Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2026-08-04

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 4
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
124 head
53 vs last sale 177 146 vs year ago 270 · 54.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 57, Heifers 52, Bulls 15)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $435.00/cwt on 1 head, up $26.09 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 27 comparable sales and sits 29.14 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.
Average price
$435.00
26.09 vs prior sale
1 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,480
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+20.86
vs VA average
+20.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570435.002,4801thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
517472426381median 464.1412/1603/0304/2106/1608/11
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 sale1 hd
435.00
VA average6 barns · 126 hd
414.14
+20.86
National average157 barns · 6,223 hd
414.24
+20.76
This barn, trailing median27 sales
464.14
−29.14
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

35 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350330470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,5511
BullsMedium and Large 1750–800750270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0251
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500475380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8052
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500480420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0162
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550544360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,9585
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added700–750742335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,4863
HeifersMedium and Large 3300–350305350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,0681
SteersMedium and Large 3600–650645322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,0771
HeifersMedium and Large 3450–500483350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6912
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600555350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9431
BullsSmall 1450–500490250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2251
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,6311
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added600–650605340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,0573
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700695350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,4331
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added750–800755345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,6056
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450448440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9714
BullsMedium and Large 3450–500470325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5281
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400385440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6941
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600560310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7361
HeifersMedium and Large 2Natural400–450411446.00/cwt446.00–446.001,83326
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650648325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,1062
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350340420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,4281
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500460400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,8401
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450405430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7421
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600570435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,4801
BullsMedium and Large 1-2650–700653300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9594
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800767310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3783
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added850–900867333.00/cwt333.00–333.002,88731
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900876320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,8034
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650635305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9371
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800755325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,4541
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750725280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,0301
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,005240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,4121
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700653400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,6122
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500495455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2521

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.