Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 69, Bulls 27)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $391.67/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −72.47 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$391.67

36 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,216

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$734

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

$125.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.61

vs VA average

−54.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	400.00	2,260	31
Medium and Large 2	568	375.00	2,130	3thin
Small 1	590	300.00	1,770	1thin
Medium and Large 3	555	275.00	1,526	1thin

One grade step is worth $125.00/cwt here — about $734 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 sale36 hd

391.67

—

VA average9 barns · 566 hd

381.06

+10.61

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−54.18

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−72.47

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

38 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 1	450–500	477	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,741	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,049	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,980	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	876	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,051	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,422	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,310	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,507	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,522	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,859	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,296	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,541	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,130	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,265	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	528	266.81/cwt	220.00–290.00	1,409	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	150–200	165	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	434	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,150	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,363	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,299	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	645	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Small 1	250–300	290	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	827	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	355	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	710	1
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	360	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	972	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,241	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,786	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,883	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	782	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,620	16
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	559	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,565	4
Steers	Small 1	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	615	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,046	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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