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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-23

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jun 23

● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jun 16Jun 23Jun 30 →

Receipts

289 head

▼ 125 vs last sale 414▲ 64 vs year ago 225 · +28.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 167, Heifers 99, Bulls 23)

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 $492.93/cwt on 59 head, up $10.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 30 of 30 comparable sales and sits +35.55 against this barn's trailing median of $457.38.

Average price

$492.93

▲ 10.14 vs prior sale

59 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,659

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$40.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.99

vs VA average

+24.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	530	505.00	2,677	25
Medium and Large 1	546	485.90	2,653	31
Medium and Large 2	550	465.00	2,558	3thin

One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale59 hd

492.93

—

VA average8 barns · 543 hd

463.94

+28.99

National average150 barns · 8,917 hd

468.46

+24.47

This barn, trailing median30 sales

457.38

+35.55

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

46 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,640	2
Steers	350–400	Small 1Natural	382	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,566	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,940	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	451	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,759	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	452	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,226	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,414	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	508.00/cwt	508.00–508.00	2,581	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	530	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,677	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,558	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	480.59/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,667	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,030	1
Steers	600–650	Small 1	625	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,375	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,759	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,677	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	2,840	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	741	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,764	27
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	335.08/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,607	2
Steers	750–800	Small 1	790	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,607	1
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,135	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,894	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	305	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,159	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	348	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,601	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,638	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,181	13
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	555	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,012	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,129	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,130	29
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,211	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,162	5
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	640	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,112	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,174	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,100	1
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	735	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,095	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	315.04/cwt	300.00–319.00	2,391	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,845	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Natural	838	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,615	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,700	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	402.21/cwt	305.00–450.00	1,910	3
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	488	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,830	2
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	520	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,898	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,365	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,925	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,249	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,167	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,368	1
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	660	352.41/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,326	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,000	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.

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

Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Tue Jun 23, 2026

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

Receipts 289Last week 414Year ago 225

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 167, Heifers 99, Bulls 23)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	500.00	500.00
6	450–500	478	505.00	505.00
6	500–550	508	508.00	508.00
25	550–600	555	480.00–495.00	480.59
15	600–650	627	440.00	440.00
10	650–700	659	431.00	431.00
2	750–800	778	330.00–340.00	335.08
1	1100–1150	1,135	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	451	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	380.00	380.00
1	750–800	790	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	382	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	500.00	500.00
5	450–500	452	492.50	492.50
3	550–600	550	465.00	465.00
3	600–650	645	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	530	505.00	505.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	700–750	741	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	305.00–450.00	402.21
3	550–600	550	430.00	430.00
1	800–850	800	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	375.00	375.00
2	500–550	520	365.00	365.00
2	650–700	660	340.00–365.00	352.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	425.00	425.00
3	550–600	573	392.50	392.50
1	600–650	640	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	628	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	488	447.00	447.00
29	550–600	559	381.00	381.00
16	600–650	630	351.00	351.00
1	650–700	690	315.00	315.00
1	700–750	700	300.00	300.00
5	750–800	759	300.00–319.00	315.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	380.00	380.00
1	550–600	555	362.50	362.50
2	600–650	640	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	735	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	348	460.00	460.00
11	550–600	556	383.00	383.00
5	600–650	634	341.00	341.00
1	800–850	820	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	838	312.00	312.00

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.