Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 918, Heifers 441, Bulls 19)

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 $490.44/cwt on 340 head, down $0.28 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 27 comparable sales and sits +26.30 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$490.44

▼ 0.28 vs prior sale

340 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$679

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$160.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.76

vs VA average

+31.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	505.86	2,656	35
Medium and Large 1	560	492.23	2,756	293
Small 1	547	420.56	2,300	9thin
Medium and Large 3	573	345.00	1,977	3thin

One grade step is worth $160.86/cwt here — about $679 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 sale340 hd

490.44

—

VA average7 barns · 632 hd

471.67

+18.76

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+31.25

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

+26.30

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

84 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 3	550–600	573	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,977	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	456	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,938	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	275	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,224	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	277	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,357	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	655	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,932	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	750–800	780	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,989	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,497	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,924	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	300–350	348	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,775	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	468	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,036	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	300–350	328	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,312	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	554	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,105	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	461	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,144	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	411	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,500	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,111	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,057	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	300–350	323	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	380	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,501	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	500	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,825	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	425	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,551	2
Heifers	Small 1	350–400	373	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,380	6
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	465	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,814	2
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	305	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,052	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	324	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,442	4
Steers	Small 1	350–400	359	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,687	7
Steers	Small 1	600–650	638	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,488	3
Steers	Small 1	500–550	505	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,146	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	469	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,899	9
Steers	Small 1	550–600	552	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,318	8
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	555	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	850–900	880	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	538	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,104	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	404	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,101	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	723	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,827	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	639	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,658	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	427.17/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,742	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	434.24/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,883	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,789	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,690	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,160	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	3,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	484.43/cwt	330.00–490.00	2,650	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	375.45/cwt	365.00–386.00	2,778	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,447	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	395.85/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,221	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	452.11/cwt	400.00–460.00	2,098	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,315	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,015	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,965	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	426.27/cwt	380.00–450.00	2,012	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	491.80/cwt	460.00–496.00	2,789	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,949	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	983	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,116	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	646	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,713	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	557	496.92/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,768	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	675	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,842	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	340.20/cwt	337.00–342.00	2,187	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,722	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	767	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,723	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	509	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,698	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	428	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,333	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	712	328.57/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,339	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,810	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,104	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,567	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,843	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	400–450	429	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,027	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	650	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,129	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,075	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	661	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,809	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	400–450	409	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,800	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	514	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,876	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	350–400	395	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,163	8

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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