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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-06

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, May 6

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Apr 29May 6May 13 →

Receipts

221 head

▼ 10 vs last sale 231▲ 19 vs year ago 202 · +9.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 71, Heifers 135, Bulls 15)

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 $309.29/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −56.25 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$309.29

31 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,705

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$134

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$55.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.49

vs VA average

−23.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	513	325.00	1,667	3thin
Medium and Large 1	556	317.26	1,763	21
Medium and Large 2	549	282.07	1,549	5thin
Medium and Large 3	568	270.00	1,534	2thin

One grade step is worth $55.00/cwt here — about $134 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 sale31 hd

309.29

—

VA average9 barns · 494 hd

322.77

−13.49

National average172 barns · 12,542 hd

332.82

−23.53

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−56.25

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

51 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	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,444	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,541	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,390	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	420	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,197	1
Steers	400–450	Small 2	445	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,313	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,563	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,829	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,598	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	553	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,018	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	356.88/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,984	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,858	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	587	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,143	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,305	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	681	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,213	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	723	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,241	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	287.51/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,148	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,186	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	833	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,207	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	945	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,363	4
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,033	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,510	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,194	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	423	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,311	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	453	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,755	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	346.07/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,654	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	513	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,667	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,603	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	303.45/cwt	295.00–307.50	1,623	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,771	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	568	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,534	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	611	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,839	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	632	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,896	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,875	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	647	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,601	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,862	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	764	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,986	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	213.51/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,890	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,348	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,386	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,456	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 2	485	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,407	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,645	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,656	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	555	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,388	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	907	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,764	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	284.53/cwt	245.00–295.00	1,889	5

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 May 6, 2025

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

Receipts 221Last week 231Year ago 202

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 71, Heifers 135, Bulls 15)

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	385.00	385.00
1	500–550	510	322.50	322.50
1	550–600	585	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	650	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	455	320.00	320.00
1	500–550	530	312.50	312.50
1	600–650	630	280.00	280.00
5	650–700	664	245.00–295.00	284.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	647	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	370	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	453	387.50	387.50
3	500–550	513	325.00	325.00
25	600–650	632	300.00	300.00
4	750–800	764	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	295.00–307.50	303.45
2	550–600	570	250.00	250.00
2	600–650	635	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	310.00	310.00
2	400–450	423	310.00	310.00
2	550–600	568	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	350.00	350.00
6	450–500	478	325.00–350.00	346.07
1	500–550	530	302.50	302.50
20	550–600	557	318.00	318.00
3	600–650	640	293.00	293.00
2	750–800	760	245.00	245.00
2	850–900	885	212.00–215.00	213.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	611	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	385	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	415	335.00	335.00
2	450–500	470	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	345.00	345.00
2	550–600	563	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	587	365.00	365.00
2	800–850	833	265.00	265.00
4	900–950	945	250.00	250.00
3	1000–1050	1,033	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	390.00	390.00
10	450–500	469	390.00	390.00
8	550–600	556	335.00–360.00	356.88
3	650–700	678	340.00	340.00
4	700–750	747	280.00–290.00	287.51
1	800–850	825	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	681	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	553	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	723	310.00	310.00

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.