Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 157, Heifers 78, Bulls 24)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $372.91/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −91.23 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$372.91

34 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$46.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.59

vs VA average

−46.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	376.25	2,119	31
Medium and Large 2	595	355.00	2,112	1thin
Small 1	530	330.00	1,749	2thin

One grade step is worth $46.25/cwt here — about $370 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale34 hd

372.91

—

VA average8 barns · 329 hd

369.32

+3.59

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−46.19

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−91.23

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

59 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 3	900–950	900	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	389.23/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,790	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	720	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	645	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,451	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	865	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,638	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	519	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,687	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,216	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,166	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	606	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,994	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,274	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,813	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,622	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,736	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,481	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,108	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	725	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,393	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	901	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,946	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,085	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	720	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,520	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	638	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,297	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,822	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,297	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	836	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,801	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	900	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,151	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,879	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,969	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1300–1350	1,320	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,409	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	374.57/cwt	315.00–381.00	2,098	26
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,365	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	428	254.11/cwt	225.00–267.50	1,088	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	803	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	625	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,344	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	528	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,188	2
Steers	Small 1	350–400	360	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,206	4
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	655	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,801	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	420	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	819	2
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	715	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,609	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	375	251.35/cwt	247.50–255.00	943	2
Steers	Small 1	450–500	475	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,354	2
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,302	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	630	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	368	284.76/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,048	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	579	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,229	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,111	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,799	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	697	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,446	16

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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