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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jan 6

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Dec 16Jan 6Jan 13 →

Receipts

174 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 158▲ 174 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 68, Bulls 16)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are mostly Weaned and Vaccinated

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 $426.60/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 10 of 29 comparable sales and sits −31.65 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$426.60

21 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,334

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$138

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$40.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.88

vs VA average

−39.73 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	531	430.00	2,283	4thin
Medium and Large 1	554	429.91	2,381	15thin
Medium and Large 3	505	400.00	2,020	1thin
Small 1	550	390.00	2,145	1thin

One grade step is worth $40.00/cwt here — about $138 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale21 hd

426.60

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VA average4 barns · 120 hd

415.72

+10.88

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−39.73

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−31.65

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Small 1	405	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,499	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	456	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,052	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	458.54/cwt	455.00–460.00	2,206	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,020	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,153	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,283	4
Steers	550–600	Small 1	550	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,145	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	431.33/cwt	411.00–435.00	2,398	14
Steers	600–650	Small 1	615	385.50/cwt	385.00–386.00	2,371	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,367	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,544	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Natural	700	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,590	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,527	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,459	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,514	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	761	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,606	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	771	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,691	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Natural	818	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,748	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Natural	886	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,897	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,916	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,309	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,425	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,591	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	468	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,806	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,864	5
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	521	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,803	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	540	324.95/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,755	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,995	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,198	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	734	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,496	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	939	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,629	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,642	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,653	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,994	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,625	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,034	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,147	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,204	2
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	615	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,106	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,318	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,393	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.

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