Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-04-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 78, Heifers 70, Bulls 22)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $458.25/cwt on 14 head, down $11.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 27 comparable sales and sits −5.89 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$458.25

▼ 11.57 vs prior sale

14 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,533

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$390

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$82.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.79

vs VA average

−32.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	477.00	2,624	9thin
Medium and Large 2	545	470.00	2,562	2thin
Small 1	567	394.17	2,234	3thin

One grade step is worth $82.83/cwt here — about $390 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 sale14 hd

458.25

—

VA average8 barns · 325 hd

492.04

−33.79

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−32.58

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−5.89

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

59 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 3	400–450	435	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	363.66/cwt	357.50–370.00	2,582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,095	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,860	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,182	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,716	2
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	420	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	668	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	493.86/cwt	475.00–507.00	2,282	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,562	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,864	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,105	2
Steers	Small 1	550–600	595	366.25/cwt	350.00–382.50	2,179	2
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	435	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,457	1
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	375	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,406	1
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	487	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,558	3
Bulls	Small 1	800–850	845	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,542	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	530	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,094	2
Steers	Small 1	300–350	310	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,473	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	510	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,295	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	440	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,947	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	613	281.31/cwt	267.50–295.00	1,724	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	516	356.23/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	345	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	650	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,568	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,881	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,513	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	393.94/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,658	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,915	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	512.56/cwt	505.00–515.00	1,891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,739	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,152	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,624	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	518.00/cwt	518.00–518.00	2,352	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,167	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,811	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,153	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,291	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,387	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,359	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,465	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,478	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	852	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,407	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	499	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,505	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	900–950	915	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,873	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,275	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	363	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	370	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,628	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	523	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,118	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	600–650	639	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,326	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	700–750	734	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,767	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	652	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,706	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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