Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 119, Bulls 18)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.03/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 3 of 26 comparable sales and sits −44.34 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$338.03

48 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$604

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$100.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.98

vs VA average

−21.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	350.57	1,954	34
Medium and Large 2	563	329.82	1,857	10thin
Small 1	530	252.62	1,339	3thin
Medium and Large 3	540	250.00	1,350	1thin

One grade step is worth $100.57/cwt here — about $604 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 sale48 hd

338.03

—

VA average9 barns · 639 hd

345.01

−6.98

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−21.63

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−44.34

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

60 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	Small 1	600–650	603	310.02/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,869	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	360	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,062	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	530	252.62/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,339	3
Steers	Small 1	550–600	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,320	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	1
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	760	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,292	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	388	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,164	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	465	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,349	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	535	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,364	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	695	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,807	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,138	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	490	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,180	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,661	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	240	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	425	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,286	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	353	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,288	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,764	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,183	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	329.82/cwt	315.00–336.00	1,857	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,219	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,709	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	643	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,411	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	348.89/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,933	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,112	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,260	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,515	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	521	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,162	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,176	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,342	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,437	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,237	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,558	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	632	259.91/cwt	245.00–267.50	1,643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,872	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	680	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,751	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	567	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,024	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,090	3

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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