Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 49, Bulls 12)

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 $469.90/cwt on 20 head, up $21.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 27 comparable sales and sits +5.76 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$469.90

▲ 21.67 vs prior sale

20 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$131

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

$41.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.69

vs VA average

−2.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	508	481.00	2,443	8thin
Medium and Large 1	564	470.00	2,651	9thin
Medium and Large 2	585	440.00	2,574	3thin

One grade step is worth $41.00/cwt here — about −$131 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 sale20 hd

469.90

—

VA average7 barns · 362 hd

464.21

+5.69

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

−2.22

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

+5.76

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

35 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	674	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,689	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	594	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,287	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,244	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	439.87/cwt	415.00–452.50	2,001	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,109	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	693	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,203	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,307	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	508	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,443	8
Steers	Small 1	300–350	330	420.23/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,387	2
Heifers	Small 1	750–800	750	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,128	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,043	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,574	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,073	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,570	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,782	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,868	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,398	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	750–800	767	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,884	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,651	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,403	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	696	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,151	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,303	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	809	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,769	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	954	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,624	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,318	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,980	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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