Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 120, Bulls 33)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $453.17/cwt on 26 head, down $36.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 27 comparable sales and sits −10.97 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$453.17

▼ 36.17 vs prior sale

26 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,502

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$993

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$150.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.75

vs VA average

−22.39 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	470.50	2,609	15thin
Medium and Large 2	555	461.25	2,558	8thin
Medium and Large 3	590	395.00	2,331	1thin
Small 1	505	320.00	1,616	2thin

One grade step is worth $150.50/cwt here — about $993 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 sale26 hd

453.17

—

VA average6 barns · 315 hd

446.42

+6.75

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

−22.39

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−10.97

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

67 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 1-2	1050–1100	1,078	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,210	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,473	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,462	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,743	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	567	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,722	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	750	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,081	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,475	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,119	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,924	4
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	475	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	590	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,145	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	610	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,934	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	580	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,972	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	653	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,090	2
Steers	Small 1	500–550	505	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,616	2
Bulls	Small 1	250–300	280	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	840	1
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	780	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,145	1
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	445	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,958	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	648	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,041	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,104	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	933	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,659	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,024	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,353	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,583	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,205	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,570	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,828	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,603	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	3,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	818	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,626	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,738	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	485.05/cwt	450.00–492.50	2,285	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,252	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	332.50/cwt	310.00–355.00	1,779	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	774	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,903	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,251	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,776	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,553	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	699	342.26/cwt	325.00–348.00	2,392	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,399	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	394.63/cwt	360.00–402.50	1,918	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	993	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,979	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	866	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,048	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,506	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,746	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,060	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	884	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,652	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	700	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,625	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,454	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,005	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	757	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,914	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	510	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	602	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,107	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,809	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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