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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-04

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 4

● Final94 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jan 28Feb 4Feb 11 →

Receipts

546 head

▲ 192 vs last sale 354▲ 102 vs year ago 444 · +23.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 303, Heifers 213, Bulls 30)

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 $311.63/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −146.63 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$311.63

40 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,733

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,006

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

$165.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.34

vs VA average

−30.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	325.00	1,830	22
Medium and Large 1-2	549	321.25	1,763	8thin
Medium and Large 2	548	305.00	1,671	7thin
Small 1	558	225.00	1,256	2thin
Medium and Large 3	515	160.00	824	1thin

One grade step is worth $165.00/cwt here — about $1,006 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 sale40 hd

311.63

—

VA average8 barns · 505 hd

308.29

+3.34

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−30.75

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−146.63

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

94 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	150–200	Small 2	195	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	458	1
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2-3	248	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	732	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	894	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,435	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,537	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,701	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,479	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	931	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	495	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,881	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	824	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,671	7
Steers	550–600	Small 1	558	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,256	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	560	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,400	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,830	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	603	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,960	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	605	312.26/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,889	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	613	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	965	2
Steers	600–650	Small 1	633	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,329	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	285.96/cwt	285.00–286.00	1,893	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	665	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,042	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	665	296.40/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,971	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	668	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,957	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	670	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,956	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	709	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,900	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	726	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,989	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	736	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,914	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	264.27/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,990	14
Steers	750–800	Small 1	760	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,729	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	776	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,909	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	789	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,020	22
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	790	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,857	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Natural	802	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,021	19
Steers	800–850	Large 1-2	845	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,690	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	864	243.02/cwt	241.00–245.00	2,100	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	915	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,922	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	922	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,167	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,880	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	954	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,908	5
Steers	1250–1300	Medium and Large 1	1,290	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,064	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Small 2	295	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	369	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	952	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,092	1
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	410	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	677	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	259.96/cwt	175.00–280.00	1,089	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	276.63/cwt	270.00–280.00	1,176	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	443	222.08/cwt	190.00–235.00	984	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	448	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	874	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,338	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	490	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	919	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	277.04/cwt	265.00–280.00	1,360	5
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	500	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	925	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	234.75/cwt	200.00–255.00	1,261	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	537	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,141	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	258.79/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,400	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	544	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,480	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,503	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	578	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,040	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	594	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,752	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,125	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	615	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	738	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 2	615	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	677	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	630	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,613	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,484	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,638	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,599	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	663	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,658	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	672	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,344	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	684	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,642	4
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	690	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,380	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	713	220.38/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,571	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	746	223.18/cwt	208.00–225.00	1,665	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,706	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	761	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,674	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	762	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,676	6
Heifers	750–800	Small 1	763	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,526	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,610	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	846	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,565	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,624	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	930	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,604	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	764	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	863	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,524	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,238	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	281.34/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,500	7
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	597	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,439	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,524	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	226.32/cwt	180.00–242.00	1,489	4
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	665	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,131	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,755	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,828	2
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,048	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,546	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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