Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 155, Heifers 193, Bulls 44)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $323.04/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −59.34 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$323.04

47 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,795

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$754

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$134.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.94

vs VA average

−45.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	336.07	1,883	31
Medium and Large 2	528	325.00	1,716	9thin
Medium and Large 3	580	308.65	1,790	4thin
Small 1	560	201.67	1,129	3thin

One grade step is worth $134.40/cwt here — about $754 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

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 sale47 hd

323.04

—

VA average8 barns · 420 hd

321.10

+1.94

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−45.87

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−59.34

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

73 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 4	500–550	525	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	478	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3-4	250–300	273	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	874	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	453	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,133	2
Steers	Small 1	800–850	805	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,691	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	708	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,947	3
Steers	Small 1	250–300	280	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	952	1
Heifers	Small 1	900–950	900	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	500	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,275	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	345	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,121	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	375	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	994	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	667	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,534	3
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	590	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,033	2
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	755	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,548	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	655	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,243	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	525	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	550–600	590	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	659	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,504	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	859	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,749	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,513	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,220	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,063	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,363	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,924	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	289.38/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,399	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,244	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	270.81/cwt	265.00–285.00	2,053	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	338.89/cwt	305.00–360.00	2,118	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,517	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,639	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	338.94/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,901	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	351.40/cwt	325.00–365.00	1,666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	841	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,607	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	390.84/cwt	375.00–407.00	2,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,318	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	261.92/cwt	209.00–315.00	1,755	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,238	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,898	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	614	322.46/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,980	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,188	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	495	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,807	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,729	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	357.41/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,555	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,934	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,214	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	767	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,925	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,716	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	703	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,109	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,965	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	922	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	358	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,199	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,287	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,872	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,233	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	469	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,688	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	630	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,254	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	308.65/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,790	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,742	2
Heifers	Small 1	800–850	823	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,646	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	590	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	333	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,166	2

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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