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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-14

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jan 14

● Final85 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Dec 17Jan 14Jan 28 →

Receipts

775 head

▲ 591 vs last sale 184▲ 653 vs year ago 122 · +535.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 455, Heifers 303, Bulls 17)

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 $337.76/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −120.49 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$337.76

154 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,864

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

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

$61.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.44

vs VA average

−4.69 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	552	346.41	1,911	118
Medium and Large 1	562	329.30	1,851	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	525	327.50	1,719	5thin
Medium and Large 3	536	292.50	1,568	4thin
Medium and Large 2	560	291.75	1,634	9thin
Small 1	558	285.00	1,590	5thin

One grade step is worth $61.41/cwt here — about $321 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 sale154 hd

337.76

—

VA average6 barns · 255 hd

325.32

+12.44

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

−4.69

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−120.49

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

85 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Small 2	285	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	499	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,200	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	418	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,672	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	431	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,045	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,682	5
Steers	450–500	Small 1	460	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	805	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,668	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	470	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,739	7
Steers	450–500	Small 1Natural	488	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,574	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	491	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,743	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	511	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,778	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	525	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,719	5
Steers	500–550	Small 1	525	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,444	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	534	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,842	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	536	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,568	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	556	348.91/cwt	340.00–349.50	1,940	66
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	291.75/cwt	190.00–321.00	1,634	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	329.30/cwt	321.00–330.00	1,851	13
Steers	550–600	Small 1	566	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,627	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,935	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	611	315.37/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,927	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	617	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,944	14
Steers	600–650	Small 1	628	243.05/cwt	215.00–270.00	1,526	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	628	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,507	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	262.52/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,651	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	630	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,972	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	651	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,790	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,858	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	662	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,953	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	663	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,956	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	680	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,700	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	705	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,868	23
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	708	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,926	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	712	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,780	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	728	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,725	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,229	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	751	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,900	35
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,720	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,731	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	826	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,048	26
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,020	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	868	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,693	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Small 2	220	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	495	1
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	335	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	754	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	913	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,146	4
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	400	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	820	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	421	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,234	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	295.67/cwt	275.00–299.00	1,248	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,304	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	451	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,394	15
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	452	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,085	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,330	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	283.13/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,359	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	485	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,445	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	489	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,487	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	212.84/cwt	190.00–260.00	1,126	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,477	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,512	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	278.32/cwt	251.00–280.00	1,567	34
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	588	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,323	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	608	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,629	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	610	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,037	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	214.68/cwt	185.00–230.00	1,335	3
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	642	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,268	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,170	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	254.58/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,662	41
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,535	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,215	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	685	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,713	14
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	700	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,260	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,458	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	722	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,668	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	751	233.39/cwt	228.00–237.00	1,753	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,576	3
Heifers	750–800	Small 1	790	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,383	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	853	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,706	2
Heifers	900–950	Small 1	920	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,656	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,085	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,790	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,148	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,618	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,224	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,624	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,426	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	676	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,649	4

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 Jan 14, 2025

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

Receipts 775Last week 184Year ago 122

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 455, Heifers 303, Bulls 17)

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
5	450–500	457	368.00	368.00
13	550–600	562	321.00–330.00	329.30
10	650–700	652	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	745	165.00	165.00
1	800–850	805	215.00	215.00
15	850–900	856	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	175.00	175.00
1	500–550	525	275.00	275.00
4	550–600	566	287.50	287.50
2	600–650	628	215.00–270.00	243.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	569	340.00	340.00
32	650–700	662	295.00	295.00
35	750–800	751	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	320.00	320.00
5	450–500	462	361.00	361.00
9	550–600	560	190.00–321.00	291.75
4	600–650	629	250.00–275.00	262.52
10	650–700	651	275.00	275.00
3	700–750	728	237.00	237.00
1	800–850	800	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	431	242.50	242.50
4	500–550	536	292.50	292.50
2	600–650	628	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	680	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	418	400.00	400.00
7	450–500	470	370.00	370.00
11	500–550	511	348.00	348.00
66	550–600	556	340.00–349.50	348.91
21	600–650	630	313.00	313.00
23	700–750	705	265.00	265.00
26	800–850	826	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	611	310.00–325.00	315.37
4	700–750	708	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	534	345.00	345.00
12	650–700	663	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	868	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	488	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	491	355.00	355.00
14	600–650	617	315.00	315.00
3	700–750	712	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	525	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	469	345.00	345.00
3	500–550	543	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	676	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	620	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	225.00	225.00
1	400–450	400	205.00	205.00
3	450–500	452	240.00	240.00
2	550–600	588	225.00	225.00
3	600–650	642	197.50	197.50
1	700–750	700	180.00	180.00
1	750–800	790	175.00	175.00
1	900–950	920	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	429	304.00	304.00
7	450–500	480	271.00–285.00	283.13
4	500–550	529	190.00–260.00	212.84
14	550–600	560	270.00	270.00
3	600–650	622	185.00–230.00	214.68
2	650–700	653	235.00	235.00
3	750–800	765	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	421	293.00	293.00
15	450–500	451	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	485	298.00	298.00
24	600–650	608	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	297.00	297.00
34	550–600	563	251.00–280.00	278.32
41	650–700	653	246.00–259.00	254.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	422	275.00–299.00	295.67
4	450–500	475	280.00	280.00
11	550–600	553	267.00	267.00
1	650–700	675	180.00	180.00
1	700–750	720	202.50	202.50
2	850–900	853	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	650	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	685	250.00	250.00
15	700–750	722	231.00	231.00
25	750–800	751	228.00–237.00	233.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	610	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	489	304.00	304.00
3	1050–1100	1,085	165.00	165.00

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.