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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Oct 7

● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Receipts

187 head

▼ 205 vs last sale 392▼ 155 vs year ago 342 · −45.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 69, Bulls 27)

Natural cattle are Weaned and 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 $391.67/cwt on 36 head. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −66.58 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$391.67

36 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,216

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$734

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

$125.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.61

vs VA average

−54.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	400.00	2,260	31
Medium and Large 2	568	375.00	2,130	3thin
Small 1	590	300.00	1,770	1thin
Medium and Large 3	555	275.00	1,526	1thin

One grade step is worth $125.00/cwt here — about $734 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 sale36 hd

391.67

—

VA average9 barns · 566 hd

381.06

+10.61

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−54.18

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−66.58

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

38 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,706	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,980	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,526	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,260	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,130	3
Steers	550–600	Small 1	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,296	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,310	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,422	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,522	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	782	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,620	16
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Medium and Large 3	165	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	248	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	355	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	710	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,507	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 4	430	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	645	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,541	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,741	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	528	266.81/cwt	220.00–290.00	1,409	3
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	559	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,565	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,859	21
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,049	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,676	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,710	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Small 1	290	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	827	1
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	360	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	972	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,241	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	434	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,150	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,265	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,299	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,786	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,260	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	565	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	706	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	615	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,046	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,883	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	665	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,363	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,824	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2-3	876	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,051	4

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 Oct 7, 2025

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

Receipts 187Last week 392Year ago 342

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 69, Bulls 27)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	413	365.00	365.00
9	450–500	477	365.00	365.00
21	550–600	560	332.00	332.00
17	650–700	661	310.00	310.00
3	750–800	762	220.00	220.00
2	850–900	855	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	165	150.00	150.00
3	500–550	528	220.00–290.00	266.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	200.00	200.00
4	550–600	559	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	477	415.00	415.00
31	550–600	565	400.00	400.00
18	600–650	645	356.00	356.00
2	650–700	660	350.00	350.00
3	700–750	743	326.00	326.00
5	750–800	776	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	375.00	375.00
3	550–600	568	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	590	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	750–800	782	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	555	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	876	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	265.00	265.00
2	500–550	530	245.00	245.00
1	550–600	560	225.00	225.00
3	650–700	665	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	285.00	285.00
1	350–400	360	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	565	125.00	125.00
1	600–650	615	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	340.00	340.00
2	550–600	558	320.00	320.00
4	600–650	636	296.00	296.00
1	750–800	760	240.00	240.00

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.