Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 67, Bulls 10)

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 $286.85/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 26 comparable sales and sits −95.53 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$286.85

18 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$669

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$120.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.37

vs VA average

−91.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	320.72	1,719	8thin
Medium and Large 2	565	315.00	1,780	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	573	227.50	1,304	5thin
Medium and Large 3	525	200.00	1,050	1thin

One grade step is worth $120.72/cwt here — about $669 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

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 sale18 hd

286.85

—

VA average7 barns · 177 hd

314.22

−27.37

National average184 barns · 19,282 hd

377.96

−91.11

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−95.53

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

48 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 2-3Value Added	350–400	393	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,406	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,275	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	150–200	170	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	633	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,709	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	260	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,050	1
Steers	Small 1	700–750	738	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,184	5
Steers	Small 1	500–550	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,188	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,901	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,258	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	482	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,181	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,474	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,332	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	687	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,171	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	434	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,454	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	548	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,904	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,304	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,452	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,155	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,403	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,007	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,024	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,594	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	310	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	263	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	697	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	742	2
Heifers	Small 1	150–200	195	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	263	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	680	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	285	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	285	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	951	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	320.72/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,719	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,987	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	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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