Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 90, Bulls 23)

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 $469.82/cwt on 34 head, up $5.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 27 comparable sales and sits +5.68 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$469.82

▲ 5.68 vs prior sale

34 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$439

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

$81.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.32

vs VA average

−13.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	481.00	2,679	24
Medium and Large 2	548	460.00	2,521	7thin
Small 1	505	404.95	2,045	2thin
Medium and Large 3	560	400.00	2,240	1thin

One grade step is worth $81.00/cwt here — about $439 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 sale34 hd

469.82

—

VA average7 barns · 257 hd

468.50

+1.32

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−13.36

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

+5.68

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

53 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 2	600–650	625	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	600–650	649	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,336	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,300	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,521	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,011	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,577	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	700–750	730	298.29/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,178	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	600–650	610	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,654	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,061	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	605	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	480	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,240	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	680	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,380	4
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	430	342.50/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,473	2
Steers	Small 1	500–550	505	404.95/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,045	2
Steers	Small 1	600–650	645	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,419	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	570	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,223	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	458	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,626	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	900–950	917	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,962	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	733	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,566	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,232	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,634	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,464	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,328	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	397.47/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,671	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,679	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,598	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,688	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,255	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,917	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,417	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	433.91/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,096	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	481	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,261	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,066	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,338	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	737	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,358	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	808	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,727	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	935	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	633	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	683	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,373	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	407	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,832	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	800–850	808	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	371.15/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,060	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	635	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Natural	750–800	776	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,894	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,183	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	337.75/cwt	320.00–355.00	2,398	2

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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