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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-06-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-16

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jun 16

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jun 9Jun 16Jun 23 →

Receipts

414 head

▲ 218 vs last sale 196▲ 223 vs year ago 191 · +116.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 209, Heifers 147, Bulls 58)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

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 $482.79/cwt on 70 head, up $23.82 from the prior sale. That ranks 26 of 30 comparable sales and sits +25.41 against this barn's trailing median of $457.38.

Average price

$482.79

▲ 23.82 vs prior sale

70 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,701

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,000

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$199.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+27.76

vs VA average

+23.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	494.21	2,741	57
Medium and Large 1-2	588	460.00	2,705	6thin
Medium and Large 2	570	455.00	2,594	5thin
Small 1	590	295.00	1,741	2thin

One grade step is worth $199.21/cwt here — about $1,000 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 sale70 hd

482.79

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VA average8 barns · 454 hd

455.03

+27.76

National average161 barns · 9,107 hd

459.05

+23.74

This barn, trailing median30 sales

457.38

+25.41

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 $375.11, median $457.38 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

55 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	380	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,634	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,720	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,043	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,404	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,166	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	480	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,400	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,385	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,747	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,594	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	588	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,705	6
Steers	550–600	Small 1	590	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,741	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	610	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,715	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,511	1
Steers	600–650	Small 1	635	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,350	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	648	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,786	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,754	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,419	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,615	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	824	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,727	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	840	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,436	2
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,090	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,671	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	330	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,370	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,378	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	363	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,561	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,702	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	442	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,879	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,927	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,994	16
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	495	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,856	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,908	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,070	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,042	7
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	552	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,766	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	556	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,890	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	598	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,093	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,136	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	656	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,139	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,274	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,298	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,349	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,488	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,551	3
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	395	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,481	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,116	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,504	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,829	7
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	480	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,800	2
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	525	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,811	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,192	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	567	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,786	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,188	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	700	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,750	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	754	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,352	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3	765	210.10/cwt	205.00–215.00	1,607	2
Bulls	800–850	Small 1	835	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,587	1

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.

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