447	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,466	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,191	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	639	360.61/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,304	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,850	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,392	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	672	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,406	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,142	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	539	420.38/cwt	415.00–428.00	2,266	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	554	399.63/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,214	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,002	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,012	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,218	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	820	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,485	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,103	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	575	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,811	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	544	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,958	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	309.85/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,061	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	302.61/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,583	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	664	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,058	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	517	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,146	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	500–550	505	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,856	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,355	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	740	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,970	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	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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