Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 120, Heifers 147, Bulls 23)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and 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 $304.23/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −78.14 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$304.23

29 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,680

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$537

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

$102.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.76

vs VA average

−65.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	550	332.25	1,827	8thin
Medium and Large 1	564	328.89	1,854	7thin
Medium and Large 3	539	317.50	1,711	5thin
Medium and Large 4	570	287.50	1,639	2thin
Small 1	515	275.00	1,416	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	230.00	1,290	5thin

One grade step is worth $102.25/cwt here — about $537 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

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 sale29 hd

304.23

—

VA average5 barns · 393 hd

339.99

−35.76

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

−65.58

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−78.14

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

77 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	450–500	464	413.93/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,921	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	784	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,234	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1100–1150	1,138	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	616	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,464	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1050–1100	1,097	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,402	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	403.82/cwt	365.00–426.00	2,358	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,844	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,649	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,279	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	818	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,470	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	280.40/cwt	270.00–291.00	2,322	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,997	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	297.19/cwt	235.00–320.00	1,400	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,398	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,591	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	800–850	825	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,198	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,120	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	348	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,288	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	539	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,711	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	910	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	335.79/cwt	320.00–339.00	1,921	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	325	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	405	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,286	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	550–600	570	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	970	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,629	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	561	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,290	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	674	297.34/cwt	250.00–319.00	2,004	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	643	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	685	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,247	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	606	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,000	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,294	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	637	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,991	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,337	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,351	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	264.83/cwt	240.00–290.00	1,999	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,517	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,108	196.25/cwt	195.00–197.50	2,174	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,091	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,311	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,204	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,976	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,095	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,354	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	515	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,416	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	455	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,095	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,190	1
Bulls	Small 2	400–450	405	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	952	1
Heifers	Small 2	450–500	485	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	994	1
Heifers	Small 2	200–250	200	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	400	2
Heifers	Small 2	250–300	268	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	643	3
Bulls	Small 2	300–350	340	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	867	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	336.59/cwt	250.00–370.00	2,161	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	373.57/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,432	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	342.48/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	369.13/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,967	3
Heifers	Large 1-2	950–1000	990	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,129	1
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	695	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,738	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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