Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 105, Heifers 102, Bulls 30)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $480.07/cwt on 49 head, up $18.28 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 27 comparable sales and sits +15.93 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$480.07

▲ 18.28 vs prior sale

49 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$503

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

$85.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.38

vs VA average

+1.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	485.63	2,683	45
Medium and Large 2	520	435.00	2,262	2thin
Medium and Large 3	545	400.00	2,180	2thin

One grade step is worth $85.63/cwt here — about $503 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 sale49 hd

480.07

—

VA average10 barns · 465 hd

470.69

+9.38

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

+1.04

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

+15.93

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

48 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 3	450–500	458	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,832	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	380.34/cwt	310.00–390.00	2,065	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,262	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	255	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Bulls	Small 1	700–750	705	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,271	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,086	1
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	643	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,945	2
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	553	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,825	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	463	429.81/cwt	395.00–465.00	1,990	2
Bulls	Small 1	800–850	815	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Small 1	700–750	725	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	562	373.52/cwt	320.00–382.50	2,099	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	543	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,661	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,036	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,355	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,028	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,978	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	635	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,667	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,681	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,330	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,940	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	592	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,368	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,158	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,154	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,721	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	500–550	544	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,394	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	459.27/cwt	430.00–490.00	2,356	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	378.27/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,145	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,734	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,342	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	331.55/cwt	325.00–332.50	2,172	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,167	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,008	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,197	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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