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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Nov 18

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Nov 11Nov 18Dec 2 →

Receipts

157 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 199▼ 152 vs year ago 309 · −49.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 100, Bulls 15)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $338.83/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 11 of 29 comparable sales and sits −26.71 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$338.83

29 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,782

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$41

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$21.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.36

vs VA average

−18.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	511	345.78	1,767	18thin
Medium and Large 1	548	328.75	1,801	8thin
Medium and Large 2	558	324.00	1,808	3thin

One grade step is worth $21.78/cwt here — about −$41 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale29 hd

338.83

—

VA average9 barns · 455 hd

323.47

+15.36

National average188 barns · 19,415 hd

356.89

−18.06

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−26.71

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $417.58, low $319.91, median $365.54 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

50 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	949	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,330	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,904	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,763	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	500	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,388	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,169	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,358	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,281	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,399	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,372	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	866	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,685	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	920	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,185	1
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 3	1,160	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,030	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	315	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	473	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 4	330	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	792	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,349	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 4	415	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,204	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 4Natural	438	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,500	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	323.79/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,554	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,128	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3Natural	506	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,756	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,802	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,808	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	595	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,934	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,815	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 4	633	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,630	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,905	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	655	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,932	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,896	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	714	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,981	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,672	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	740	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,961	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,676	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,770	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	855	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,710	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	891	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,072	16
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	805	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,326	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,723	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 4	540	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,080	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,466	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,607	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 4	700	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,050	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,330	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 4	828	147.45/cwt	142.50–152.50	1,221	2
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,356	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 2	925	156.22/cwt	155.00–157.50	1,445	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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Tue Nov 18, 2025

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

Receipts 157Last week 199Year ago 309

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 42, Heifers 100, Bulls 15)

Value Added and most 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
4	450–500	480	320.00–325.00	323.79
7	500–550	546	330.00	330.00
1	550–600	560	320.00	320.00
6	600–650	648	294.00	294.00
1	650–700	670	283.00	283.00
1	700–750	745	225.00	225.00
3	750–800	753	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	655	295.00	295.00
3	700–750	740	265.00	265.00
16	850–900	891	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	150.00	150.00
1	450–500	480	235.00	235.00
1	550–600	595	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	240.00	240.00
4	400–450	415	290.00	290.00
3	600–650	633	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	320.00	320.00
3	550–600	558	324.00	324.00
3	600–650	628	289.00	289.00
2	700–750	735	227.50	227.50
1	850–900	855	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	506	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	714	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	476	400.00	400.00
9	550–600	559	388.00	388.00
7	600–650	639	369.00	369.00
3	700–750	727	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	825	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	260.00	260.00
1	500–550	500	277.50	277.50
1	650–700	670	310.00	310.00
1	1150–1200	1,160	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	483	365.00	365.00
3	600–650	647	352.50	352.50
1	900–950	920	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	866	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	530	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	595	270.00	270.00
1	850–900	875	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	543	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	760	175.00	175.00
2	900–950	925	155.00–157.50	156.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	200.00	200.00
1	700–750	700	150.00	150.00
2	800–850	828	142.50–152.50	147.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	230.00	230.00

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.