Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 68, Bulls 16)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are mostly Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $426.60/cwt on 21 head, up $12.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 27 comparable sales and sits −37.54 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$426.60

▲ 12.82 vs prior sale

21 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,334

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$40.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.88

vs VA average

−39.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	531	430.00	2,283	4thin
Medium and Large 1	554	429.91	2,381	15thin
Medium and Large 3	505	400.00	2,020	1thin
Small 1	550	390.00	2,145	1thin

One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $138 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale21 hd

426.60

—

VA average4 barns · 120 hd

415.72

+10.88

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−39.73

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−37.54

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,806	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	700–750	700	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,590	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	324.95/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,283	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,995	13
Steers	Small 1	550–600	550	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,145	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	521	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,803	6
Steers	Small 1	600–650	615	385.50/cwt	385.00–386.00	2,371	2
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	615	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	771	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,052	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,147	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,393	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	800–850	818	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,748	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	850–900	886	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,897	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	761	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,606	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,459	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,367	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,653	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,318	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	734	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,496	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,591	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,204	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,514	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,994	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	939	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,629	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,198	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,544	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	458.54/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,206	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	431.33/cwt	411.00–435.00	2,398	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,864	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,916	2

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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