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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Oct 28

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Receipts

227 head

▼ 172 vs last sale 399▼ 168 vs year ago 395 · −42.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 76, Bulls 40)

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 $351.36/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −106.89 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$351.36

33 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,946

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,032

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 4

$173.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.45

vs VA average

−78.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	378.44	2,073	16thin
Medium and Large 2	565	375.00	2,119	1thin
Medium and Large 3-4	571	350.00	1,999	13thin
Medium and Large 4	508	205.00	1,041	3thin

One grade step is worth $173.44/cwt here — about $1,032 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 sale33 hd

351.36

—

VA average10 barns · 640 hd

386.81

−35.45

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−78.36

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−106.89

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

62 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	200–250	Medium and Large 2	210	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	588	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,560	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,481	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	435	309.66/cwt	275.00–320.00	1,347	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Natural	440	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,672	3
Steers	400–450	Small 1	445	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	935	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	1,843	5
Steers	450–500	Small 1	495	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,510	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 4Value Added	508	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,041	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,983	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,079	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,119	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3-4Value Added	571	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,999	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,361	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,074	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Natural	619	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,290	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 4Value Added	635	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,651	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,983	1
Steers	650–700	Small 1	660	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,947	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	357.21/cwt	320.00–365.00	2,390	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	675	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,363	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	679	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,275	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	312.46/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,275	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	758	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,653	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	786	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,751	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Small 1	275	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	688	1
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	345	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	932	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	975	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,400	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	720	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,574	3
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	465	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,232	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,444	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	549	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,784	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,840	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	584	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,840	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 4	590	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,298	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	298.85/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,960	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	661	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,042	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	705	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,692	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	777	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,117	16
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	786	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,130	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	278	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	751	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	914	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	403	257.48/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,038	2
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	445	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,068	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,232	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	288.82/cwt	225.00–350.00	1,372	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 4	515	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	927	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,649	5
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	548	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,315	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,808	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,770	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,000	5
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	675	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,451	1
Bulls	700–750	Small 1	725	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,341	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,961	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 3Natural	765	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,549	5
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	783	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,488	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,374	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	870	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,544	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,584	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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 227Last week 399Year ago 395

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 111, Heifers 76, Bulls 40)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	475	225.00–350.00	288.82
5	500–550	532	310.00	310.00
1	550–600	590	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	740	265.00	265.00
1	950–1000	960	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	565	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	785	175.00	175.00
1	850–900	870	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	640	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	765	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	270.00	270.00
1	300–350	315	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	403	255.00–260.00	257.48
1	450–500	465	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	240.00	240.00
2	500–550	548	240.00	240.00
1	650–700	675	215.00	215.00
1	700–750	725	185.00	185.00
2	750–800	783	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	280.00	280.00
1	350–400	395	375.00	375.00
1	550–600	565	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	605	225.00	225.00
1	650–700	650	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	400.00	400.00
5	450–500	463	398.00	398.00
1	500–550	515	385.00	385.00
15	550–600	550	378.00	378.00
1	600–650	610	340.00	340.00
6	650–700	669	320.00–365.00	357.21
2	700–750	728	310.00–315.00	312.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	675	350.00	350.00
7	750–800	786	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	380.00	380.00
8	600–650	619	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	679	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	571	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	435	275.00–320.00	309.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 4 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	508	205.00	205.00
3	600–650	635	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	210.00	210.00
1	450–500	495	305.00	305.00
1	650–700	660	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	758	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	661	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	400	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	463	340.00	340.00
10	550–600	566	325.00	325.00
13	650–700	656	285.00–300.00	298.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	786	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	750–800	777	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	260.00	260.00
1	450–500	450	160.00	160.00
4	550–600	584	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	705	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	549	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	250.00	250.00
1	300–350	345	270.00	270.00
1	450–500	465	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	590	220.00	220.00

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.