Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 131, Heifers 96, Bulls 15)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $373.04/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −91.10 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$373.04

28 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$532

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$115.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.58

vs VA average

−14.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	390.00	2,168	19thin
Medium and Large 2	552	355.83	1,963	6thin
Medium and Large 3	568	312.50	1,775	2thin
Small 1	595	275.00	1,636	1thin

One grade step is worth $115.00/cwt here — about $532 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

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 sale28 hd

373.04

—

VA average6 barns · 180 hd

367.45

+5.58

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−14.45

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−91.10

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

55 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	781	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,702	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,676	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	327.94/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,863	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	764	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,712	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,061	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,003	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	393	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,281	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	510	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,122	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	743	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,452	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,252	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,495	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	850–900	890	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,424	1
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	750	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,313	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	695	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,155	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	578	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,575	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	470	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,457	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,324	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	595	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,636	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	874	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,814	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,021	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,225	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,876	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,388	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,528	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,315	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,592	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,577	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,091	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	666	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,131	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,052	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	289.48/cwt	245.00–305.00	1,821	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,867	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,168	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	555	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,893	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	377.48/cwt	320.00–397.50	1,442	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	232.58/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,424	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,125	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,381	5

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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