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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-04

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Nov 4

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Oct 28Nov 4Nov 11 →

Receipts

259 head

▲ 32 vs last sale 227▲ 259 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 157, Heifers 78, Bulls 24)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

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 $372.91/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −85.34 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$372.91

34 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,096

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$46.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.59

vs VA average

−46.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	563	376.25	2,119	31
Medium and Large 2	595	355.00	2,112	1thin
Small 1	530	330.00	1,749	2thin

One grade step is worth $46.25/cwt here — about $370 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale34 hd

372.91

—

VA average8 barns · 329 hd

369.32

+3.59

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−46.19

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−85.34

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

59 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	350–400	Small 1	360	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,206	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	368	284.76/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,048	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	420	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,365	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	420	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,302	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	389.23/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,790	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,879	9
Steers	450–500	Small 1	475	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,354	2
Steers	500–550	Small 1	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	374.57/cwt	315.00–381.00	2,098	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	579	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,229	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,112	1
Steers	600–650	Small 1	630	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,796	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	633	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,216	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	638	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,297	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,297	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	697	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,446	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	720	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,520	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	725	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,393	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,533	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,568	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	836	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,801	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	865	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,638	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 3	900	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,755	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	901	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,946	33
Steers	1300–1350	Medium and Large 1	1,320	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	2,409	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	260	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	663	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	803	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	333	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,166	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,274	6
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	375	251.35/cwt	247.50–255.00	943	2
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	420	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	819	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,481	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	428	254.11/cwt	225.00–267.50	1,088	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,624	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	519	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,687	5
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	528	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,188	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,822	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	606	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,994	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,632	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,845	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	625	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,344	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,111	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,969	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,108	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,151	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,736	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,827	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,622	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,799	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,265	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,714	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,813	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,451	1
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	655	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,801	1
Bulls	700–750	Small 1	715	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,609	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	720	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,296	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,085	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	855	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,881	2

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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