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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-03-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-10

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 10

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Mar 3Mar 10Mar 17 →

Receipts

313 head

▲ 32 vs last sale 281▲ 141 vs year ago 172 · +82.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 113, Heifers 154, Bulls 46)

Value Added and most Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $389.38/cwt on 24 head, up $2.34 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 29 comparable sales and sits +23.84 against this barn's trailing median of $365.54.

Average price

$389.38

▲ 2.34 vs prior sale

24 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,123

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$221

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$47.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.31

vs VA average

−24.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	535	417.50	2,234	3thin
Medium and Large 2	550	402.25	2,211	10thin
Medium and Large 1	544	370.00	2,013	11thin

One grade step is worth $47.50/cwt here — about $221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale24 hd

389.38

—

VA average9 barns · 702 hd

384.06

+5.31

National average182 barns · 10,991 hd

413.78

−24.40

This barn, trailing median29 sales

365.54

+23.84

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $417.58, low $319.91, median $365.54 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

75 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,373	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,478	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	388	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,630	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,753	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,914	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,558	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,190	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	506	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,328	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,759	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,325	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	550	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,788	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,556	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	578	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,630	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,560	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,540	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	639	356.26/cwt	352.50–360.00	2,277	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	645	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,645	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,435	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,696	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	713	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,282	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,421	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,235	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	785	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,826	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	805	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,777	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	868	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,830	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2Natural	920	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,921	2
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,065	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,343	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	265	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	954	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,304	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	340	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,173	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,474	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3Natural	419	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,095	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,579	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,681	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,978	2
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	465	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,023	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3Natural	468	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,293	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,285	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,053	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	529	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,275	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	535	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,234	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,013	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	598	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,018	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,988	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	643	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,154	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	657	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,201	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	663	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,923	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	668	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,238	4
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	670	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,943	2
Heifers	650–700	Small 1Value Added	670	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,943	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,021	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	687	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,301	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	713	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,460	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,310	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	313.80/cwt	312.00–315.00	2,375	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	825	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,640	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	825	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,331	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	895	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,812	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,020	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,295	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,075	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,499	2
Heifers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,150	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,444	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,394	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,790	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,855	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,953	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	518	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,072	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,164	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,223	2
Bulls	600–650	Small 1	605	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,815	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	338.25/cwt	320.00–362.50	2,121	12
Bulls	700–750	Small 1	745	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,118	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,146	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,260	1
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,144	1
Bulls	900–950	Small 1	940	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,034	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 Mar 10, 2026

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

Receipts 313Last week 281Year ago 172

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 113, Heifers 154, Bulls 46)

Value Added and most 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
4	400–450	431	390.00	390.00
5	450–500	482	474.00	474.00
7	500–550	529	430.00	430.00
5	650–700	657	335.00	335.00
1	850–900	895	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	668	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	360.00	360.00
1	300–350	340	345.00	345.00
2	450–500	460	430.00	430.00
3	500–550	535	417.50	417.50
2	650–700	663	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	598	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	419	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	468	490.00	490.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	465	435.00	435.00
2	650–700	670	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	670	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	395.00	395.00
2	350–400	393	375.00	375.00
5	400–450	421	375.00	375.00
10	450–500	483	425.00	425.00
11	500–550	544	370.00	370.00
5	600–650	633	314.00	314.00
1	650–700	685	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	745	310.00	310.00
5	750–800	757	312.00–315.00	313.80
1	1000–1050	1,020	225.00	225.00
1	1150–1200	1,150	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	687	335.00	335.00
9	700–750	713	345.00	345.00
16	800–850	825	320.00	320.00
2	1050–1100	1,075	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	825	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	643	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	632	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	506	460.00	460.00
6	550–600	578	455.00	455.00
6	750–800	785	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	405.00	405.00
1	400–450	445	430.00	430.00
3	500–550	547	425.00	425.00
1	550–600	550	325.00	325.00
1	600–650	645	377.50	377.50
1	700–750	745	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	920	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	420.00	420.00
1	400–450	445	350.00	350.00
1	500–550	525	335.00	335.00
6	600–650	639	352.50–360.00	356.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	450.00	450.00
4	350–400	394	445.00	445.00
14	450–500	476	460.00	460.00
10	550–600	552	463.00	463.00
1	600–650	635	400.00	400.00
8	650–700	674	400.00	400.00
4	700–750	745	325.00	325.00
2	1050–1100	1,065	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	645	410.00	410.00
3	700–750	713	320.00	320.00
5	800–850	805	345.00	345.00
10	850–900	868	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	518	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	300.00	300.00
1	700–750	745	150.00	150.00
1	900–950	940	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	395.00	395.00
7	450–500	458	405.00	405.00
7	550–600	562	385.00	385.00
3	750–800	753	285.00	285.00
1	800–850	840	150.00	150.00
1	900–950	915	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	442	405.00	405.00
2	550–600	570	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	627	320.00–362.50	338.25

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.