Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 113, Heifers 154, Bulls 46)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $389.38/cwt on 24 head, up $2.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 26 comparable sales and sits +7.00 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$389.38

▲ 2.34 vs prior sale

24 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,123

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

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

$47.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.31

vs VA average

−24.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	535	417.50	2,234	3thin
Medium and Large 2	550	402.25	2,211	10thin
Medium and Large 1	544	370.00	2,013	11thin

One grade step is worth $47.50/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.23, low $323.92, median $382.37 across 26 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 sale24 hd

389.38

—

VA average9 barns · 702 hd

384.06

+5.31

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−24.40

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

+7.00

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

75 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	850–900	895	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,560	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	785	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,826	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	668	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,238	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	657	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,201	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,275	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,325	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	663	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	900–950	920	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,921	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	598	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,018	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	388	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,630	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Natural	400–450	419	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,095	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,072	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	450–500	468	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,293	12
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Small 1	900–950	940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,034	1
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	745	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,118	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	639	356.26/cwt	352.50–360.00	2,277	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	670	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,943	2
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,023	1
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	650–700	670	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,943	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	265	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	954	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,234	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,855	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,988	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,150	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,444	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,053	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,343	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,540	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,021	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,579	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,146	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,753	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,394	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,164	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,075	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	825	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,640	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	713	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,460	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	868	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,830	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,373	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	713	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,282	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,190	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,556	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	825	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,331	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,144	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	643	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,154	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,013	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	313.80/cwt	312.00–315.00	2,375	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,304	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,223	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	805	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,696	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	506	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,328	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	578	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,630	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	338.25/cwt	320.00–362.50	2,121	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,645	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	687	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,301	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,681	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,790	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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