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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Feb 24

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Feb 17Feb 24Mar 3 →

Receipts

271 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 317▲ 89 vs year ago 182 · +48.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 128, Bulls 11)

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 $489.34/cwt on 29 head. That ranks 27 of 29 comparable sales and sits +31.09 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$489.34

29 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$193

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$66.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.73

vs VA average

+2.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	516.43	2,686	7thin
Medium and Large 2	523	500.00	2,615	2thin
Medium and Large 1-2	598	486.00	2,906	16thin
Small 1	554	450.00	2,493	4thin

One grade step is worth $66.43/cwt here — about $193 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 sale29 hd

489.34

—

VA average8 barns · 239 hd

483.62

+5.73

National average172 barns · 11,832 hd

487.02

+2.32

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

+31.09

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

48 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	325	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	1,531	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,916	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,969	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	455	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,911	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,305	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	503	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,691	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	523	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,615	2
Steers	550–600	Small 1	554	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,493	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,646	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	598	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,906	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	421.16/cwt	410.00–432.50	2,548	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	651	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,897	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	411.41/cwt	395.00–420.00	2,715	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	673	440.20/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,963	9
Steers	650–700	Small 1	675	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,464	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	715	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,953	28
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	768	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,880	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	771	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	3,007	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	789	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,880	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	813	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,911	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	897	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	3,104	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	3,023	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,055	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,690	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	345	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,294	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,806	3
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	420	362.05/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,521	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,733	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	394.76/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,867	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	392.38/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,895	2
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	530	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,014	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,318	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	555	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,359	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	573	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,464	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,955	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	365.01/cwt	280.00–385.00	2,300	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	644	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,657	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	658	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,632	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	672	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,688	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	677	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,471	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	703	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,742	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,387	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,495	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	507	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,193	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,244	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,511	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,214	1
Bulls	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,075	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,795	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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Tue Feb 24, 2026

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

Receipts 271Last week 317Year ago 182

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 128, Bulls 11)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	385.00–400.00	392.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	672	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	375.00	375.00
2	450–500	450	385.00	385.00
1	550–600	575	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	350.00–375.00	362.05
3	500–550	530	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	658	400.00	400.00
3	700–750	703	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	555	425.00	425.00
5	650–700	677	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
39	550–600	573	430.00	430.00
20	600–650	644	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	397	455.00	455.00
2	450–500	473	380.00–410.00	394.76
3	550–600	552	420.00	420.00
5	600–650	630	280.00–385.00	365.01
4	700–750	746	320.00	320.00
2	800–850	818	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	598	486.00	486.00
9	650–700	673	420.00–450.00	440.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	525.00	525.00
2	600–650	605	410.00–432.50	421.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	420.00	420.00
4	550–600	554	450.00	450.00
1	650–700	675	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	471.00	471.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	503	535.00	535.00
28	700–750	715	413.00	413.00
17	750–800	771	390.00	390.00
8	800–850	813	358.00	358.00
11	850–900	897	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	789	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	651	445.00	445.00
2	750–800	768	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	525.00	525.00
5	450–500	461	500.00	500.00
2	550–600	563	470.00	470.00
3	650–700	660	395.00–420.00	411.41
1	900–950	930	325.00	325.00
1	1050–1100	1,055	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	507	432.50	432.50
1	800–850	820	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	427.50	427.50
1	1050–1100	1,075	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	648	387.50	387.50

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.