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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-07-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-21

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jul 21

● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jul 14Jul 21Jul 28 →

Receipts

154 head

▼ 495 vs last sale 649▼ 101 vs year ago 255 · −39.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 81, Heifers 65, Bulls 8)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are 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 $439.18/cwt on 43 head, down $17.33 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 29 comparable sales and sits −19.07 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$439.18

▼ 17.33 vs prior sale

43 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,508

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,034

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

$148.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.00

vs VA average

+20.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	448.21	2,534	31
Medium and Large 1-2	594	435.00	2,584	7thin
Medium and Large 2	597	425.00	2,537	3thin
Small 1	580	370.00	2,146	1thin
Medium and Large 3	500	300.00	1,500	1thin

One grade step is worth $148.21/cwt here — about $1,034 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 sale43 hd

439.18

—

VA average9 barns · 282 hd

426.18

+13.00

National average142 barns · 5,313 hd

419.04

+20.14

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−19.07

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

37 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Small 1	265	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,073	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,571	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	378	375.02/cwt	350.00–430.00	1,418	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,052	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	459.83/cwt	410.00–470.00	2,157	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	518	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,331	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	453.21/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,515	17
Steers	550–600	Small 1	580	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,146	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	594	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,614	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	594	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,584	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	597	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,537	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	624	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,621	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,451	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,751	4
Steers	650–700	Small 1	665	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,586	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,425	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	400	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,320	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	369.82/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,553	2
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	450	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,553	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,666	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,739	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	496	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,724	10
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,785	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,879	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	594	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,020	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,904	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	616	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,094	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	633	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,931	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	704	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,288	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	273	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,215	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,134	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,450	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,104	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.

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