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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-08-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-26

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 26

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Aug 19Aug 26Sep 9 →

Receipts

290 head

▲ 53 vs last sale 237▲ 65 vs year ago 225 · +28.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 120, Heifers 147, Bulls 23)

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

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $304.23/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −61.31 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$304.23

29 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,680

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$537

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

$102.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.76

vs VA average

−65.58 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	550	332.25	1,827	8thin
Medium and Large 1	564	328.89	1,854	7thin
Medium and Large 3	539	317.50	1,711	5thin
Medium and Large 4	570	287.50	1,639	2thin
Small 1	515	275.00	1,416	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	230.00	1,290	5thin

One grade step is worth $102.25/cwt here — about $537 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 sale29 hd

304.23

—

VA average5 barns · 393 hd

339.99

−35.76

National average160 barns · 10,603 hd

369.81

−65.58

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−61.31

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

77 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 4	325	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,138	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,482	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	348	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,288	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	413.93/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,921	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,997	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	495	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,485	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	369.13/cwt	350.00–410.00	1,967	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,351	9
Steers	550–600	Small 1	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	573	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,120	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	584	403.82/cwt	365.00–426.00	2,358	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	592	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,279	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	616	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,464	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	336.59/cwt	250.00–370.00	2,161	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	643	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,482	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,398	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,438	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	373.57/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,432	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	342.48/cwt	320.00–350.00	2,462	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,649	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,337	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 3	825	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,691	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	910	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,548	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,876	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	970	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,629	2
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,095	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,354	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,097	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,402	8
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,108	196.25/cwt	195.00–197.50	2,174	2
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,138	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,720	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Small 2	200	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	400	2
Heifers	250–300	Small 2	268	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	643	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,071	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,008	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 4	405	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,286	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,250	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,311	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	471	297.19/cwt	235.00–320.00	1,400	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,591	1
Heifers	450–500	Small 2	485	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	994	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,481	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	515	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,416	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,712	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	539	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,711	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,844	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	561	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,290	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 4	570	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,639	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	335.79/cwt	320.00–339.00	1,921	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	606	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,000	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	613	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,876	2
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	637	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,991	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,091	5
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	670	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,608	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	674	297.34/cwt	250.00–319.00	2,004	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	685	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,247	8
Heifers	650–700	Large 1-2	695	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,738	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,198	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	264.83/cwt	240.00–290.00	1,999	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	784	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,234	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	818	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,470	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	828	280.40/cwt	270.00–291.00	2,322	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,283	1
Heifers	950–1000	Large 1-2	990	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,129	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,095	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,190	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 2	340	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	867	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,517	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,406	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	400	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,600	1
Bulls	400–450	Small 2	405	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	952	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	455	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,615	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,976	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,204	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,294	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,535	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,349	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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