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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Dec 16

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Dec 9Dec 16Jan 6 →

Receipts

158 head

▲ 36 vs last sale 122▼ 26 vs year ago 184 · −14.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 114, Heifers 36, Bulls 8)

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 $413.78/cwt on 37 head. That ranks 10 of 29 comparable sales and sits −44.47 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$413.78

37 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,200

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$554

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1

$123.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+26.26

vs VA average

−30.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	511	433.00	2,213	20
Medium and Large 2	537	400.00	2,148	3thin
Medium and Large 1	562	395.38	2,221	13thin
Small 1	535	310.00	1,659	1thin

One grade step is worth $123.00/cwt here — about $554 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 sale37 hd

413.78

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VA average8 barns · 255 hd

387.53

+26.26

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−30.32

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−44.47

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

32 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	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,374	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	460	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,932	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,998	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	511	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,213	20
Steers	500–550	Small 1	535	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,659	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	537	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,148	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,126	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	576	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,304	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	633	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,405	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,159	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	648	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,430	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	667	369.02/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,461	36
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	349.26/cwt	300.00–366.00	2,358	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,405	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,464	1
Steers	800–850	Small 1	835	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,213	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,577	2
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	438	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,349	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,781	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,878	7
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	600	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,410	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	639	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,096	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	2,080	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,961	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,145	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	905	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,240	3
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Natural	1,070	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,333	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,008	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	573	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,834	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,032	1
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	645	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,129	1
Bulls	750–800	Small 1	768	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,304	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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