Sale reports / Virginia / Virginia Cattle Company / 2026-01-20

Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jan 20

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jan 13Jan 20Feb 17 →

Receipts

209 head

▼ 409 vs last sale 618▲ 209 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 79, Bulls 23)

Value Added and Natural cattle are 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 $432.05/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 10 of 29 comparable sales and sits −26.20 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$432.05

22 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$653

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$115.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.58

vs VA average

−33.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	440.00	2,473	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	598	435.00	2,601	6thin
Medium and Large 2	538	425.00	2,287	2thin
Small 1	560	325.00	1,820	1thin

One grade step is worth $115.00/cwt here — about $653 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 sale22 hd

432.05

—

VA average7 barns · 249 hd

430.46

+1.58

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−33.28

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−26.20

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

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	336	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,714	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	414.38/cwt	350.00–450.00	1,595	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,817	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Natural	396	567.50/cwt	567.50–567.50	2,247	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3Natural	398	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,313	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,785	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	429	507.00/cwt	507.00–507.00	2,175	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,914	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	492.84/cwt	450.00–500.00	2,385	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	538	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,287	2
Steers	550–600	Small 1	560	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,820	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,473	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	598	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,601	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	644	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,615	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,684	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	676	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,745	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	747	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,801	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	347.45/cwt	320.00–353.00	2,634	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,360	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Natural	874	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,753	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	260	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	975	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,287	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,617	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	392	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,137	5
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	427	346.60/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,480	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,613	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	392.72/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,700	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,327	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	377.51/cwt	335.00–400.00	1,835	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,723	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	553	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,018	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,009	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,016	15
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,186	6
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	650	297.50/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,934	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	736	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,282	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,281	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Small 1	358	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,056	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,142	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	415	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,453	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	884	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	475	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,544	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,358	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,219	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,248	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	698	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,199	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,801	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,080	1
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,751	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 Jan 20, 2026

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

Receipts 209Last week 618Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 107, Heifers 79, Bulls 23)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	414	517.50	517.50
2	500–550	548	405.00	405.00
2	650–700	698	315.00	315.00
1	800–850	800	260.00	260.00
2	950–1000	973	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	350.00	350.00
3	450–500	485	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	190.00	190.00
3	550–600	580	387.50	387.50
1	700–750	735	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	358	295.00	295.00
1	450–500	475	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	644	406.00	406.00
6	650–700	676	406.00	406.00
6	850–900	874	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	460.00	460.00
1	400–450	435	440.00	440.00
2	500–550	538	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	510.00	510.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	507.00	507.00
6	550–600	598	435.00	435.00
5	700–750	747	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	350.00–450.00	414.38
1	400–450	415	430.00	430.00
7	450–500	484	450.00–500.00	492.84
13	550–600	562	440.00	440.00
10	650–700	666	403.00	403.00
6	750–800	758	320.00–353.00	347.45
2	800–850	843	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	396	567.50	567.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	560	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	375.00	375.00
1	400–450	430	375.00	375.00
4	450–500	474	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	558	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	736	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	415.00	415.00
3	350–400	385	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	433	385.00–400.00	392.72
11	450–500	486	335.00–400.00	377.51
1	500–550	530	325.00	325.00
15	550–600	560	360.00	360.00
6	600–650	641	341.00	341.00
3	700–750	748	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	553	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	427	330.00–355.00	346.60
1	550–600	575	295.00	295.00
2	650–700	650	285.00–310.00	297.50

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.