Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 74, Bulls 7)

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 $334.38/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 2 of 26 comparable sales and sits −48.00 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$334.38

51 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,297

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$238.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.12

vs VA average

−13.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	358.00	1,987	25
Medium and Large 1	565	347.00	1,961	13thin
Medium and Large 2	523	335.00	1,752	3thin
Small 1	581	295.00	1,714	5thin
Medium and Large 3	563	248.06	1,397	4thin
Medium and Large 4	575	120.00	690	1thin

One grade step is worth $238.00/cwt here — about $1,297 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

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 sale51 hd

334.38

—

VA average5 barns · 199 hd

330.26

+4.12

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−13.12

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−48.00

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

31 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 1	350–400	350	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,174	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,687	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,961	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	550–600	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,227	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	718	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,032	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	563	248.06/cwt	210.00–287.50	1,397	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,687	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,558	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	581	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,714	5
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	575	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,268	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,452	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,752	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,033	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	945	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,816	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	322.24/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,037	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,092	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	797	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,630	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,240	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,376	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,430	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,674	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	555	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,987	25

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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