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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-07-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-15

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jul 15

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jul 8Jul 15Jul 22 →

Receipts

404 head

▲ 151 vs last sale 253▲ 136 vs year ago 268 · +50.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 205, Heifers 177, Bulls 22)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

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 $400.09/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 6 of 29 comparable sales and sits −58.16 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$400.09

91 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,185

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$591

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

$126.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.22

vs VA average

+27.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	542	411.41	2,230	47
Medium and Large 1	554	392.01	2,171	33
Medium and Large 2	536	385.00	2,064	10thin
Medium and Large 3	575	285.00	1,639	1thin

One grade step is worth $126.41/cwt here — about $591 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale91 hd

400.09

—

VA average10 barns · 364 hd

374.86

+25.22

National average147 barns · 7,194 hd

372.43

+27.66

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−58.16

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

67 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	275	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	798	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	976	1
Steers	300–350	Small 1	335	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	938	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,190	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3Natural	350	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,348	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,383	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	420	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,050	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	423	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,819	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,402	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	451	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,714	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	499	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,996	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	517	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,146	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,014	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	539	420.38/cwt	415.00–428.00	2,266	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	554	399.63/cwt	395.00–405.00	2,214	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,142	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,970	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	575	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,811	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,639	1
Steers	600–650	Small 1	610	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	946	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	616	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,218	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,191	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	639	360.61/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,304	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	650	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,300	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	652	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,347	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,300	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,245	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	672	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,406	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,447	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	740	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,479	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	780	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,496	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	806	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,466	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	820	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,485	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	318	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	954	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,355	3
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	422	203.72/cwt	100.00–260.00	860	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,466	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Natural	427	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,601	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 4	455	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,206	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	462	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,594	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	491	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,768	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Natural	505	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,856	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,339	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,742	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	544	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,958	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,850	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	551	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,791	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,392	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	607	333.48/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,024	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	664	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,058	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	309.85/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,061	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,995	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,002	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,925	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,031	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 4	445	220.00/cwt	100.00–280.00	979	3
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	470	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	447	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	302.61/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,583	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,903	3
Bulls	550–600	Small 2	595	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	982	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 4	633	189.80/cwt	140.00–240.00	1,201	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,103	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	695	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	904	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,012	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.

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