Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2026-01-13

Virginia Cattle Company

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jan 13
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182
← Jan 6Jan 13Jan 20 →
Receipts
618 head
▲ 444 vs last sale 174▼ 157 vs year ago 775 · −20.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 371, Heifers 221, Bulls 26)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are mostly Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $418.80/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 10 of 29 comparable sales and sits −39.45 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.
Average price
$418.80
56 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,315
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$778
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$150.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.29
vs VA average
−53.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1554446.712,47741
Medium and Large 2545353.331,92612thin
Small 1530305.001,6171thin
Medium and Large 3573296.501,6992thin
One grade step is worth $150.21/cwt here — about $778 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 sale56 hd
418.80
—
VA average8 barns · 358 hd
424.09
−5.29
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
−53.18
This barn, trailing median29 sales
458.25
−39.45
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
507461414368median 458.2503/0304/2106/1608/2510/27
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

80 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Natural305480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,4645
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Natural373460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7163
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7433
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1420250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,0501
Steers400–450Small 1424332.25/cwt305.00–345.001,4093
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,7851
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Natural431537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,31717
Steers400–450Medium and Large 4435170.00/cwt170.00–170.007401
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1469475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,22812
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Natural486485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,35711
Steers500–550Small 1530305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6171
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added538320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,7228
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Natural549435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,3889
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1556450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,50232
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2559420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,3484
Steers550–600Medium and Large 3573296.50/cwt290.00–302.501,6992
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added605295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7853
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added609367.97/cwt255.00–400.002,24119
Steers600–650Small 1634296.62/cwt295.00–300.001,8813
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Natural640407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,6059
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Natural652406.29/cwt400.00–409.002,64920
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2653406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,65129
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2653330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,1553
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656404.50/cwt402.00–405.002,65424
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added693407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,8217
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Natural731359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,62413
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743341.48/cwt337.00–346.002,5372
Steers700–750Small 1745292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,1791
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758358.77/cwt350.00–362.502,71940
Steers750–800Small 1760275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,0901
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added761354.52/cwt350.00–356.002,69816
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Natural775355.78/cwt354.00–357.002,75715
Steers750–800Small 1Value Added778239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,8593
Steers800–850Medium and Large 2800320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5601
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1601
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added820323.85/cwt303.00–331.002,65612
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1854316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,6997
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added894329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,94123
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2960225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,1601
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,033240.91/cwt227.50–254.002,4892
Steers1250–1300Medium and Large 11,260187.50/cwt187.50–187.502,3631
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,5424
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3388310.39/cwt250.00–370.001,2042
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2426440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,8748
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2473392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,8573
Heifers450–500Small 1477318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,5173
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1490410.66/cwt397.50–412.502,0128
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Natural528391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,0644
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 3540330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7821
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9082
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1556370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,05719
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,7643
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,20228
Heifers550–600Small 1571310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7704
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1253
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added642342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,1967
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2651361.00/cwt361.00–361.002,35024
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Natural651342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,2267
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 3655260.00/cwt235.00–285.001,7032
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,24717
Heifers650–700Small 1672235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5793
Heifers700–750Small 1733290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1262
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738322.78/cwt300.00–326.002,3828
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Natural741329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,43811
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1753290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,1846
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added764337.00/cwt337.00–337.002,57513
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added827318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,63023
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,2961
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2885280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,4781
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1980225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,2051
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,000254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,5401
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1338400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,3522
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3311
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1415405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6811
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1472435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,0539
Bulls500–550Small 1500245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2251
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8381
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1543347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,8875
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2651334.00/cwt334.00–334.002,1745
Bulls650–700Small 1675228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,5391

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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