Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 371, Heifers 221, Bulls 26)

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 $418.80/cwt on 56 head, down $7.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 27 comparable sales and sits −45.34 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$418.80

▼ 7.80 vs prior sale

56 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,315

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$778

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

$150.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.29

vs VA average

−53.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	446.71	2,477	41
Medium and Large 2	545	353.33	1,926	12thin
Small 1	530	305.00	1,617	1thin
Medium and Large 3	573	296.50	1,699	2thin

One grade step is worth $150.21/cwt here — about $778 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 sale56 hd

418.80

—

VA average8 barns · 358 hd

424.09

−5.29

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−53.18

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−45.34

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

80 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	775	355.78/cwt	354.00–357.00	2,757	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	640	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,605	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	653	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,651	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,350	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,857	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	609	367.97/cwt	255.00–400.00	2,241	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	376	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,542	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	310.39/cwt	250.00–370.00	1,204	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	350–400	373	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,716	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	300–350	305	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,464	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	559	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,348	4
Steers	Medium and Large 4	400–450	435	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	296.50/cwt	290.00–302.50	1,699	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,478	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,155	3
Steers	Small 1	600–650	634	296.62/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,881	3
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	500	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	675	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,539	1
Steers	Small 1Value Added	750–800	778	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	260.00/cwt	235.00–285.00	1,703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,160	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	424	332.25/cwt	305.00–345.00	1,409	3
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	571	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,770	4
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	477	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,517	3
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	733	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,126	2
Steers	Small 1	700–750	745	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,179	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	672	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,579	3
Steers	Small 1	750–800	760	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,090	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	530	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	528	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,064	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,053	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,887	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,352	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,681	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1250–1300	1,260	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	2,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,699	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,502	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,228	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,160	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	764	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,575	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	410.66/cwt	397.50–412.50	2,012	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,184	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	358.77/cwt	350.00–362.50	2,719	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	341.48/cwt	337.00–346.00	2,537	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	549	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,388	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,908	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,296	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	827	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,630	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,247	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,033	240.91/cwt	227.50–254.00	2,489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,205	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	894	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,941	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	741	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,438	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	404.50/cwt	402.00–405.00	2,654	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,057	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	820	323.85/cwt	303.00–331.00	2,656	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	693	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,821	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	731	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,624	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,174	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	761	354.52/cwt	350.00–356.00	2,698	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	322.78/cwt	300.00–326.00	2,382	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	486	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,357	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	652	406.29/cwt	400.00–409.00	2,649	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,874	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,202	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	642	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,196	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	651	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,226	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	431	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,317	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	538	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,722	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	605	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,785	3

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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