Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 76, Bulls 40)

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 $351.36/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −112.78 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$351.36

33 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,946

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,032

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 4

$173.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.45

vs VA average

−78.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	378.44	2,073	16thin
Medium and Large 2	565	375.00	2,119	1thin
Medium and Large 3-4	571	350.00	1,999	13thin
Medium and Large 4	508	205.00	1,041	3thin

One grade step is worth $173.44/cwt here — about $1,032 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 sale33 hd

351.36

—

VA average10 barns · 640 hd

386.81

−35.45

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−78.36

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−112.78

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

62 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	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	288.82/cwt	225.00–350.00	1,372	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	661	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,042	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,983	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,649	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	786	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,751	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,400	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,840	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	298.85/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,960	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,574	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,961	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,000	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	675	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,843	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	357.21/cwt	320.00–365.00	2,390	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	312.46/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,275	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,079	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	786	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,130	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	619	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,290	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	777	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,117	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	720	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3Natural	750–800	765	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,549	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,232	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	440	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	650–700	679	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,275	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	975	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4Value Added	550–600	571	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,999	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	435	309.66/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,347	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	584	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,840	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	403	257.48/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,038	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	278	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	751	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	445	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,068	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	548	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,315	2
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	725	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,341	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	500–550	549	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,784	5
Steers	Medium and Large 4Value Added	600–650	635	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,651	3
Steers	Medium and Large 4Value Added	500–550	508	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,041	3
Steers	Small 1	400–450	445	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	935	1
Heifers	Small 1	250–300	275	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	688	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	675	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	345	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	932	1
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	783	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,488	2
Steers	Small 1	650–700	660	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,947	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	495	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,692	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	550–600	590	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,298	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	500–550	515	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	758	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,653	4

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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