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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-14

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jul 14

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jun 30Jul 14Jul 21 →

Receipts

649 head

▲ 540 vs last sale 109▲ 245 vs year ago 404 · +60.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 313, Heifers 300, Bulls 36)

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 $456.51/cwt on 76 head, down $28.46 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 14 of 29 comparable sales and sits −1.74 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$456.51

▼ 28.46 vs prior sale

76 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$833

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$162.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.46

vs VA average

+17.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	534	480.00	2,563	7thin
Medium and Large 2	564	464.58	2,620	23
Medium and Large 1	559	460.34	2,575	42
Small 1	535	340.00	1,819	2thin
Medium and Large 3	545	317.50	1,730	2thin

One grade step is worth $162.50/cwt here — about $833 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 sale76 hd

456.51

—

VA average7 barns · 434 hd

447.05

+9.46

National average158 barns · 7,617 hd

439.15

+17.36

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−1.74

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

29 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $492.93, low $382.08, median $458.25 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

81 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Small 1	290	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,088	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,088	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,663	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	357	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,910	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,865	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,009	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	393	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,044	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,414	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,195	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Natural	476	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,190	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,208	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	510	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,836	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	534	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,563	7
Steers	500–550	Small 1	535	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,819	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,792	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	463.40/cwt	320.00–476.00	2,595	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	561	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,693	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	447.76/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,539	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,595	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	612	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,601	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,552	1
Steers	600–650	Small 1	632	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,307	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	634	418.60/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,654	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	652	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,738	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,768	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	660	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,607	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,958	1
Steers	700–750	Small 1	710	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,379	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	714	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,749	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	337.04/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,457	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,242	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	773	350.99/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,713	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,723	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	827	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,543	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	861	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,863	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	880	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,420	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 3Value Added	945	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,363	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Small 1	230	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	690	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,033	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,403	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,462	7
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	360	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,404	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Natural	381	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,695	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,589	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	401	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,704	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,575	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,782	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	453	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,789	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,870	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Natural	465	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,051	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	468	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,118	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,946	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,692	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Natural	523	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,079	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,890	10
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	553	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,728	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,050	40
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,887	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	593	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,016	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,980	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	617	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,178	26
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,211	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,214	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	670	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,642	1
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	671	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,543	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	697	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,300	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	326.14/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,361	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	778	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,334	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,465	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	404.96/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,506	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,596	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,254	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	445	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,691	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,763	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	320.05/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,536	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,404	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,248	8
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	605	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,027	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,560	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	735	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,352	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,907	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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