Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-04-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 119, Heifers 73, Bulls 17)

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 $477.38/cwt on 52 head, down $2.69 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 27 comparable sales and sits +13.24 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$477.38

▼ 2.69 vs prior sale

52 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,678

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,300

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$199.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.46

vs VA average

−3.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	484.07	2,725	50
Medium and Large 3	520	335.00	1,742	1thin
Small 1	500	285.00	1,425	1thin

One grade step is worth $199.07/cwt here — about $1,300 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 sale52 hd

477.38

—

VA average7 barns · 423 hd

464.91

+12.46

National average169 barns · 10,621 hd

481.02

−3.64

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

+13.24

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

40 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
Dairy Steers	Large 3	500–550	510	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	345.30/cwt	330.00–375.00	1,965	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,949	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	520	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	505	332.33/cwt	315.00–350.00	1,678	2
Steers	Small 1	700–750	723	290.47/cwt	275.00–305.00	2,100	2
Steers	Small 1	500–550	500	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,425	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	678	326.92/cwt	305.00–350.00	2,217	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,209	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,426	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	400–450	441	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,117	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	350–400	369	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,946	12
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	620	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,046	1
Bulls	Small 1	800–850	830	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,951	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,096	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,138	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,957	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,217	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	765	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,978	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	735	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,536	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	828	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,525	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,640	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,101	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	484.66/cwt	425.00–486.00	2,733	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,156	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,168	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,294	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	298.63/cwt	290.00–325.00	2,165	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,894	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	620	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,108	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,693	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,365	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	348.14/cwt	310.00–360.00	2,221	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,529	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	347.21/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,496	5

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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