Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 146, Heifers 130, Bulls 19)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Most Natural cattle are Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $464.14/cwt on 63 head, down $5.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 27 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$464.14

▼ 5.76 vs prior sale

63 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,526

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$928

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$148.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.57

vs VA average

−13.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	480.70	2,633	30
Medium and Large 1-2	531	475.00	2,522	17thin
Medium and Large 2	562	455.00	2,556	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	558	410.00	2,288	4thin
Medium and Large 3	538	400.00	2,152	2thin
Small 1	513	332.39	1,705	2thin

One grade step is worth $148.31/cwt here — about $928 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 sale63 hd

464.14

—

VA average9 barns · 451 hd

461.56

+2.57

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

−13.95

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

+0.00

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

66 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	Small 1	600–650	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,740	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	584	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,956	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	538	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,152	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	638	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,520	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,091	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	531	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,522	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	558	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,288	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,970	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	394	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,537	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,272	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	502	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,490	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	678	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,987	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	435.25/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,824	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	449	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,200	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	758	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,843	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	370.52/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,705	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,657	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	610	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,349	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	550–600	563	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,840	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	579	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,779	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,297	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	506	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,054	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	631	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,272	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	381.85/cwt	379.00–383.00	2,177	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,964	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,150	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	3,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	913	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,419	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,314	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,288	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,600	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	297.67/cwt	285.00–304.00	2,605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	612	434.44/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,659	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,306	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	394.91/cwt	345.00–407.50	2,215	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	302.34/cwt	265.00–315.00	2,642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,112	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,337	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,671	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,626	16
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	580	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,682	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	485	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,372	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	950–1000	955	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,598	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	513	332.39/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,705	2
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	1
Steers	Small 1	600–650	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	400	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,660	1
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	340	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	918	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	380	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,311	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,601	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,536	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,535	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,254	1
Dairy Steers	Large 4	1000–1050	1,015	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,081	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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