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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-06-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-09

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jun 9

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jun 2Jun 9Jun 16 →

Receipts

196 head

▼ 1,182 vs last sale 1,378▼ 251 vs year ago 447 · −56.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 113, Bulls 9)

Value Added and some Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.29/cwt on 43 head, down $13.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 30 comparable sales and sits +10.83 against this barn's trailing median of $365.46.

Average price

$376.29

▼ 13.48 vs prior sale

43 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$276

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

$31.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.90

vs VA average

−24.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	554	391.00	2,166	8thin
Medium and Large 1	568	374.62	2,128	26
Medium and Large 2	561	369.06	2,070	8thin
Small 1	525	360.00	1,890	1thin

One grade step is worth $31.00/cwt here — about $276 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 sale43 hd

376.29

—

VA average7 barns · 412 hd

370.39

+5.90

National average163 barns · 8,321 hd

400.52

−24.23

This barn, trailing median30 sales

365.46

+10.83

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $417.58, low $319.58, median $365.46 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

41 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,386	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,882	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	473	369.74/cwt	320.00–420.00	1,749	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,371	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,146	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,179	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	529	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,671	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,408	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,683	13
Steers	550–600	Small 1	563	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,210	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,018	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	613	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,673	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,763	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,704	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	664	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	2,769	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,723	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	259	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,230	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,318	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Natural	313	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,393	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	377	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,866	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	396.96/cwt	370.00–425.00	1,520	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,073	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,694	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	450	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,104	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,995	6
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	465	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,628	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,108	8
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	525	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,890	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,972	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,958	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	554	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,166	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,087	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,141	24
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,290	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	725	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,958	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,466	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,762	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	421.71/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,813	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,904	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,289	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	302.84/cwt	280.00–326.00	2,211	2

This sale against other markets

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 Jun 9, 2026

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

Receipts 196Last week 1,378Year ago 447

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 113, Bulls 9)

Value Added and some 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
1	300–350	345	425.00	425.00
3	400–450	430	420.00–425.00	421.71
1	500–550	545	420.00	420.00
2	700–750	730	280.00–326.00	302.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	613	436.00	436.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	563	392.50	392.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	320.00–420.00	369.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	479	495.00	495.00
1	500–550	525	415.00	415.00
13	550–600	559	480.00	480.00
10	600–650	641	431.00	431.00
1	650–700	650	416.00	416.00
6	700–750	736	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	440.00	440.00
2	400–450	423	445.00	445.00
2	500–550	535	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	585	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	511	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	529	505.00	505.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	664	417.00	417.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	479	440.00	440.00
2	500–550	533	370.00	370.00
24	550–600	571	375.00	375.00
20	650–700	660	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	275.00	275.00
2	400–450	440	385.00	385.00
1	700–750	725	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	425.00	425.00
2	350–400	383	370.00–425.00	396.96
6	450–500	464	430.00	430.00
1	500–550	540	362.50	362.50
7	550–600	564	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	525	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	259	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	377	495.00	495.00
6	450–500	450	467.50	467.50
8	550–600	554	391.00	391.00

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.