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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Oct 14

● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Oct 7Oct 14Oct 21 →

Receipts

245 head

▲ 58 vs last sale 187▲ 1 vs year ago 244 · +0.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 93, Bulls 26)

Value Added and 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 $313.56/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −144.69 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$313.56

16 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,766

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$865

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

$166.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−76.61

vs VA average

−155.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	406.00	2,241	7thin
Small 1	560	255.00	1,428	1thin
Medium and Large 2	574	240.00	1,376	8thin

One grade step is worth $166.00/cwt here — about $865 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 sale16 hd

313.56

—

VA average9 barns · 384 hd

390.17

−76.61

National average176 barns · 29,227 hd

469.04

−155.48

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−144.69

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

51 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,681	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	428	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	873	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,440	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 4	467	227.25/cwt	215.00–250.00	1,061	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,044	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,241	7
Steers	550–600	Small 1	560	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,428	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	583	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,137	6
Steers	600–650	Small 1	605	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,482	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 4	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,395	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,314	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	660	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,475	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,287	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,151	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	675	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,093	1
Steers	650–700	Small 1	693	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,114	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	694	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,909	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,428	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	728	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,584	23
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,431	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	829	333.02/cwt	330.00–336.00	2,761	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,620	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,436	1
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,132	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,575	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,243	3
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	405	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	992	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,455	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,349	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,608	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	325.14/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,538	3
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	483	270.00/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,304	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	329.57/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,773	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,765	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	562	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,546	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	622	349.95/cwt	348.00–354.00	2,177	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,922	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,077	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,187	4
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	700	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,925	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	722	296.86/cwt	280.00–305.00	2,143	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,289	2
Heifers	800–850	Small 1	805	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,530	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	833	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,249	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,398	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,506	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	325.85/cwt	285.00–340.00	1,522	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	319.86/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,705	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	664	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,138	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,223	2
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,876	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 Oct 14, 2025

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

Receipts 245Last week 187Year ago 244

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 93, Bulls 26)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	552	406.00	406.00
8	600–650	641	361.00	361.00
5	700–750	748	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	845	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	870	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
23	650–700	660	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	829	330.00–336.00	333.02
3	1100–1150	1,132	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	405.00	405.00
2	500–550	545	375.00	375.00
6	550–600	583	195.00	195.00
1	600–650	620	225.00	225.00
3	650–700	663	345.00	345.00
2	700–750	710	342.00	342.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	320.00	320.00
1	650–700	675	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	428	204.00	204.00
1	550–600	560	255.00	255.00
1	600–650	605	245.00	245.00
2	650–700	693	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	467	215.00–250.00	227.25
1	600–650	615	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	694	275.00	275.00
23	700–750	728	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	670	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	310.00	310.00
3	450–500	473	340.00	340.00
11	500–550	538	325.00–330.00	329.57
4	600–650	639	325.00	325.00
2	750–800	763	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	315.00–330.00	325.14
4	500–550	543	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	630	305.00	305.00
4	650–700	673	325.00	325.00
3	700–750	722	280.00–305.00	296.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	245.00	245.00
2	450–500	483	250.00–290.00	270.00
2	700–750	700	275.00	275.00
1	800–850	805	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	562	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	350.00	350.00
4	400–450	428	340.00	340.00
3	800–850	833	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	600–650	622	348.00–354.00	349.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	467	285.00–340.00	325.85
5	500–550	533	305.00–330.00	319.86
1	900–950	915	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	368	380.00	380.00
4	650–700	664	322.00	322.00
2	750–800	760	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	340.00	340.00

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.