Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2025-06-10

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jun 10
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
Receipts
447 head
▼ 989 vs last sale 1,436▲ 251 vs year ago 196 · +128.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 271, Heifers 157, Holstein Heifers 1, Bulls 18)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $387.83/cwt on 139 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −70.42 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.
Average price
$387.83
139 head · 567 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,197
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$413
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$73.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.64
vs VA average
+6.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565393.072,221123
Medium and Large 1-2599370.002,2167thin
Medium and Large 2560342.591,9194thin
Small 1565320.001,8085thin
One grade step is worth $73.07/cwt here — about $413 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 sale139 hd
387.83
—
VA average8 barns · 447 hd
373.18
+14.64
National average158 barns · 9,089 hd
381.01
+6.82
This barn, trailing median29 sales
458.25
−70.42
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
507461414368median 458.2503/0304/2106/1608/2510/27
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

54 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2337400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3483
Steers350–400Medium and Large 3370295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,0921
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5405
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,5403
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2413375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5494
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3415345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4321
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Natural461400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,84418
Steers450–500Large 1-2465160.00/cwt160.00–160.007441
Steers450–500Small 1467295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3783
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,8848
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560373.91/cwt365.00–375.002,09436
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560342.59/cwt340.00–350.001,9194
Steers550–600Small 1565320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8085
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Natural567401.00/cwt401.00–401.002,27487
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2599370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2167
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,1515
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662354.53/cwt351.00–355.002,34751
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2695210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4601
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740317.69/cwt313.00–318.002,35116
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added755324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,4464
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1780294.38/cwt275.00–314.002,2962
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2815175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4261
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1865265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,2922
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,085205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,2241
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 3285320.00/cwt320.00–320.009121
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2323355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1472
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3335330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1062
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,2735
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4957
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2440255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1221
Heifers450–500Small 1458322.54/cwt315.00–325.001,4774
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1478350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,67319
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2531332.00/cwt332.00–332.001,76310
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554327.57/cwt320.00–328.001,81537
Heifers550–600Small 1555195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0821
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2576320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8437
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2620200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2401
Heifers600–650Small 1640305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9523
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1646315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,03527
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,9501
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,1375
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added693320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2187
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1736294.72/cwt293.00–295.002,16914
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920182.46/cwt180.00–185.001,6792
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2300320.00/cwt320.00–320.009601
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2450325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,4632
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1474380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8014
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8091
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2558332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,8554
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2630332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,0953
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2710180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2781
Bulls700–750Small 1730190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3871
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1975130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2681
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers450–500Large 3480235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1281

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.