Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 157, Heifers 121, Bulls 48)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $389.00/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −75.14 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$389.00

46 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,198

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$411

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

$75.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.78

vs VA average

−28.09 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	405.00	2,292	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	582	400.00	2,328	5thin
Medium and Large 1	564	397.61	2,241	25
Medium and Large 2	556	377.25	2,096	6thin
Medium and Large 3	545	345.00	1,880	1thin
Small 1	570	330.00	1,881	4thin

One grade step is worth $75.00/cwt here — about $411 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

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 sale46 hd

389.00

—

VA average8 barns · 464 hd

393.77

−4.78

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

−28.09

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−75.14

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

78 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	600–650	623	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,620	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	540	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,593	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	464	294.88/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,368	4
Heifers	Small 1	250–300	265	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	583	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	433	267.54/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,158	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,630	8
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	715	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,217	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	500–550	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	550–600	550	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	700–750	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	360	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	990	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,309	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	700	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	353.61/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,680	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,341	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,441	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	436.66/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,974	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	332.57/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,746	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,125	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,248	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,591	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	344.80/cwt	325.00–346.00	1,948	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	310.53/cwt	255.00–321.00	1,975	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	281.45/cwt	265.00–292.50	2,004	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,552	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,793	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	723	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,581	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	706	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,231	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,404	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	458	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,305	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,306	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	648	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,462	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	871	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,212	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	710	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,864	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,669	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,292	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,373	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	947	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,628	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,344	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,399	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,381	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,961	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	310.67/cwt	310.00–311.00	1,967	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	390.88/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,232	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,301	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	533	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,812	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	550–600	582	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,328	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	825	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,434	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,758	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,495	6
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	380	324.61/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,234	2
Steers	Small 1	650–700	651	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,279	5
Steers	Small 1	550–600	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	4
Steers	Small 1	450–500	484	306.15/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,482	4
Steers	Small 1	750–800	773	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,126	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	650	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,804	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	538	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,506	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	332.86/cwt	295.00–342.50	2,247	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	405.87/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,887	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,386	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	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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