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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-04

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 4

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Feb 25Mar 4Mar 11 →

Receipts

398 head

▲ 216 vs last sale 182▼ 86 vs year ago 484 · −17.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 176, Heifers 179, Bulls 43)

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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $252.92/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −112.62 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$252.92

44 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,411

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$500

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

$80.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.53

vs VA average

−52.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	270.00	1,528	8thin
Medium and Large 1	558	260.00	1,450	21
Medium and Large 2	562	252.87	1,422	10thin
Large 1-2	520	220.00	1,144	1thin
Small 1	541	190.00	1,028	4thin

One grade step is worth $80.00/cwt here — about $500 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 sale44 hd

252.92

—

VA average8 barns · 739 hd

266.45

−13.53

National average185 barns · 16,988 hd

305.02

−52.10

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−112.62

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

79 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Small 2	325	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	536	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	949	1
Steers	350–400	Small 1	365	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	931	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,058	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,392	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 4	445	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,246	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,599	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,729	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,696	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	556	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,807	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	624	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,753	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	629	250.61/cwt	237.50–255.00	1,576	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	640	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,920	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,878	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	668	288.04/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,924	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,809	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	675	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,856	5
Steers	650–700	Small 1	675	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,485	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,668	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	731	267.17/cwt	267.00–268.00	1,953	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	734	269.63/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,979	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 4	740	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,702	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,852	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	840	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,041	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 3	890	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,469	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	931	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,992	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	955	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,815	24
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 2	1,130	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,514	1
Steers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1	1,205	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,898	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	888	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	350	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	858	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	944	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,013	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,114	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 4	425	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	712	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,174	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,000	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,304	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,337	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,275	1
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	520	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,144	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	541	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,028	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,165	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	264.06/cwt	264.00–265.00	1,468	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	566	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,528	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	253.19/cwt	185.00–262.00	1,438	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	572	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,544	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,464	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,558	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	653	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,600	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	246.96/cwt	240.00–248.00	1,620	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	672	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,646	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	677	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,659	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	721	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,687	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,598	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,658	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	769	235.69/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,812	23
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	822	220.50/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,813	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	880	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,593	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	975	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,154	1
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	360	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	918	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	924	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	443	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	864	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,347	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,128	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,238	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,574	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,417	3
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	555	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	971	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	819	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,580	6
Bulls	700–750	Small 1	720	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,591	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,630	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,681	1
Bulls	800–850	Small 1	825	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,073	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,600	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	965	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,496	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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