Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 138, Heifers 87, Bulls 30)

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 $380.34/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −83.80 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$380.34

38 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$9

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.55

vs VA average

+4.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	383.00	2,114	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	599	380.00	2,276	17thin
Medium and Large 2	593	358.00	2,123	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale38 hd

380.34

—

VA average7 barns · 234 hd

366.79

+13.55

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

+4.60

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−83.80

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

47 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	300–350	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,306	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,056	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	830	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,540	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,296	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,797	3
Bulls	Small 1	250–300	290	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	653	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	590	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,401	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,435	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,797	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,105	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,201	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,334	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,259	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	335.09/cwt	325.00–339.00	1,572	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,123	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,767	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	658	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,461	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	874	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,984	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	664	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,341	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,471	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	327.12/cwt	230.00–333.00	1,832	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	709	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,446	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	496	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,172	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	599	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,276	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,481	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,411	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,096	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,865	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,575	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,008	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	366.13/cwt	330.00–374.00	1,677	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	275.76/cwt	215.00–285.00	2,046	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,114	19

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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