Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 133, Heifers 158, Bulls 25)

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 $292.93/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −89.44 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$292.93

28 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$392

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$82.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.68

vs VA average

−77.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	531	312.50	1,659	5thin
Medium and Large 1	562	304.04	1,709	16thin
Medium and Large 3	577	285.00	1,644	3thin
Small 1	551	230.00	1,267	4thin

One grade step is worth $82.50/cwt here — about $392 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale28 hd

292.93

—

VA average5 barns · 292 hd

317.62

−24.68

National average194 barns · 19,992 hd

370.45

−77.52

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−89.44

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

61 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	350–400	388	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,164	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,810	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	343.68/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,973	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	741	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,497	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	615	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,753	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	347	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	989	3
Steers	Small 1	450–500	493	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,454	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,139	2
Steers	Small 1	650–700	650	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Small 1	250–300	280	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	518	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	515	311.91/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,606	3
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	620	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,085	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	551	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,267	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	198.88/cwt	187.50–210.00	1,269	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	467	326.68/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,526	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	832	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,997	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	480	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	936	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	665	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	732	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,678	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,115	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	490	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	705	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	577	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,644	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	344.08/cwt	335.00–353.00	2,030	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,229	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,342	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,242	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	867	257.65/cwt	237.50–275.00	2,234	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	664	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,809	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	326	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,060	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	890	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,359	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,449	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	500–550	531	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,659	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,029	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,264	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	676	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,028	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	479	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,509	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	907	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,562	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	443	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,395	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	696	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,914	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	324.81/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,351	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,504	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,190	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,613	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	617	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,851	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,242	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	224.87/cwt	220.00–240.00	2,204	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,821	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	257.27/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,899	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	676	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,400	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,318	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,528	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,122	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,028	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	296.04/cwt	285.00–297.50	1,945	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	304.04/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,709	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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