Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 93, Bulls 26)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $313.56/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −150.58 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$313.56

16 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,766

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$865

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

$166.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−76.61

vs VA average

−155.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	406.00	2,241	7thin
Small 1	560	255.00	1,428	1thin
Medium and Large 2	574	240.00	1,376	8thin

One grade step is worth $166.00/cwt here — about $865 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 sale16 hd

313.56

—

VA average9 barns · 384 hd

390.17

−76.61

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−155.48

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−150.58

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

51 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 1	700–750	748	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,431	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,436	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,608	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	660	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,475	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	829	333.02/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,761	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,077	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	329.57/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,773	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,289	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,681	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,187	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,044	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	325.14/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,538	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	296.86/cwt	280.00–305.00	2,143	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,137	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,287	3
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	483	270.00/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,304	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	428	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	873	8
Steers	Small 1	650–700	693	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,114	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	605	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,482	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	560	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	675	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,093	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	2
Heifers	Small 1	800–850	805	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	405	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	467	227.25/cwt	215.00–250.00	1,061	3
Steers	Medium and Large 4	600–650	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,546	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	319.86/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,705	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	325.85/cwt	285.00–340.00	1,522	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,876	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	694	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,909	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	728	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,584	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,138	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,249	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,506	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1100–1150	1,132	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,575	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,314	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,223	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,398	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,151	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,455	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	622	349.95/cwt	348.00–354.00	2,177	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,241	7

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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