Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 79, Bulls 23)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $432.05/cwt on 22 head, up $13.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 27 comparable sales and sits −32.09 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$432.05

▲ 13.24 vs prior sale

22 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$653

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$115.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.58

vs VA average

−33.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	440.00	2,473	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	598	435.00	2,601	6thin
Medium and Large 2	538	425.00	2,287	2thin
Small 1	560	325.00	1,820	1thin

One grade step is worth $115.00/cwt here — about $653 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale22 hd

432.05

—

VA average7 barns · 249 hd

430.46

+1.58

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−33.28

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−32.09

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

53 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	474	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,327	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,613	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,801	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	392	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,137	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	300–350	336	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,714	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	553	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,018	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	538	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,287	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,817	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	427	346.60/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,009	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,358	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Natural	350–400	398	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,313	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	1
Heifers	Small 1	1150–1200	1,165	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,689	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	650	297.50/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,934	2
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	358	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,056	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	644	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,615	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,142	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,751	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,199	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	548	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,219	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	414.38/cwt	350.00–450.00	1,595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1300–1350	1,320	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,684	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	347.45/cwt	320.00–353.00	2,634	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	377.51/cwt	335.00–400.00	1,835	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,617	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	676	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,745	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,473	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	492.84/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,385	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	392.72/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,360	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	598	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,601	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	850–900	874	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,753	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,016	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,281	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,186	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	350–400	396	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	2,247	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	747	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	429	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,175	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	736	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,282	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,248	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,287	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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