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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-11

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 11

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Feb 4Feb 11Feb 18 →

Receipts

61 head

▼ 485 vs last sale 546▼ 37 vs year ago 98 · −37.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 22, Bulls 2)

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 $313.42/cwt on 19 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −144.83 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$313.42

19 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$621

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$95.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.90

vs VA average

−25.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	320.59	1,836	17thin
Medium and Large 2	510	280.00	1,428	1thin
Small 1	540	225.00	1,215	1thin

One grade step is worth $95.59/cwt here — about $621 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 sale19 hd

313.42

—

VA average7 barns · 241 hd

302.52

+10.90

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−25.25

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−144.83

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

28 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Small 2	275	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	536	1
Steers	300–350	Small 2	320	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	560	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	446	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,650	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	290.95/cwt	235.00–352.50	1,376	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,776	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	493	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,233	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,428	1
Steers	500–550	Small 1	540	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,215	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,714	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	581	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,888	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	665	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,729	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,825	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,938	2
Steers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1	1,235	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,192	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	748	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 4	370	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	777	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	393	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	914	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,260	1
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	458	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,088	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,326	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,482	2
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	585	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,287	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,577	5
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	710	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,402	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,757	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,406	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,590	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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Tue Feb 11, 2025

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

Receipts 61Last week 546Year ago 98

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 37, Heifers 22, Bulls 2)

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
1	450–500	480	370.00	370.00
5	550–600	553	310.00	310.00
2	750–800	783	247.50	247.50
1	1200–1250	1,235	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	473	235.00–352.50	290.95
1	500–550	510	280.00	280.00
1	700–750	745	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	195.00	195.00
1	300–350	320	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	446	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	581	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	540	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	665	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	312.50	312.50
1	600–650	600	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	568	261.00	261.00
5	650–700	657	240.00	240.00
4	750–800	764	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	520	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	232.50	232.50
2	450–500	458	237.50	237.50
1	550–600	585	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	710	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	200.00	200.00

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.