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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-09-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-16

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Sep 16

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Sep 9Sep 16Sep 23 →

Receipts

231 head

▼ 287 vs last sale 518▼ 274 vs year ago 505 · −54.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 119, Bulls 18)

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 $338.03/cwt on 48 head. That ranks 11 of 29 comparable sales and sits −27.51 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$338.03

48 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,881

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$604

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$100.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.98

vs VA average

−21.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	350.57	1,954	34
Medium and Large 2	563	329.82	1,857	10thin
Small 1	530	252.62	1,339	3thin
Medium and Large 3	540	250.00	1,350	1thin

One grade step is worth $100.57/cwt here — about $604 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 sale48 hd

338.03

—

VA average9 barns · 639 hd

345.01

−6.98

National average170 barns · 10,929 hd

359.66

−21.63

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−27.51

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

60 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	290	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	841	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	400	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,660	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,959	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,112	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	521	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,162	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,180	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	560	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,960	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,342	17
Steers	550–600	Small 1	580	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,740	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,872	1
Steers	600–650	Small 1	603	310.02/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,869	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,219	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	643	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,411	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,437	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,560	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,529	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,558	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,515	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	240	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	684	1
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	295	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	988	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,208	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	353	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,288	2
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	360	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,062	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	425	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,286	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	427	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,655	5
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	455	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,320	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,709	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,764	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,440	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,838	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 4	490	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,201	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	530	252.62/cwt	245.00–265.00	1,339	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,755	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	348.89/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,933	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	329.82/cwt	315.00–336.00	1,857	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	567	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,024	10
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	632	259.91/cwt	245.00–267.50	1,643	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	644	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,138	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	655	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,260	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,237	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	680	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,751	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,375	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,419	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	805	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,214	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,100	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	388	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,164	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,661	3
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	465	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,349	1
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	535	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,364	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,090	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,176	1
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	695	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,807	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	758	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,183	3
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	760	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,292	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,896	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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Tue Sep 16, 2025

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

Receipts 231Last week 518Year ago 505

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 119, Bulls 18)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	580	300.00	300.00
2	600–650	603	305.00–315.00	310.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	290.00	290.00
1	450–500	495	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	585	320.00	320.00
1	600–650	645	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	472	415.00	415.00
5	550–600	552	395.00	395.00
2	600–650	625	355.00	355.00
2	750–800	755	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	521	415.00	415.00
2	550–600	560	350.00	350.00
16	600–650	643	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	415.00	415.00
10	450–500	480	440.00	440.00
1	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
17	550–600	563	416.00	416.00
12	650–700	664	367.00	367.00
4	700–750	719	356.00	356.00
1	800–850	825	310.00	310.00
1	900–950	940	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	295.00	295.00
4	450–500	455	290.00	290.00
3	500–550	530	245.00–265.00	252.62
3	600–650	632	245.00–267.50	259.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	285.00	285.00
1	400–450	425	302.50	302.50
1	450–500	480	300.00	300.00
1	500–550	540	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	680	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	350.00	350.00
2	350–400	353	365.00	365.00
7	450–500	480	367.50	367.50
10	550–600	563	315.00–336.00	329.82
7	600–650	644	332.00	332.00
2	700–750	740	321.00	321.00
1	800–850	805	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	427	387.50	387.50
3	450–500	465	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	335.00	335.00
5	450–500	487	377.50	377.50
1	500–550	540	325.00	325.00
23	550–600	554	325.00–350.00	348.89
10	650–700	656	341.00	341.00
1	750–800	750	322.50	322.50
1	800–850	840	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	655	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	567	357.00	357.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	465	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	535	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	695	260.00	260.00
1	750–800	760	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	758	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	550	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	680	320.00	320.00
1	950–1000	960	197.50	197.50

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.