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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-08-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-05

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 5

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jul 29Aug 5Aug 12 →

Receipts

270 head

▲ 121 vs last sale 149▲ 41 vs year ago 229 · +17.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 154, Bulls 27)

Value Added cattle are Weaned an Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

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 $333.82/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 8 of 29 comparable sales and sits −31.72 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$333.82

81 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,865

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$488

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

$66.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.08

vs VA average

−16.75 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	565	344.19	1,945	48
Medium and Large 1	554	329.38	1,826	16thin
Medium and Large 2	554	323.00	1,789	11thin
Medium and Large 3	532	287.50	1,530	3thin
Small 1	525	277.50	1,457	3thin

One grade step is worth $66.69/cwt here — about $488 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 sale81 hd

333.82

—

VA average9 barns · 512 hd

338.89

−5.08

National average149 barns · 9,537 hd

350.57

−16.75

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−31.72

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

57 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Small 1	405	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,114	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	465	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,511	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	864	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	548	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,713	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	360.20/cwt	217.50–397.50	2,006	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,194	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,733	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	633	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,279	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	638	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,118	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	350.16/cwt	323.00–355.00	2,350	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,935	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	747	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,540	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	811	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,534	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,774	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Small 2	275	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	660	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,260	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 4	370	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	851	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	398	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,035	2
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	437	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,169	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,168	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,596	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,652	3
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	525	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,457	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	532	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,530	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,744	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,789	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,832	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	565	344.19/cwt	330.00–358.00	1,945	48
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	258.21/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,593	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,544	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,097	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,050	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	656	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,099	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,086	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	672	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,150	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,704	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	752	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,918	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,021	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	842	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,105	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	945	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,410	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	320	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	912	1
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	340	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	969	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 4	370	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	870	1
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	375	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,163	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	388	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,183	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,572	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,605	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	450	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,238	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,148	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,792	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	580	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,044	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	626	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,003	4
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	635	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,000	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	665	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,197	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,418	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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