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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 18

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Mar 11Mar 18Mar 25 →

Receipts

89 head

▼ 83 vs last sale 172▼ 336 vs year ago 425 · −79.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 60, Bulls 6)

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 $297.38/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −68.16 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$297.38

24 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$705

per head · Medium and Large 2-3 over Medium and Large 3

$116.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.50

vs VA average

−17.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	550	306.00	1,683	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	551	302.67	1,668	12thin
Medium and Large 1	572	300.00	1,716	3thin
Medium and Large 2	540	295.00	1,593	3thin
Medium and Large 3	515	190.00	979	1thin

One grade step is worth $116.00/cwt here — about $705 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 sale24 hd

297.38

—

VA average11 barns · 767 hd

282.88

+14.50

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−17.20

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−68.16

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

31 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	200–250	Small 2	230	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	587	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,551	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	378.31/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,551	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	2
Steers	400–450	Small 1	425	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	914	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,697	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,728	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,068	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,897	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,878	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	821	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,069	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,879	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,038	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	459	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,473	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,509	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	979	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,593	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,683	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	551	302.67/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,668	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,716	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,488	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	646	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,731	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	233.70/cwt	200.00–250.00	1,613	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Natural	714	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,821	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	821	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,946	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,659	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Natural	885	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,929	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,519	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,678	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,645	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.

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

Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Tue Mar 18, 2025

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

Receipts 89Last week 172Year ago 425

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 23, Heifers 60, Bulls 6)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	459	321.00	321.00
3	500–550	540	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	321.00	321.00
3	550–600	572	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	620	240.00	240.00
3	650–700	690	200.00–250.00	233.70
3	700–750	730	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	855	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	646	268.00	268.00
5	800–850	821	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	714	255.00	255.00
3	850–900	885	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	515	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	550	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	551	301.00–305.00	302.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	357.50	357.50
2	650–700	658	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	405.00	405.00
1	400–450	435	390.00	390.00
1	650–700	675	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	410	375.00–380.00	378.31
2	500–550	535	323.00	323.00
3	650–700	665	311.00	311.00
1	700–750	725	259.00	259.00
1	850–900	850	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	821	252.00	252.00

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.