Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-09-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 155, Heifers 69, Bulls 9)

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 $400.85/cwt on 23 head, up $7.99 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 27 comparable sales and sits −63.29 against this barn's trailing median of $464.14.

Average price

$400.85

▲ 7.99 vs prior sale

23 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,213

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$729

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

$104.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.11

vs VA average

−5.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	409.70	2,270	18thin
Medium and Large 2	555	385.00	2,137	4thin
Medium and Large 3	505	305.00	1,540	1thin

One grade step is worth $104.70/cwt here — about $729 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 $382.08, 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 sale23 hd

400.85

—

VA average7 barns · 219 hd

390.74

+10.11

National average166 barns · 11,684 hd

406.11

−5.26

This barn, trailing median27 sales

464.14

−63.29

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	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	250	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	950	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	289.34/cwt	200.00–375.00	1,374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	612	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,038	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,992	8
Heifers	Small 1	600–650	605	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,452	2
Heifers	Small 1	500–550	520	327.48/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,703	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	662	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,463	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,032	5
Bulls	Small 1	350–400	350	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,173	1
Heifers	Small 1	450–500	495	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,510	1
Bulls	Small 1	650–700	695	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,807	1
Heifers	Small 1	550–600	570	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,540	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,184	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	749	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,172	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	451	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,714	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,659	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	627	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,195	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	844	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,574	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	409.70/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,270	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,137	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	652	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,315	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,859	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,537	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	700–750	734	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,496	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	250–300	295	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	974	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,251	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450–500	473	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,299	51
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	355	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,083	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,540	1

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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