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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-25

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 25

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Mar 18Mar 25Apr 1 →

Receipts

221 head

▲ 132 vs last sale 89▼ 31 vs year ago 252 · −12.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 114, Bulls 12)

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 $277.56/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −87.98 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$277.56

36 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,547

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$541

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

$76.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.40

vs VA average

−44.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	291.83	1,627	24
Medium and Large 2	545	273.29	1,490	7thin
Medium and Large 3	590	215.00	1,269	4thin
Medium and Large 4	505	215.00	1,086	1thin

One grade step is worth $76.83/cwt here — about $541 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 sale36 hd

277.56

—

VA average7 barns · 405 hd

286.95

−9.40

National average178 barns · 15,613 hd

321.74

−44.18

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−87.98

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

47 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,346	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	788	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,212	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	405	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	587	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,415	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	444	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,510	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,631	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	513	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,785	4
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	515	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,185	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,670	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	346.03/cwt	295.00–355.00	1,879	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Natural	622	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,978	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,933	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	657	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,945	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	730	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,088	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	271.81/cwt	261.00–274.00	2,060	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,958	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	793	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,141	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,045	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	945	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,890	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	242	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	787	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,209	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	990	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,474	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	305.08/cwt	265.00–314.00	1,446	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 4	505	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,086	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,510	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	513	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,585	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,573	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,636	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	590	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,269	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	922	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	612	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,720	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,581	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,743	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Natural	690	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,704	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	742	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,833	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,688	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2-3	816	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,640	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,523	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	310	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	853	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,219	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,509	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,283	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,562	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,608	4

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 25, 2025

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

Receipts 221Last week 89Year ago 252

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 95, Heifers 114, Bulls 12)

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	375	325.00	325.00
3	400–450	425	355.00	355.00
1	550–600	565	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	620	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	643	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	327.50	327.50
1	400–450	410	345.00	345.00
13	450–500	466	350.00	350.00
28	500–550	543	295.00–355.00	346.03
9	600–650	640	302.00	302.00
6	750–800	758	261.00–274.00	271.81
2	850–900	870	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	348.00	348.00
6	700–750	730	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	390.00	390.00
1	350–400	350	225.00	225.00
5	400–450	444	340.00	340.00
3	500–550	525	318.00	318.00
3	650–700	657	296.00	296.00
1	750–800	780	251.00	251.00
1	900–950	945	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	793	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	622	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	690	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	742	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	242	325.00	325.00
2	350–400	385	314.00	314.00
11	450–500	474	265.00–314.00	305.08
1	500–550	510	296.00	296.00
21	550–600	564	290.00	290.00
11	600–650	648	269.00	269.00
3	750–800	750	225.00	225.00
2	850–900	870	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	468	315.00	315.00
6	500–550	537	293.00	293.00
1	550–600	595	155.00	155.00
1	600–650	640	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	816	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	513	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
21	600–650	612	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	220.00	220.00
4	550–600	590	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	215.00	215.00

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.