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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-27

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Oct 27

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

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Receipts

314 head

▼ 161 vs last sale 475▲ 87 vs year ago 227 · +38.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 155, Heifers 117, Bulls 42)

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 $401.50/cwt on 20 head, up $0.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 30 comparable sales and sits −57.11 against this barn's trailing median of $458.61.

Average price

$401.50

▲ 0.19 vs prior sale

20 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,239

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$492

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

$70.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.11

vs VA average

−33.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	578	420.00	2,428	5thin
Medium and Large 1	547	407.27	2,229	11thin
Medium and Large 2	568	375.00	2,130	2thin
Small 1	553	350.00	1,936	2thin

One grade step is worth $70.00/cwt here — about $492 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale20 hd

401.50

—

VA average10 barns · 541 hd

395.39

+6.11

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

−33.65

This barn, trailing median30 sales

458.61

−57.11

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

63 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Small 1	280	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	826	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,173	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,631	2
Steers	400–450	Small 1	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Natural	441	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,896	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,718	2
Steers	450–500	Small 1	463	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,621	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,975	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,252	10
Steers	550–600	Small 1	553	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,936	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,130	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	578	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,428	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,060	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	363.91/cwt	360.00–365.00	2,318	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,338	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	705	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,397	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	328.77/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,390	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,349	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 3	885	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,213	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	893	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,813	46
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	335	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,039	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	361	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,264	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,425	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	318.46/cwt	285.00–350.00	1,347	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	464	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,717	6
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	465	246.91/cwt	220.00–275.00	1,148	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3Value Added	477	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,741	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,822	7
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	550	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,471	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	553	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,963	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,932	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	574	277.37/cwt	240.00–290.00	1,592	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	275.00/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,678	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	623	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,994	19
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	635	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,556	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,022	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	315.39/cwt	310.00–316.00	2,088	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,139	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,998	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	748	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,803	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	803	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,887	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,005	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,462	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	330	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,056	1
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	343	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,115	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	362	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,502	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	410	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,435	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	420	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,407	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,635	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,688	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,768	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	547	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,832	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,057	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	635	305.13/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,938	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,113	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,252	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	720	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,196	1
Bulls	700–750	Small 1	730	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,154	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,341	2
Bulls	800–850	Small 1	820	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,206	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,234	2

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 27, 2026

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

Receipts 314Last week 475Year ago 227

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 155, Heifers 117, Bulls 42)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	350.00	350.00
4	550–600	574	240.00–290.00	277.37
4	700–750	748	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	375.00	375.00
2	400–450	423	285.00–350.00	318.46
7	500–550	544	335.00	335.00
8	600–650	648	312.00	312.00
1	700–750	740	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	477	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	623	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	803	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	553	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	464	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	560	345.00	345.00
2	600–650	610	250.00–300.00	275.00
10	650–700	662	310.00–316.00	315.39
3	700–750	725	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,005	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	310.00	310.00
2	450–500	465	220.00–275.00	246.91
2	550–600	550	267.50	267.50
1	600–650	635	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	320.00	320.00
1	400–450	410	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	547	335.00	335.00
2	650–700	650	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	720	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	362	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	365.00	365.00
2	500–550	520	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	450	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	570	340.00	340.00
1	600–650	605	340.00	340.00
5	650–700	651	346.00	346.00
2	750–800	783	299.00	299.00
2	800–850	843	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	325.00	325.00
1	400–450	420	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	570	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	635	275.00–320.00	305.13
1	700–750	730	295.00	295.00
1	800–850	820	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	335.00	335.00
1	600–650	615	335.00	335.00
1	850–900	885	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
46	850–900	893	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	441	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	568	375.00	375.00
3	650–700	668	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	435.00	435.00
4	450–500	476	415.00	415.00
1	500–550	500	400.00	400.00
10	550–600	552	408.00	408.00
22	600–650	637	360.00–365.00	363.91
8	700–750	727	320.00–330.00	328.77
1	750–800	770	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	705	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	578	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	295.00	295.00
1	400–450	435	305.00	305.00
2	450–500	463	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	553	350.00	350.00

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.