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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-25

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 25

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Feb 18Feb 25Mar 4 →

Receipts

182 head

▼ 167 vs last sale 349▼ 27 vs year ago 209 · −12.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 91, Bulls 25)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $280.40/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −85.14 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$280.40

45 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,540

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$23

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

$15.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.65

vs VA average

−26.61 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	543	284.55	1,545	33
Medium and Large 1	566	269.00	1,523	12thin

One grade step is worth $15.55/cwt here — about $23 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale45 hd

280.40

—

VA average7 barns · 382 hd

271.75

+8.65

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−26.61

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−85.14

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $417.58, low $319.91, median $365.54 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

34 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,338	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	473	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,708	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,656	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,740	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,820	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	646	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,970	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,900	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	668	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,844	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,801	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,016	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 4	320	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	704	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	941	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	376	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,053	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,264	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,362	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,337	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	534	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,495	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	546	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,562	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,523	12
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	645	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	968	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,639	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,712	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	706	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,341	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,643	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	349	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,173	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,120	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,356	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,578	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,367	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,592	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,713	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,748	3

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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 182Last week 349Year ago 209

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 66, Heifers 91, Bulls 25)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	320.00	320.00
3	450–500	452	300.00	300.00
4	500–550	546	289.00	289.00
3	600–650	647	246.00	246.00
4	700–750	748	229.00	229.00
3	850–900	857	204.00	204.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	630	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	349	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	361.00	361.00
2	550–600	555	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	352.00	352.00
5	450–500	473	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	535	320.00	320.00
18	550–600	555	328.00	328.00
15	650–700	655	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	735	245.00	245.00
3	800–850	833	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	668	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	646	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	554	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	433	292.00	292.00
6	450–500	468	291.00	291.00
12	550–600	566	269.00	269.00
10	650–700	666	257.00	257.00
1	700–750	730	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	285.00	285.00
4	450–500	469	285.00	285.00
3	650–700	653	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	706	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	534	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	546	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	376	280.00	280.00

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.