Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-06-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 21, Heifers 73, Bulls 15)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $390.44/cwt on 18 head, up $9.36 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 26 comparable sales and sits +8.07 against this barn's trailing median of $382.37.

Average price

$390.44

▲ 9.36 vs prior sale

18 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$477

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

$130.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.64

vs VA average

−30.73 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	515	405.00	2,086	4thin
Medium and Large 1	543	398.91	2,165	11thin
Medium and Large 2	560	372.50	2,086	2thin
Small 1	585	275.00	1,609	1thin

One grade step is worth $130.00/cwt here — about $477 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 sale18 hd

390.44

—

VA average5 barns · 359 hd

384.80

+5.64

National average35 barns · 2,897 hd

421.17

−30.73

This barn, trailing median26 sales

382.37

+8.07

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

36 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	350–400	370	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,573	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,144	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,750	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	521	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,084	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	200–250	242	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,041	3
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	508	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,019	2
Heifers	Small 1	650–700	690	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,215	3
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	585	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,609	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	470	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,951	1
Steers	Small 1	500–550	510	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,066	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	423	369.44/cwt	315.00–430.00	1,563	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	800–850	842	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,105	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	200–250	215	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	530	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,402	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,529	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	718	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,298	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	400.36/cwt	355.00–445.00	1,253	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,086	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	469.80/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,940	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	515	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,086	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	350–400	395	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,945	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	400–450	449	479.00/cwt	479.00–479.00	2,151	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,086	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,311	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,407	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,298	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	490.78/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,640	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,233	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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