Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 113, Bulls 9)

Value Added and some Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.29/cwt on 43 head, down $13.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 26 comparable sales and sits −6.08 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$376.29

▼ 13.48 vs prior sale

43 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

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

$31.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.90

vs VA average

−24.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	391.00	2,166	8thin
Medium and Large 1	568	374.62	2,128	26
Medium and Large 2	561	369.06	2,070	8thin
Small 1	525	360.00	1,890	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.00/cwt here — about $276 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

26 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $424.23, low $323.92, median $382.37 across 26 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 sale43 hd

376.29

—

VA average7 barns · 412 hd

370.39

+5.90

National average163 barns · 8,321 hd

400.52

−24.23

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

−6.08

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

41 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,289	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	302.84/cwt	280.00–326.00	2,211	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	421.71/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,813	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	613	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,673	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,108	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,958	1
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	525	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,890	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	563	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,210	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	250–300	259	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,230	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	405	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,762	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,694	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	473	369.74/cwt	320.00–420.00	1,749	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	700–750	725	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,958	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,087	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,371	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	396.96/cwt	370.00–425.00	1,520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,018	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,146	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,723	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,995	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Natural	300–350	313	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,393	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,408	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,763	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,141	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	529	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,671	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	350–400	377	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,866	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	450	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,104	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	554	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,166	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,683	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,290	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	664	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,769	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,972	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,179	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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