Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 203, Bulls 102)

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 $314.84/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −67.54 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$314.84

65 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,743

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$507

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$118.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.16

vs VA average

−75.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	340.77	1,799	20
Medium and Large 1	557	334.17	1,860	23
Medium and Large 2	574	329.00	1,888	7thin
Medium and Large 3	555	275.00	1,526	3thin
Small 1	586	250.00	1,465	5thin
Medium and Large 4	530	250.00	1,325	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	581	222.50	1,293	6thin

One grade step is worth $118.27/cwt here — about $507 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale65 hd

314.84

—

VA average9 barns · 416 hd

339.00

−24.16

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

−75.98

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−67.54

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

87 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	550–600	577	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,423	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,077	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	346.26/cwt	336.00–347.50	1,638	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	369.37/cwt	350.00–372.00	2,379	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,030	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,452	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	790	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,568	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	417.77/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,901	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,493	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,183	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,828	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,958	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	683	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,268	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	552	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,318	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	669	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,522	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,476	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	274	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,302	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	528	340.77/cwt	321.00–347.00	1,799	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,878	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	807	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,063	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	738	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,435	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,509	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	337.51/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,441	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,334	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,888	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,663	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	807	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,582	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,190	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	343.40/cwt	275.00–365.00	1,092	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,260	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,916	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,897	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,105	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	324.83/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,195	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	561	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,879	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	258	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	700–750	710	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,402	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	581	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,293	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,328	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,266	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,465	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,270	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,744	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,643	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	308.26/cwt	305.00–327.50	2,019	7
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,190	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	695	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,494	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	298.52/cwt	275.00–370.00	1,146	4
Steers	Medium and Large 4	350–400	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	550–600	595	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,666	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	450–500	465	267.50/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	352.02/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,637	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	586	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,465	5
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	464	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,123	6
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	358	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,038	2
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	665	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,264	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	534	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,228	5
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	610	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,556	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	620	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,938	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	463	217.38/cwt	150.00–235.00	1,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	500–550	530	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	450–500	495	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,430	2
Bulls	Small 1	800–850	830	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	830	1
Bulls	Small 1	850–900	860	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	946	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	735	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,938	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	300–350	345	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	400–450	425	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	250–300	295	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,369	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	400–450	423	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,502	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	945	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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