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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-22

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Apr 22

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Apr 15Apr 22Apr 29 →

Receipts

169 head

▼ 309 vs last sale 478▼ 94 vs year ago 263 · −35.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 85, Bulls 10)

Value Added 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 $300.46/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −65.08 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$300.46

24 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,682

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$457

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$70.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.53

vs VA average

−29.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	305.00	1,714	15thin
Medium and Large 2	559	300.13	1,678	8thin
Small 1	535	235.00	1,257	1thin

One grade step is worth $70.00/cwt here — about $457 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

300.46

—

VA average7 barns · 283 hd

309.99

−9.53

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−29.49

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−65.08

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

33 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	370.94/cwt	305.00–392.50	1,354	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,481	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,716	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,766	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,033	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	315.27/cwt	300.00–316.00	2,002	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,967	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	710	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,130	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	283.16/cwt	270.00–285.00	2,104	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	810	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,025	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Small 1	245	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	625	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,179	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,312	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,323	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	280.69/cwt	260.00–302.50	1,328	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,530	5
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	535	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,257	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	300.13/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,678	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,714	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	640	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,472	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	275.95/cwt	275.00–276.00	1,785	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,760	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	669	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,776	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,407	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	697	270.50/cwt	270.50–270.50	1,885	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	796	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,990	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 3	840	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,218	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,407	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	569	266.17/cwt	240.00–280.00	1,515	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	293.71/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,677	4
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	850	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,551	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,596	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.

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

Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Tue Apr 22, 2025

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

Receipts 169Last week 478Year ago 263

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 74, Heifers 85, Bulls 10)

Value Added 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
4	550–600	571	290.00–295.00	293.71
1	900–950	925	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	290.00	290.00
3	550–600	569	240.00–280.00	266.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	850	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	320.00	320.00
5	450–500	478	320.00	320.00
15	550–600	562	305.00	305.00
18	600–650	647	275.00–276.00	275.95
1	650–700	670	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	697	270.50	270.50
4	750–800	796	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	420	315.00	315.00
2	450–500	473	260.00–302.50	280.69
8	550–600	559	300.00–301.00	300.13
5	650–700	653	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	230.00	230.00
1	800–850	840	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	255.00	255.00
1	500–550	535	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	669	265.50	265.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	375.00	375.00
7	450–500	471	375.00	375.00
22	550–600	571	356.00	356.00
22	600–650	635	300.00–316.00	315.27
1	650–700	690	285.00	285.00
8	700–750	743	270.00–285.00	283.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	365	305.00–392.50	370.94
2	450–500	470	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	625	300.00	300.00
1	800–850	810	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	710	300.00	300.00

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.