Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 70, Heifers 28, Bulls 7)

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 $436.73/cwt on 55 head, up $54.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 28 comparable sales and sits −26.24 against this barn's trailing median of $462.96.

Average price

$436.73

▲ 54.64 vs prior sale

55 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,341

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+54.28

vs VA average

+65.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	440.00	2,354	52
Medium and Large 1	553	380.00	2,101	3thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $253 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 sale55 hd

436.73

—

VA average5 barns · 207 hd

382.44

+54.28

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

+65.34

This barn, trailing median28 sales

462.96

−26.24

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

23 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	250–300	285	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	725	1
Steers	Small 1	400–450	405	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,101	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	365	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	385	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,059	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	500–550	535	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,354	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	759	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,095	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,729	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,163	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	750	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,487	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,030	1
Steers	Small 1	450–500	485	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,916	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,898	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,455	3

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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