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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jul 29

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jul 22Jul 29Aug 5 →

Receipts

149 head

▼ 106 vs last sale 255▼ 128 vs year ago 277 · −46.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 74, Bulls 7)

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 $334.38/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 8 of 29 comparable sales and sits −31.16 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$334.38

51 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,870

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,297

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 4

$238.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.12

vs VA average

−13.12 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	358.00	1,987	25
Medium and Large 1	565	347.00	1,961	13thin
Medium and Large 2	523	335.00	1,752	3thin
Small 1	581	295.00	1,714	5thin
Medium and Large 3	563	248.06	1,397	4thin
Medium and Large 4	575	120.00	690	1thin

One grade step is worth $238.00/cwt here — about $1,297 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 sale51 hd

334.38

—

VA average5 barns · 199 hd

330.26

+4.12

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

−13.12

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−31.16

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

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

31 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,220	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,687	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,092	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,240	7
Steers	550–600	Small 1	575	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,610	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,268	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,376	16
Steers	700–750	Small 1	718	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,032	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,452	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,227	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	797	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,630	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	825	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,558	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	945	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	2,816	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	350	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,243	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,528	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,687	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,752	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	555	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,987	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	563	248.06/cwt	210.00–287.50	1,397	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,961	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 4	575	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	690	1
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	581	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,714	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	322.24/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,037	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	665	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	798	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	690	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,174	1
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	690	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	759	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,033	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,430	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,674	4

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 Jul 29, 2025

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

Receipts 149Last week 255Year ago 277

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 74, Bulls 7)

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 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	355.00	355.00
3	450–500	482	350.00	350.00
13	550–600	565	347.00	347.00
11	600–650	632	320.00–335.00	322.24
1	650–700	690	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	575	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	563	210.00–287.50	248.06
1	650–700	665	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	581	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	690	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	360.00	360.00
1	450–500	470	325.00	325.00
3	500–550	523	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	750	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	555	358.00	358.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	533	392.50	392.50
3	600–650	648	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	755	295.00	295.00
1	800–850	825	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	575	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	718	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	400.00	400.00
7	550–600	560	400.00	400.00
16	650–700	651	365.00	365.00
8	750–800	752	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	900–950	945	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	797	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	290.00	290.00
4	500–550	523	320.00	320.00

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.