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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-10-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-13

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Oct 13

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Oct 6Oct 13Oct 20 →

Receipts

85 head

▼ 115 vs last sale 200▼ 160 vs year ago 245 · −65.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 36, Bulls 9)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $397.89/cwt on 19 head, up $7.43 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 30 comparable sales and sits −60.71 against this barn's trailing median of $458.61.

Average price

$397.89

▲ 7.43 vs prior sale

19 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,252

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$540

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$85.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.72

vs VA average

−34.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	405.00	2,300	8thin
Medium and Large 2	566	400.00	2,264	10thin
Small 1	550	320.00	1,760	1thin

One grade step is worth $85.00/cwt here — about $540 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale19 hd

397.89

—

VA average8 barns · 236 hd

386.18

+11.72

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

−34.40

This barn, trailing median30 sales

458.61

−60.71

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.93, low $382.08, median $458.61 across 30 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

31 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Small 1	305	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,052	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,872	5
Steers	550–600	Small 1	550	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,760	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,264	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,300	8
Steers	600–650	Small 1	630	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,174	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	362.88/cwt	362.00–370.00	2,388	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,419	2
Steers	700–750	Small 1	705	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,291	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	945	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	460	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,219	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,615	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,710	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,809	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,792	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	318.39/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,015	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,965	2
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	710	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,527	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	725	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,269	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	744	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,120	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,520	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	878	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,997	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,762	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,731	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,455	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,852	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,774	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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Tue Oct 13, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 85Last week 200Year ago 245

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 40, Heifers 36, Bulls 9)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	502	351.00	351.00
1	600–650	600	242.50	242.50
1	850–900	855	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	523	331.00	331.00
1	600–650	630	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	345.00	345.00
7	500–550	532	340.00	340.00
6	600–650	633	310.00–320.00	318.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	710	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	475	360.00	360.00
2	500–550	535	335.00	335.00
2	650–700	655	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	800	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	744	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	850–900	878	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	565	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	645	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	725	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	568	405.00	405.00
9	650–700	658	362.00–370.00	362.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	345.00	345.00
1	400–450	440	320.00	320.00
1	550–600	550	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	630	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	705	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	468	400.00	400.00
10	550–600	566	400.00	400.00
2	650–700	670	361.00	361.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.