Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 39, Heifers 42, Bulls 32)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $394.61/cwt on 12 head, down $14.30 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 28 comparable sales and sits −68.35 against this barn's trailing median of $462.96.

Average price

$394.61

▼ 14.30 vs prior sale

12 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,176

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$544

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

$119.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.98

vs VA average

−7.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	440.00	2,385	3thin
Medium and Large 2	541	404.00	2,185	5thin
Small 1	568	377.50	2,144	2thin
Medium and Large 3	575	320.17	1,841	2thin

One grade step is worth $119.83/cwt here — about $544 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

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.18, low $382.08, median $462.96 across 28 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 sale12 hd

394.61

—

VA average8 barns · 161 hd

407.59

−12.98

National average153 barns · 6,255 hd

401.83

−7.22

This barn, trailing median28 sales

462.96

−68.35

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

38 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	475	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,876	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,006	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	320.17/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,841	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,003	1
Steers	Small 1	250–300	275	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	921	1
Bulls	Small 1	600–650	630	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,890	2
Bulls	Small 1	500–550	525	294.84/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,548	3
Bulls	Small 1	450–500	453	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,518	5
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	520	303.70/cwt	302.50–305.00	1,579	2
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	608	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,098	3
Steers	Small 1	550–600	568	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,144	2
Steers	Small 1	650–700	655	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	362	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,231	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,796	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	322.99/cwt	300.00–380.00	1,495	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,324	5
Bulls	Small 1	300–350	340	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,156	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,034	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,204	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	676	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,298	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	1050–1100	1,055	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,978	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,385	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,516	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	775	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,798	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,100	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	448	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1250–1300	1,255	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,824	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	328.74/cwt	255.00–365.00	1,995	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	444.70/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,077	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,142	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	395.93/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,845	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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