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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-01-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-28

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jan 28

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jan 14Jan 28Feb 4 →

Receipts

354 head

▼ 421 vs last sale 775▲ 237 vs year ago 117 · +202.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 212, Heifers 115, Bulls 27)

Value Added are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Weaned, some 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 $324.07/cwt on 57 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −134.18 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$324.07

57 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,815

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$401

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

$66.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.60

vs VA average

−24.59 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	331.62	1,832	29
Medium and Large 1-2	577	322.20	1,859	16thin
Medium and Large 2	564	313.53	1,768	7thin
Small 1	545	310.00	1,690	4thin
Medium and Large 3	540	265.00	1,431	1thin

One grade step is worth $66.62/cwt here — about $401 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 sale57 hd

324.07

—

VA average5 barns · 283 hd

314.47

+9.60

National average177 barns · 23,098 hd

348.66

−24.59

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−134.18

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

61 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Small 2	220	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	275	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,300	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	422	276.28/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,166	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,540	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,714	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,431	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	543	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,846	9
Steers	500–550	Small 1	545	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,690	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	549	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,867	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	317.90/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,790	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	313.53/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,768	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	577	322.20/cwt	316.00–332.50	1,859	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,200	1
Steers	600–650	Small 1	645	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,645	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	656	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,916	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	282.33/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,858	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	719	272.30/cwt	271.00–273.00	1,958	45
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,900	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	785	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,963	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	785	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,923	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	808	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,891	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	812	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,062	21
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,967	5
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	214.41/cwt	212.00–215.00	2,080	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	315	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	748	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	361	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,029	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	870	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,073	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	415	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	913	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,196	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	220.80/cwt	217.50–222.50	1,027	3
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	475	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	998	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	281.57/cwt	274.00–285.00	1,363	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,339	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,142	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	963	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,458	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	542	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,518	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	269.50/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,507	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	274.14/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,560	12
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	590	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,136	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	624	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,566	4
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	645	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,161	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	245.79/cwt	244.00–246.00	1,588	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,219	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	661	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,646	5
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	695	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,234	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	713	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,640	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,565	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,624	2
Heifers	900–950	Small 1	910	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,547	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,203	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,265	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,678	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	294.99/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,634	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,539	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,603	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,757	3
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 3	875	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,116	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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