Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 100, Bulls 15)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.83/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 3 of 26 comparable sales and sits −43.55 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$338.83

29 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$41

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

$21.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.36

vs VA average

−18.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	511	345.78	1,767	18thin
Medium and Large 1	548	328.75	1,801	8thin
Medium and Large 2	558	324.00	1,808	3thin

One grade step is worth $21.78/cwt here — about −$41 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale29 hd

338.83

—

VA average9 barns · 455 hd

323.47

+15.36

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−18.06

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−43.55

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

50 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,676	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,169	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,607	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,399	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,904	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,802	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,372	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,326	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,356	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	891	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,072	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,961	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	800–850	828	147.45/cwt	142.50–152.50	1,221	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 4Natural	400–450	438	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,500	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	415	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,204	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	600–650	633	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,630	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	1150–1200	1,160	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,030	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	500–550	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,281	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,358	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,770	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	866	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,896	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,905	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	323.79/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	900–950	925	156.22/cwt	155.00–157.50	1,445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Natural	500–550	506	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,756	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,349	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	714	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,981	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,763	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	855	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 4	300–350	330	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	792	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 4	700–750	700	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	920	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,185	1

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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