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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-06-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-24

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jun 24

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jun 17Jun 24Jul 8 →

Receipts

225 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 191▼ 66 vs year ago 291 · −22.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 114, Heifers 101, Bulls 10)

Value Added and 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 $357.73/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −100.52 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$357.73

48 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$520

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

$80.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.05

vs VA average

−11.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	370.83	2,128	36
Medium and Large 2	561	332.50	1,866	8thin
Medium and Large 3	554	290.25	1,608	4thin

One grade step is worth $80.58/cwt here — about $520 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 sale48 hd

357.73

—

VA average6 barns · 265 hd

356.68

+1.05

National average140 barns · 6,212 hd

369.58

−11.85

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−100.52

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

45 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	150–200	Medium and Large 2	193	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	704	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	959	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	342.40/cwt	290.00–375.00	1,493	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,492	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	548	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,028	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	554	290.25/cwt	290.00–290.50	1,608	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	573	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,120	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,157	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,957	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	615	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,214	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,115	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	340.27/cwt	315.00–342.00	2,259	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	753	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,432	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	305.09/cwt	290.00–313.00	2,349	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	880	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,200	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,160	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	280	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	798	1
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	305	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	869	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,343	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	403	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,088	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,243	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	330.64/cwt	250.00–340.00	1,574	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,625	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,643	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	313.25/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,654	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	528	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,373	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,781	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	588	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,987	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	305.49/cwt	305.00–306.00	1,879	2
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	625	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,594	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	649	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,077	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	665	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,629	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,069	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	681	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,193	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,484	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,674	2
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	590	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,416	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,854	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	1
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	770	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,348	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 Jun 24, 2025

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

Receipts 225Last week 191Year ago 291

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 114, Heifers 101, Bulls 10)

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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	475	325.00	325.00
2	500–550	540	310.00	310.00
1	650–700	660	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	240.00	240.00
1	750–800	770	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	608	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	325.00	325.00
1	500–550	500	400.00	400.00
10	550–600	583	370.00	370.00
16	650–700	664	315.00–342.00	340.27
3	750–800	770	290.00–313.00	305.09
1	900–950	900	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	615	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	573	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	193	365.00	365.00
5	400–450	436	290.00–375.00	342.40
2	500–550	533	280.00	280.00
3	550–600	593	330.00	330.00
5	600–650	639	331.00	331.00
1	850–900	880	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	753	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	554	290.00–290.50	290.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	548	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	285.00	285.00
1	600–650	625	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	476	250.00–340.00	330.64
1	500–550	515	319.00	319.00
6	550–600	553	322.00	322.00
5	650–700	674	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	588	338.00	338.00
21	650–700	681	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	649	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	360.00	360.00
1	350–400	395	340.00	340.00
2	400–450	440	282.50	282.50
2	450–500	478	340.00	340.00
6	500–550	528	280.00–320.00	313.25
2	600–650	615	305.00–306.00	305.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	285.00	285.00
2	400–450	403	270.00	270.00
2	500–550	528	260.00	260.00
1	650–700	665	245.00	245.00
1	700–750	715	100.00	100.00

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.