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Virginia Cattle Company

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

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Nov 11

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

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Receipts

199 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 259▼ 132 vs year ago 331 · −39.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 80, Bulls 10)

Natural cattle are 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 $380.55/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −77.70 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$380.55

25 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,098

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$487

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$74.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.14

vs VA average

−44.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	534	389.00	2,077	7thin
Medium and Large 1	561	380.93	2,137	17thin
Small 1	505	315.00	1,591	1thin

One grade step is worth $74.00/cwt here — about $487 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale25 hd

380.55

—

VA average6 barns · 285 hd

385.69

−5.14

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−44.32

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−77.70

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

42 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Small 1	380	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,102	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,706	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,852	12
Steers	500–550	Small 1	505	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,591	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	534	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,077	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	380.93/cwt	380.00–388.00	2,137	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	642	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,286	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	359.17/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,345	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,368	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	331.12/cwt	326.00–332.00	2,454	20
Steers	750–800	Small 1	755	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,661	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	835	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,630	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 3	850	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,125	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Natural	854	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,750	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,741	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	285	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	812	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	935	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,186	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	385	246.80/cwt	240.00–250.00	950	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	5
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	445	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,113	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	348.46/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,669	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,649	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	490	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,384	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,835	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,837	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,920	1
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	600	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,140	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	326.93/cwt	310.00–330.50	2,145	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,160	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,043	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	785	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	942	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Natural	818	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,971	4
Heifers	950–1000	Small 1	985	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,945	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,026	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	345.00/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,501	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,706	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	730	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,628	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 3	1,045	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,489	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 Nov 11, 2025

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

Receipts 199Last week 259Year ago 331

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 109, Heifers 80, Bulls 10)

Natural cattle are Weaned

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	275.00	275.00
3	400–450	435	335.00–350.00	345.00
1	500–550	525	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	660	275.00	275.00
1	750–800	775	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	100.00	100.00
1	1000–1050	1,045	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	435	350.00	350.00
13	450–500	479	340.00–350.00	348.46
22	500–550	538	341.00	341.00
1	600–650	600	320.00	320.00
12	650–700	656	310.00–330.50	326.93
4	700–750	743	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	240.00–250.00	246.80
1	400–450	445	250.00	250.00
1	600–650	600	190.00	190.00
1	950–1000	985	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	275.00	275.00
1	450–500	490	282.50	282.50
1	750–800	785	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	285.00	285.00
1	350–400	365	325.00	325.00
1	450–500	485	340.00	340.00
6	500–550	545	337.00	337.00
1	650–700	675	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	818	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	505	315.00	315.00
2	750–800	755	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	850	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	443	385.00	385.00
7	500–550	534	389.00	389.00
3	600–650	642	356.00	356.00
1	700–750	740	320.00	320.00
4	800–850	835	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	400.00	400.00
12	450–500	463	400.00	400.00
17	550–600	561	380.00–388.00	380.93
24	650–700	653	350.00–360.00	359.17
20	700–750	741	326.00–332.00	331.12
5	850–900	870	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	854	322.00	322.00

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.