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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-22

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jul 22

● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29 →

Receipts

255 head

▼ 149 vs last sale 404▼ 12 vs year ago 267 · −4.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 138, Heifers 87, Bulls 30)

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 $380.34/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −77.91 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$380.34

38 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$9

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.55

vs VA average

+4.60 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	383.00	2,114	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	599	380.00	2,276	17thin
Medium and Large 2	593	358.00	2,123	2thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale38 hd

380.34

—

VA average7 barns · 234 hd

366.79

+13.55

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

+4.60

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−77.91

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

47 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,558	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,797	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	495	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,139	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	496	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,172	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,114	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,123	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	599	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,276	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	658	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,461	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	664	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,341	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,411	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,435	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	709	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,446	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,471	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Natural	830	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,540	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	873	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,575	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	268	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	874	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,259	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,481	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,105	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	469	335.09/cwt	325.00–339.00	1,572	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,600	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	523	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,334	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,767	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	327.12/cwt	230.00–333.00	1,832	18
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	590	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,401	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,984	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,096	26
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	275.76/cwt	215.00–285.00	2,046	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,640	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,050	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Small 1	290	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	653	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,306	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,296	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	366.13/cwt	330.00–374.00	1,677	9
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	465	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,418	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,201	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,797	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,865	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,199	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,056	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,370	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,008	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.

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