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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 80, Bulls 10)

Natural cattle are Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.55/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −83.59 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$380.55

25 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,098

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$487

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$74.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.14

vs VA average

−44.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	534	389.00	2,077	7thin
Medium and Large 1	561	380.93	2,137	17thin
Small 1	505	315.00	1,591	1thin

One grade step is worth $74.00/cwt here — about $487 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

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 sale25 hd

380.55

—

VA average6 barns · 285 hd

385.69

−5.14

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−44.32

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−83.59

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

42 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	750–800	775	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,628	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,026	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	345.00/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,501	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,043	4
Steers	Small 1	500–550	505	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,591	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	385	246.80/cwt	240.00–250.00	950	3
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	600	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Small 1	950–1000	985	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,945	1
Steers	Small 1	750–800	755	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	1000–1050	1,045	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,489	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	785	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	850	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,125	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	935	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,384	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	380	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,102	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,077	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,368	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	443	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,706	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,286	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,920	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,186	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,837	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	326.93/cwt	310.00–330.50	2,145	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	348.46/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,669	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	818	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,971	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	359.17/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,345	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,835	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	850–900	854	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,750	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,741	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,852	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	380.93/cwt	380.00–388.00	2,137	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	331.12/cwt	326.00–332.00	2,454	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	5

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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