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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Apr 8

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Receipts

115 head

▼ 96 vs last sale 211▼ 393 vs year ago 508 · −77.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 38, Bulls 3)

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 $328.44/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −129.81 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$328.44

16 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,803

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$914

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

$146.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.07

vs VA average

−25.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	346.67	1,924	12thin
Medium and Large 2	535	325.00	1,739	2thin
Medium and Large 3	550	245.00	1,348	1thin
Medium and Large 4	505	200.00	1,010	1thin

One grade step is worth $146.67/cwt here — about $914 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 sale16 hd

328.44

—

VA average8 barns · 412 hd

347.51

−19.07

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−25.86

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−129.81

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

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	230	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	782	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,414	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,508	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,768	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 4	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,739	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,348	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,957	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,027	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	663	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,088	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,967	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,935	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Natural	854	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,306	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Natural	975	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,535	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	280	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	770	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,185	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,082	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,308	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,344	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 4	470	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	917	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	520	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,196	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,644	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,433	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,678	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,691	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	625	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,531	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	910	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,540	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 8, 2025

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

Receipts 115Last week 211Year ago 508

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 38, Bulls 3)

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
2	450–500	453	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	300.00	300.00
4	400–450	436	300.00	300.00
6	450–500	480	300.00	300.00
12	500–550	548	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	585	245.00	245.00
1	600–650	610	275.00	275.00
2	650–700	650	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	275.00	275.00
4	400–450	448	300.00	300.00
1	600–650	615	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	257.50	257.50
1	500–550	520	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	377	375.00	375.00
16	450–500	464	381.00	381.00
1	500–550	510	310.00	310.00
11	550–600	559	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	615	300.00	300.00
5	650–700	654	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	230	340.00	340.00
2	450–500	450	335.00	335.00
2	500–550	535	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	690	285.00	285.00
1	700–750	730	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	663	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	854	270.00	270.00
13	950–1000	975	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	245.00	245.00

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.