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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-23

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Sep 23

● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Sep 16Sep 23Sep 30 →

Receipts

326 head

▲ 95 vs last sale 231▼ 125 vs year ago 451 · −27.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 157, Heifers 121, Bulls 48)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

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 $389.00/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 2 of 29 comparable sales and sits −69.25 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$389.00

46 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,198

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$411

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

$75.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.78

vs VA average

−28.09 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	405.00	2,292	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	582	400.00	2,328	5thin
Medium and Large 1	564	397.61	2,241	25
Medium and Large 2	556	377.25	2,096	6thin
Medium and Large 3	545	345.00	1,880	1thin
Small 1	570	330.00	1,881	4thin

One grade step is worth $75.00/cwt here — about $411 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 sale46 hd

389.00

—

VA average8 barns · 464 hd

393.77

−4.78

National average168 barns · 11,658 hd

417.09

−28.09

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−69.25

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

78 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,591	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,615	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	436.66/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,974	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,963	2
Steers	450–500	Small 1	484	306.15/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,482	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,838	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	332.57/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,746	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,880	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	566	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,292	5
Steers	550–600	Small 1	570	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,881	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,341	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	390.88/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,232	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	582	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,328	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,301	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,344	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,286	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	648	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,462	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,441	20
Steers	650–700	Small 1	651	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,279	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,373	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	715	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,217	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	723	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,581	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	353.61/cwt	350.00–355.00	2,680	29
Steers	750–800	Small 1	773	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,126	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,248	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	825	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,434	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	947	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,628	3
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,025	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,768	3
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,125	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,841	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Small 1	265	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	583	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	360	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	990	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,399	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,552	5
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	433	267.54/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,158	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,309	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	458	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,305	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,690	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	471	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,495	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	3
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	538	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,506	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	541	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,758	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	548	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,630	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	344.80/cwt	325.00–346.00	1,948	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,404	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	310.67/cwt	310.00–311.00	1,967	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	310.53/cwt	255.00–321.00	1,975	8
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	650	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,804	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	700	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,820	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	706	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,231	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	710	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,864	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 4	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	281.45/cwt	265.00–292.50	2,004	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,998	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,793	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	871	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,212	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls22 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	290	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	725	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,381	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,386	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	363	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,506	2
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	380	324.61/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,234	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,488	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	464	294.88/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,368	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	405.87/cwt	380.00–415.00	1,887	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,669	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 4	515	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,288	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,961	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	533	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,812	2
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	540	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,593	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 4	550	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,238	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	615	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,030	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	623	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,620	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	332.86/cwt	295.00–342.50	2,247	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	725	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,139	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	750	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,306	4
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	830	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,639	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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