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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-04-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-01

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Apr 1

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Mar 25Apr 1Apr 8 →

Receipts

211 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 221▲ 119 vs year ago 92 · +129.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 104, Heifers 82, 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

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.37/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −104.88 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$353.37

35 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,984

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,338

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$242.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.43

vs VA average

−15.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	362.00	2,034	25
Medium and Large 1-2	555	360.00	1,998	6thin
Medium and Large 2	565	346.00	1,955	3thin
Medium and Large 3	580	120.00	696	1thin

One grade step is worth $242.00/cwt here — about $1,338 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 sale35 hd

353.37

—

VA average8 barns · 585 hd

359.80

−6.43

National average168 barns · 11,835 hd

369.01

−15.64

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−104.88

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

52 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 4	310	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	481	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,397	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,536	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,660	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	555	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,998	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,034	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,955	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	696	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	607	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,988	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	639	304.56/cwt	297.00–315.00	1,946	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,035	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,014	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,938	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	270.17/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,956	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	778	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,937	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Natural	800	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,072	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,991	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	215.42/cwt	200.00–231.00	1,982	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,030	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,122	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,216	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 4	400	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	880	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	934	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,431	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,427	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,174	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,528	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	313.20/cwt	313.00–314.00	1,506	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,659	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,036	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,698	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,766	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,820	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	600	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,110	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	644	258.92/cwt	180.00–274.00	1,667	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,782	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	678	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,756	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,774	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	885	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,748	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,343	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,194	6
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	425	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,041	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,302	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,511	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,685	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,053	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	580	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,624	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	263.07/cwt	255.00–280.00	1,807	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,575	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 Apr 1, 2025

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

Receipts 211Last week 221Year ago 92

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 104, Heifers 82, Bulls 25)

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 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	225.00	225.00
1	500–550	545	190.00	190.00
1	600–650	600	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	328.00	328.00
5	450–500	481	313.00–314.00	313.20
1	500–550	535	310.00	310.00
18	550–600	568	311.00	311.00
13	600–650	648	275.00	275.00
2	750–800	755	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	265.00	265.00
4	550–600	589	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	363	335.00	335.00
2	400–450	435	329.00	329.00
5	450–500	479	319.00	319.00
5	550–600	553	307.00	307.00
6	600–650	644	180.00–274.00	258.92
1	850–900	885	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	678	259.00	259.00
2	750–800	765	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	370	377.50	377.50
5	450–500	461	360.00	360.00
25	550–600	562	362.00	362.00
18	600–650	646	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	685	294.00	294.00
5	700–750	724	250.00–275.00	270.17
2	900–950	920	200.00–231.00	215.42
1	1000–1050	1,030	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	367.50	367.50
3	550–600	565	346.00	346.00
1	700–750	715	271.00	271.00
3	750–800	778	249.00	249.00
1	850–900	885	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
6	550–600	555	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	607	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	639	297.00–315.00	304.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	800	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	245.00	245.00
1	550–600	580	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	365.00	365.00
3	450–500	458	330.00	330.00
1	500–550	535	315.00	315.00
3	650–700	687	255.00–280.00	263.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	535	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	292.50	292.50
1	500–550	540	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	315.00	315.00
2	750–800	750	210.00	210.00

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.