Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 58, Bulls 2)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $490.71/cwt on 21 head, up $14.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 27 comparable sales and sits +26.57 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$490.71

▲ 14.57 vs prior sale

21 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$405

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.53

vs VA average

+16.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	495.00	2,723	19thin
Medium and Large 2	515	450.00	2,318	2thin

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $405 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 sale21 hd

490.71

—

VA average7 barns · 532 hd

470.18

+20.53

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

+16.23

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

+26.57

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

22 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	350–400	380	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,064	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	850–900	877	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,806	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	794	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,940	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,318	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,908	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	454	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,930	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,607	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,723	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,220	24
Steers	Small 1	450–500	455	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,048	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,788	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,834	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,108	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,163	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,002	24
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	240	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,044	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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