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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-06-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-17

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jun 17

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jun 10Jun 17Jun 24 →

Receipts

191 head

▼ 256 vs last sale 447▼ 208 vs year ago 399 · −52.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 96, Bulls 6)

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 $316.61/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −48.93 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$316.61

28 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$601

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

$104.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.58

vs VA average

−17.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	329.52	1,834	21
Medium and Large 2	548	315.00	1,726	4thin
Medium and Large 4	550	235.00	1,293	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	548	225.00	1,233	2thin

One grade step is worth $104.52/cwt here — about $601 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 sale28 hd

316.61

—

VA average9 barns · 455 hd

327.18

−10.58

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−17.50

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−48.93

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

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	367	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,486	6
Steers	350–400	Small 1	370	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	370	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,481	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	423	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,417	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	444	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,687	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	1,873	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,358	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,943	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,124	13
Steers	600–650	Small 1	628	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,135	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,293	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Natural	662	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,357	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	713	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,175	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	315.76/cwt	275.00–324.00	2,330	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	865	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,271	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,340	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,025	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,178	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	295	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	841	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,170	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	365	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,022	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,372	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 4	405	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	932	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	410	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,015	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,318	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,512	10
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	430	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,140	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	443	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,174	2
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	450	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,159	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,700	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	339.94/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,628	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,680	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,726	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3	548	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,233	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 4	550	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,293	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,841	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	317.61/cwt	300.00–326.00	2,014	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,010	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Natural	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	737	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,879	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,166	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,033	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Small 2	485	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,043	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 4	535	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	910	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	555	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,360	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,968	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	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 Jun 17, 2025

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

Receipts 191Last week 447Year ago 399

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 96, Bulls 6)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	285.00	285.00
1	350–400	360	325.00	325.00
2	400–450	443	265.00	265.00
1	600–650	620	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	381	360.00	360.00
5	450–500	479	320.00–345.00	339.94
4	500–550	548	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	670	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	247.50	247.50
2	500–550	548	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	230.00	230.00
1	550–600	550	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	280.00	280.00
1	400–450	430	265.00	265.00
2	450–500	450	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	310.00	310.00
13	450–500	479	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	525	320.00	320.00
20	550–600	558	330.00	330.00
8	600–650	634	300.00–326.00	317.61
3	750–800	760	285.00	285.00
1	850–900	865	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	675	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	737	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	426	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	395.00	395.00
4	400–450	423	335.00	335.00
1	450–500	485	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	100.00	100.00
8	600–650	628	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	380.00	380.00
4	550–600	555	350.00	350.00
2	600–650	640	325.00	325.00
2	700–750	713	305.00	305.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	466	402.00	402.00
13	550–600	559	380.00	380.00
13	650–700	655	350.00	350.00
6	700–750	738	275.00–324.00	315.76
2	850–900	873	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	850–900	865	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	662	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	535	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	615	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	645	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.