Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 154, Bulls 27)

Value Added cattle are Weaned an Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.82/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 2 of 26 comparable sales and sits −48.56 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$333.82

81 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$488

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

$66.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.08

vs VA average

−16.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	344.19	1,945	48
Medium and Large 1	554	329.38	1,826	16thin
Medium and Large 2	554	323.00	1,789	11thin
Medium and Large 3	532	287.50	1,530	3thin
Small 1	525	277.50	1,457	3thin

One grade step is worth $66.69/cwt here — about $488 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

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 sale81 hd

333.82

—

VA average9 barns · 512 hd

338.89

−5.08

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−16.75

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−48.56

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

57 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 2	600–650	626	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,003	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	672	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,150	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	864	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,194	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,044	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	532	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	350–400	370	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	320	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	912	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	405	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,114	1
Heifers	Small 2	250–300	275	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	660	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	375	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,163	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	340	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	969	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,713	3
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	437	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,169	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	525	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,457	3
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	635	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	350–400	370	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,183	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	350.16/cwt	323.00–355.00	2,350	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,704	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	258.21/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,593	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	360.20/cwt	217.50–397.50	2,006	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	747	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,540	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,168	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,774	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,652	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,832	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,418	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,572	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	811	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,534	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,105	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	633	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,279	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,050	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,148	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,918	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,035	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,238	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	656	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,099	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	565	344.19/cwt	330.00–358.00	1,945	48
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,118	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,596	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,789	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,086	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,097	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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