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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Dec 9

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Dec 2Dec 9Dec 16 →

Receipts

122 head

▼ 194 vs last sale 316▼ 136 vs year ago 258 · −52.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 67, Bulls 10)

Value Added and 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 $286.85/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −78.69 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$286.85

18 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$669

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$120.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−27.37

vs VA average

−91.11 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	320.72	1,719	8thin
Medium and Large 2	565	315.00	1,780	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	573	227.50	1,304	5thin
Medium and Large 3	525	200.00	1,050	1thin

One grade step is worth $120.72/cwt here — about $669 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 sale18 hd

286.85

—

VA average7 barns · 177 hd

314.22

−27.37

National average184 barns · 19,282 hd

377.96

−91.11

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

−78.69

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

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

48 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	150–200	Medium and Large 3	170	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	170	1
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	285	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	285	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,452	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,406	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,594	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	434	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,454	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,950	3
Steers	500–550	Small 1	545	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,553	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	548	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,904	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	565	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,667	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,024	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,258	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,332	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	669	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,275	4
Steers	700–750	Small 1	738	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,184	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,200	1
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,188	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,901	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	150–200	Small 1	195	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	263	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	260	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	390	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	310	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	775	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	951	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,110	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	393	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,140	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	990	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,389	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,474	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	482	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,181	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,050	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	320.72/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,719	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	573	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,304	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	633	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,709	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,987	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	2
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	680	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,360	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	687	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,171	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,712	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 3	263	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	697	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	742	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,007	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,581	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,403	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,155	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 Dec 9, 2025

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

Receipts 122Last week 316Year ago 258

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 45, Heifers 67, Bulls 10)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	150.00	150.00
1	300–350	310	250.00	250.00
1	500–550	525	200.00	200.00
4	600–650	633	270.00	270.00
1	750–800	775	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	245.00	245.00
5	550–600	573	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	328	290.00	290.00
1	350–400	370	300.00	300.00
2	400–450	435	315.00	315.00
2	450–500	468	315.00	315.00
8	500–550	536	300.00–325.00	320.72
4	600–650	643	309.00	309.00
1	800–850	835	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	687	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	225.00	225.00
2	450–500	463	300.00	300.00
4	550–600	565	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	650	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	195	135.00	135.00
1	650–700	680	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	380.00	380.00
1	400–450	425	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	570	355.00	355.00
4	650–700	669	340.00	340.00
1	800–850	800	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	170	100.00	100.00
1	250–300	285	100.00	100.00
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
1	550–600	565	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	285.00	285.00
5	700–750	738	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	363	400.00	400.00
3	500–550	527	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	585	386.00	386.00
3	650–700	657	355.00	355.00
2	1150–1200	1,188	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	434	335.00	335.00
9	500–550	548	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	265.00	265.00
1	450–500	480	150.00	150.00
1	500–550	510	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	745	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	263	265.00	265.00
2	350–400	350	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	310.00	310.00

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.