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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-12

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 12

● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Aug 5Aug 12Aug 19 →

Receipts

242 head

▼ 28 vs last sale 270▲ 96 vs year ago 146 · +65.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 131, Heifers 96, Bulls 15)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are 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 $373.04/cwt on 28 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −85.21 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$373.04

28 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,079

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$532

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$115.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.58

vs VA average

−14.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	390.00	2,168	19thin
Medium and Large 2	552	355.83	1,963	6thin
Medium and Large 3	568	312.50	1,775	2thin
Small 1	595	275.00	1,636	1thin

One grade step is worth $115.00/cwt here — about $532 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 sale28 hd

373.04

—

VA average6 barns · 180 hd

367.45

+5.58

National average151 barns · 7,160 hd

387.49

−14.45

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−85.21

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

55 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	295	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,003	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	377.48/cwt	320.00–397.50	1,442	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,324	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 4	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,495	3
Steers	450–500	Small 1	470	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,457	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,867	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,168	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,061	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	568	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,775	2
Steers	550–600	Small 1	595	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,636	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	630	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,764	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	644	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,125	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,315	26
Steers	650–700	Small 1	695	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,155	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	715	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,252	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	743	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,452	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,528	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	764	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,712	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	781	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,702	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	842	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,577	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	874	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,814	15
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,700	2
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,080	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,592	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	393	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,281	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,381	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	452	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,424	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 4	510	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,122	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,676	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	555	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,893	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	327.94/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,863	19
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	578	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,575	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	289.48/cwt	245.00–305.00	1,821	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,021	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	666	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,131	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	705	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,375	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	733	232.58/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,705	2
Heifers	750–800	Small 1	750	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,313	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,052	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,091	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	405	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,235	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,388	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,536	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,450	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,620	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,876	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,225	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,050	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 3	890	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,424	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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