Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 280, Heifers 198, Bulls 40)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $366.54/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −97.60 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$366.54

64 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,064

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,687

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

$293.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−38.20

vs VA average

−46.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	408.80	2,290	25
Medium and Large 1-2	573	384.42	2,203	15thin
Medium and Large 2	565	330.01	1,866	19thin
Small 1	554	324.00	1,794	3thin
Medium and Large 4	523	115.17	602	2thin

One grade step is worth $293.63/cwt here — about $1,687 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 sale64 hd

366.54

—

VA average8 barns · 649 hd

404.74

−38.20

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−46.98

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−97.60

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

74 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 3	300–350	320	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	600	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,230	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	425	374.88/cwt	370.00–380.00	1,593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	523	115.17/cwt	110.00–120.00	602	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	900–950	930	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,302	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,994	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	350–400	383	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	319.09/cwt	295.00–340.00	1,532	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	341.60/cwt	335.00–346.00	2,135	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,792	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,821	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,144	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,087	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	791	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,373	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	584	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,394	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	768	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,688	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	622	350.32/cwt	350.00–352.00	2,179	38
Steers	Small 1	750–800	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	543	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,797	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	608	252.51/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,535	2
Steers	Small 1	350–400	363	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,325	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	422	299.79/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,265	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	548	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,699	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	460	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,541	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	575	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	371.47/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,579	8
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	510	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,505	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	720	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,476	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	355	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,118	2
Steers	Small 1	250–300	275	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,139	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,264	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,125	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	363.99/cwt	350.00–366.00	1,773	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,408	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,790	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,267	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	300.98/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,531	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,915	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,443	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	450–500	465	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	589	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,579	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	398.91/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,150	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	371.16/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,390	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,455	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,591	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,296	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,800	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	433.23/cwt	430.00–435.00	2,015	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,274	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	734	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,202	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,985	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	380.45/cwt	380.00–381.00	2,541	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	384.42/cwt	350.00–417.00	2,203	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,774	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	347.23/cwt	345.00–347.50	2,521	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	636	355.14/cwt	295.00–390.00	2,259	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	458.19/cwt	430.00–480.00	1,755	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,223	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,229	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	712	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,291	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,257	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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