Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 169, Heifers 156, Bulls 20)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $468.57/cwt on 64 head, down $8.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 15 of 27 comparable sales and sits +4.43 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$468.57

▼ 8.81 vs prior sale

64 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$418

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$70.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.39

vs VA average

−18.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	475.61	2,615	41
Medium and Large 1-2	532	475.00	2,527	13thin
Medium and Large 2	544	457.50	2,489	5thin
Small 1	542	405.21	2,196	5thin

One grade step is worth $70.40/cwt here — about $418 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 sale64 hd

468.57

—

VA average8 barns · 557 hd

457.18

+11.39

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−18.98

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

+4.43

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

54 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 1	750–800	750	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,060	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,666	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,617	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,402	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,920	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	360.03/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,937	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1100–1150	1,138	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,703	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	414.28/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,639	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,986	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,465	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,682	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	532	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,527	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,180	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,996	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	528	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,033	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,489	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,193	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,223	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	403	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,015	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	443	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,816	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	895	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	458	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,290	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,136	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,018	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	748	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,562	18
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,674	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	660	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,782	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	542	405.21/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,196	5
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	562	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,827	3
Steers	Small 1	650–700	675	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,582	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	290	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,334	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	710	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,562	1
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	338	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,437	2
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	463	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,597	2
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	590	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,859	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	300–350	326	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,320	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	650–700	660	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,782	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	573	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	346	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,401	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	344.38/cwt	290.00–400.00	1,522	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,070	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,048	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,857	6

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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