Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 81, Heifers 65, Bulls 8)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $439.18/cwt on 43 head, down $17.33 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 27 comparable sales and sits −24.96 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$439.18

▼ 17.33 vs prior sale

43 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,034

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

$148.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.00

vs VA average

+20.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	448.21	2,534	31
Medium and Large 1-2	594	435.00	2,584	7thin
Medium and Large 2	597	425.00	2,537	3thin
Small 1	580	370.00	2,146	1thin
Medium and Large 3	500	300.00	1,500	1thin

One grade step is worth $148.21/cwt here — about $1,034 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 sale43 hd

439.18

—

VA average9 barns · 282 hd

426.18

+13.00

National average142 barns · 5,313 hd

419.04

+20.14

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−24.96

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

37 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	450–500	485	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,134	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	704	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,288	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	550–600	594	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,614	11
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Steers	Small 1	650–700	665	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	378	375.02/cwt	350.00–430.00	1,418	3
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	1
Steers	Small 1	250–300	265	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,073	1
Heifers	Small 1	400–450	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	450	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,553	1
Steers	Small 1	550–600	580	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,146	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,904	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,785	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	273	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,215	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	369.82/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,020	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,666	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	597	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,537	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	456	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,052	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	459.83/cwt	410.00–470.00	2,157	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,104	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	616	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,094	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,931	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,584	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	496	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,724	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	453.21/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,515	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	518	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,331	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	624	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,571	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,586	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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