Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 207, Heifers 101, Bulls 9)

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 $503.18/cwt on 33 head, up $71.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 27 comparable sales and sits +39.04 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$503.18

▲ 71.14 vs prior sale

33 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$613

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

$90.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.96

vs VA average

+15.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	525.26	2,810	19thin
Medium and Large 1	544	483.13	2,628	8thin
Medium and Large 2	560	465.00	2,604	5thin
Small 1	505	435.00	2,197	1thin

One grade step is worth $90.26/cwt here — about $613 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 sale33 hd

503.18

—

VA average8 barns · 286 hd

468.22

+34.96

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+15.83

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

+39.04

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

50 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	386.70/cwt	365.00–392.50	1,411	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,446	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	617	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,252	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,072	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	453	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,106	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,024	6
Steers	Small 1	500–550	505	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,197	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	600	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	510	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	423	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,755	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	1
Steers	Small 1	350–400	365	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,442	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	420	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,061	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	703	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,461	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	561	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,300	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	620	460.40/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,854	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	724	410.79/cwt	400.00–414.00	2,974	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	720	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,981	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	565	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,910	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	521	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,761	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	674	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,426	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,366	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	539	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,210	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	498	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,515	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,133	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,641	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	763	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,052	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	629	447.70/cwt	390.00–460.00	2,816	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	387.51/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,879	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,780	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	410.03/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,165	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	777	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,525	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,083	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	770	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,003	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,743	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,624	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	352.64/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,215	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,656	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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