Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 128, Bulls 11)

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 $489.34/cwt on 29 head, down $13.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 27 comparable sales and sits +25.21 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$489.34

▼ 13.84 vs prior sale

29 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$66.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.73

vs VA average

+2.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	516.43	2,686	7thin
Medium and Large 2	523	500.00	2,615	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	598	486.00	2,906	16thin
Small 1	554	450.00	2,493	4thin

One grade step is worth $66.43/cwt here — about $193 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 sale29 hd

489.34

—

VA average8 barns · 239 hd

483.62

+5.73

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+2.32

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

+25.21

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

48 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	483	392.38/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,895	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	523	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,615	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,193	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	673	440.20/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,963	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	672	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,688	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	421.16/cwt	410.00–432.50	2,548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,916	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	530	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,014	3
Steers	Small 1	550–600	554	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,493	4
Steers	Small 1	650–700	675	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,464	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	420	362.05/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,521	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	325	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	1,531	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	771	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,007	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	897	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,104	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	789	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,880	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	658	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,632	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,244	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,511	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	555	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,359	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	677	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,471	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	768	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	651	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,897	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	598	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,906	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	715	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,953	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	703	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	644	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,657	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	573	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,464	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	503	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	813	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,911	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,806	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,318	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,387	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	365.01/cwt	280.00–385.00	2,300	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	411.41/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	394.76/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,867	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,023	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,305	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,690	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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