Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 114, Heifers 36, Bulls 8)

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 $413.78/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 3 of 27 comparable sales and sits −50.36 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$413.78

37 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,200

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$554

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1

$123.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.26

vs VA average

−30.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	511	433.00	2,213	20
Medium and Large 2	537	400.00	2,148	3thin
Medium and Large 1	562	395.38	2,221	13thin
Small 1	535	310.00	1,659	1thin

One grade step is worth $123.00/cwt here — about $554 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

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 sale37 hd

413.78

—

VA average8 barns · 255 hd

387.53

+26.26

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−30.32

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−50.36

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

32 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 1-2	450–500	488	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,781	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,145	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	438	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,349	5
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	600	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,410	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	573	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,834	3
Bulls	Small 1	750–800	768	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,304	2
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	645	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	1050–1100	1,070	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,333	4
Steers	Small 1	500–550	535	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,659	1
Steers	Small 1	800–850	835	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	648	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,430	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,577	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,961	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,148	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	639	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,096	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	633	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,405	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	460	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,932	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	511	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,213	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	667	369.02/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,461	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,878	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,080	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	576	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,304	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,998	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	349.26/cwt	300.00–366.00	2,358	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,126	6

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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