Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 123, Heifers 78, Bulls 36)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $379.50/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −84.64 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$379.50

20 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,151

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$841

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

$131.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.33

vs VA average

−20.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	401.00	2,299	15thin
Medium and Large 2	530	355.00	1,882	1thin
Small 1	555	316.67	1,758	3thin
Large 1-2	540	270.00	1,458	1thin

One grade step is worth $131.00/cwt here — about $841 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 sale20 hd

379.50

—

VA average9 barns · 315 hd

383.83

−4.33

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

−20.39

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−84.64

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

61 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	Small 1	400–450	440	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,105	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	312.37/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,499	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,971	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,771	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,525	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	348	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,218	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,609	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	274.74/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,176	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,411	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	546	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,753	9
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	780	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,223	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	370	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,055	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	457	297.57/cwt	255.00–310.00	1,360	7
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	535	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,525	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	423	290.71/cwt	250.00–330.00	1,230	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	463	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,771	6
Steers	Small 1	550–600	565	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,879	2
Steers	Small 1	700–750	715	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,342	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	674	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,224	4
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	688	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,789	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	616	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,310	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,764	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,117	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,255	1
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	540	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,865	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	329.57/cwt	328.00–337.50	2,544	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	264.73/cwt	240.00–290.00	2,449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	360.81/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,251	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,278	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,926	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	652	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,152	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	303.02/cwt	270.00–319.00	1,888	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,076	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	588	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,358	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	722	373.16/cwt	369.00–374.00	2,694	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	624	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,390	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,943	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	819	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,744	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,251	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,478	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,730	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,603	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,363	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	860	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	747	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,129	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,353	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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