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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-17

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 17

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jan 20Feb 17Feb 24 →

Receipts

317 head

▲ 108 vs last sale 209▼ 32 vs year ago 349 · −9.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 207, Heifers 101, Bulls 9)

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 $503.18/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 30 of 29 comparable sales and sits +44.93 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$503.18

33 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$613

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

$90.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.96

vs VA average

+15.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	525.26	2,810	19thin
Medium and Large 1	544	483.13	2,628	8thin
Medium and Large 2	560	465.00	2,604	5thin
Small 1	505	435.00	2,197	1thin

One grade step is worth $90.26/cwt here — about $613 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 sale33 hd

503.18

—

VA average8 barns · 286 hd

468.22

+34.96

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+15.83

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

+44.93

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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,553	1
Steers	350–400	Small 1	365	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,442	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,764	3
Steers	400–450	Small 1	420	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,722	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,133	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	453	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,106	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,061	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Natural	498	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,515	6
Steers	500–550	Small 1	505	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,197	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	521	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,761	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,624	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,604	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	565	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,910	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,656	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	620	460.40/cwt	440.00–470.00	2,854	39
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	629	447.70/cwt	390.00–460.00	2,816	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,780	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,848	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	720	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,981	23
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	724	410.79/cwt	400.00–414.00	2,974	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	387.51/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,879	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,513	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	763	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,052	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	770	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,003	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,446	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	386.70/cwt	365.00–392.50	1,411	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,641	5
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,743	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,024	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,083	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	495	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,658	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,072	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	410.03/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,165	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	539	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,210	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	561	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,300	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	570	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,366	18
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	600	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,470	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	617	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,252	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	352.64/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,215	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	674	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,426	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	703	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,461	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	777	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,525	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,351	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	423	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,755	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,820	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	500	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,100	2
Bulls	500–550	Small 1	510	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,836	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	685	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,295	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	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 Feb 17, 2026

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

Receipts 317Last week 209Year ago 349

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 207, Heifers 101, Bulls 9)

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	685	335.00	335.00
2	750–800	755	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	423	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	455	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	500	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	365	365.00–392.50	386.70
1	450–500	495	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	445.00	445.00
5	350–400	373	440.00	440.00
18	550–600	570	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	539	410.00	410.00
10	600–650	617	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	420.00	420.00
2	500–550	518	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	600	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	561	410.00	410.00
7	700–750	703	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	674	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	420.00	420.00
3	450–500	490	425.00	425.00
3	500–550	528	400.00–415.00	410.03
5	600–650	628	345.00–365.00	352.64
2	800–850	825	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	777	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	450.00	450.00
5	450–500	453	465.00	465.00
5	550–600	560	465.00	465.00
2	650–700	670	425.00	425.00
1	750–800	750	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	420	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	505	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	498	505.00	505.00
39	600–650	620	440.00–470.00	460.40
23	700–750	720	414.00	414.00
2	750–800	770	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
28	600–650	629	390.00–460.00	447.70
31	700–750	724	400.00–414.00	410.79
8	750–800	763	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	565	515.00	515.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	521	530.00	530.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	450.00	450.00
5	400–450	449	475.00	475.00
7	500–550	541	485.00	485.00
1	550–600	565	470.00	470.00
14	600–650	639	435.00	435.00
2	700–750	743	385.00–390.00	387.51

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.