Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 740, Heifers 295, Bulls 32)

Value Added and some Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $476.15/cwt on 331 head, up $7.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 27 comparable sales and sits +12.01 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$476.15

▲ 7.57 vs prior sale

331 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$718

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

$159.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.42

vs VA average

+2.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	479.47	2,622	298
Medium and Large 2	547	470.00	2,571	12thin
Small 1	547	438.13	2,397	20
Medium and Large 3	595	320.00	1,904	1thin

One grade step is worth $159.47/cwt here — about $718 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 sale331 hd

476.15

—

VA average8 barns · 750 hd

477.56

−1.42

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+2.45

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

+12.01

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

72 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 1	450–500	459	449.97/cwt	447.50–450.00	2,065	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,389	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,732	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	748	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,730	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,267	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,217	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	542	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,575	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	490.99/cwt	350.00–497.50	2,563	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	524.19/cwt	502.50–526.00	2,464	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	451.95/cwt	421.00–454.00	2,784	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,158	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	644	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,367	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,813	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,310	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	473.41/cwt	370.00–475.00	2,661	168
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,093	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,453	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	364	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,920	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,335	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,219	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	830	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,034	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	650–700	693	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,356	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	905	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	491.81/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,854	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,176	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	950–1000	960	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,472	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,144	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,731	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	1,955	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,117	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,081	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,284	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	563	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,629	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	646	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,778	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	710	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,805	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,837	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	635	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,984	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	655	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,965	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	463	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,713	2
Heifers	Small 1	250–300	295	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,460	3
Steers	Small 1	500–550	545	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,453	15
Steers	Small 1	700–750	720	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,657	2
Steers	Small 1	300–350	314	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,562	4
Steers	Small 1	400–450	443	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,938	4
Steers	Small 1	550–600	553	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,226	5
Heifers	Small 1	300–350	330	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,205	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	3
Steers	Small 1	650–700	677	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,728	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	1000–1050	1,000	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,100	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,498	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,571	12
Bulls	Small 1	400–450	405	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,620	1
Bulls	Small 1	550–600	590	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,257	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	408	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	665	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,929	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	795	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,286	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	768	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,035	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	344	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,445	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	413.35/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,195	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	677	370.59/cwt	340.00–385.00	2,509	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,089	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	300	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	750–800	753	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,654	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	270	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,526	4

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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