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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-29

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Apr 29

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Apr 22Apr 29May 6 →

Receipts

231 head

▲ 62 vs last sale 169▼ 90 vs year ago 321 · −28.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 118, Heifers 88, Bulls 25)

Value Added and most 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 $346.31/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −111.94 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$346.31

40 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,951

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$758

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$117.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.74

vs VA average

−28.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	357.78	2,054	27
Medium and Large 2	543	341.00	1,852	10thin
Medium and Large 3	525	302.50	1,588	1thin
Small 1	540	240.00	1,296	2thin

One grade step is worth $117.78/cwt here — about $758 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 sale40 hd

346.31

—

VA average8 barns · 542 hd

365.05

−18.74

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

−28.12

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−111.94

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

48 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,083	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,562	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	439	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,405	5
Steers	450–500	Small 1	455	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,251	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	369.69/cwt	320.00–381.00	1,730	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,588	1
Steers	500–550	Small 1	540	240.00/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,296	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,852	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,023	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	589	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,091	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,947	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,028	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,087	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	713	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,175	10
Steers	700–750	Small 1	740	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,332	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	768	242.06/cwt	170.00–280.00	1,859	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,178	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,124	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	890	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,092	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	975	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,194	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,030	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,266	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	381	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,516	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	331.74/cwt	325.00–345.50	1,310	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,189	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	427	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,623	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,548	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	339.07/cwt	305.00–347.50	1,611	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	510	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,428	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,679	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,704	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	561	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,756	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	282.83/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,773	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,129	1
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	655	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	983	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	661	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,857	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,060	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,776	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,357	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,518	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,599	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,641	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	279.03/cwt	225.00–290.00	1,459	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,458	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,838	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,853	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,599	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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 231Last week 169Year ago 321

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 118, Heifers 88, Bulls 25)

Value Added and most 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
3	350–400	377	360.00	360.00
1	400–450	440	345.00	345.00
7	450–500	465	353.00	353.00
6	500–550	523	225.00–290.00	279.03
1	650–700	650	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	357.00	357.00
2	500–550	530	275.00	275.00
1	800–850	820	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	325.00–345.50	331.74
13	450–500	475	305.00–347.50	339.07
10	550–600	557	306.00	306.00
7	600–650	627	270.00–285.00	282.83
1	750–800	760	240.00	240.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	655	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	510	280.00	280.00
6	550–600	561	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	290.00	290.00
4	450–500	450	344.00	344.00
3	500–550	533	315.00	315.00
1	600–650	645	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	661	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	381	398.00	398.00
19	400–450	427	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	305.00	305.00
5	400–450	439	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	525	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	275.00	275.00
2	500–550	540	225.00–255.00	240.00
1	700–750	740	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	355.00	355.00
9	400–450	434	360.00	360.00
10	500–550	543	341.00	341.00
2	600–650	618	315.00	315.00
3	750–800	768	170.00–280.00	242.06
1	850–900	890	235.00	235.00
1	950–1000	975	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	624	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	468	320.00–381.00	369.69
15	550–600	562	360.00	360.00
6	650–700	650	321.00	321.00
8	750–800	778	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	885	240.00	240.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	589	355.00	355.00
10	700–750	713	305.00	305.00

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.