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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-18

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 18

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Feb 11Feb 18Feb 25 →

Receipts

349 head

▲ 288 vs last sale 61▲ 96 vs year ago 253 · +37.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 207, Heifers 134, Bulls 8)

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 $302.97/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −155.28 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$302.97

37 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,696

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$758

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$140.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.30

vs VA average

−38.24 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	330.00	1,841	11thin
Medium and Large 1	563	305.00	1,717	17thin
Medium and Large 2	573	294.00	1,685	5thin
Small 1	522	245.00	1,279	3thin
Medium and Large 4	570	190.00	1,083	1thin

One grade step is worth $140.00/cwt here — about $758 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 sale37 hd

302.97

—

VA average4 barns · 113 hd

300.67

+2.30

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−38.24

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−155.28

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

57 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	295	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	782	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	861	1
Steers	350–400	Small 2	353	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	900	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,029	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	440	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,188	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,590	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	328.24/cwt	250.00–340.00	1,507	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	495	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,188	1
Steers	500–550	Small 1	522	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,279	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	558	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,841	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,717	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 4	570	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,083	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,685	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	606	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,933	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	646	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,061	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,750	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	677	298.07/cwt	266.00–308.00	2,018	30
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,948	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	748	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,027	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,022	13
Steers	750–800	Small 1	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	763	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,060	28
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,989	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	871	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,090	13
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	913	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,146	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	255	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	574	1
Heifers	300–350	Small 2	340	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	799	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,015	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	418	232.49/cwt	230.00–235.00	972	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	430	1
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	456	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,049	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,302	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,391	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	517	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,396	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	521	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,438	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	254.02/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,334	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,497	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	593	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,483	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,506	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	627	262.13/cwt	261.00–263.00	1,644	47
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,518	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	630	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,292	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,619	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	679	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,664	6
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	710	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,101	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,693	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	740	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,776	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,672	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	897	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,938	3
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,040	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,456	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	365	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	894	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,078	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,385	3
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	635	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,334	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,278	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 3	810	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,296	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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