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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-17

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 17

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Mar 10Mar 17Mar 24 →

Receipts

138 head

▼ 175 vs last sale 313▲ 49 vs year ago 89 · +55.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 49, Bulls 12)

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 $469.90/cwt on 20 head, up $21.67 from the prior sale. That ranks 21 of 29 comparable sales and sits +11.65 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$469.90

▲ 21.67 vs prior sale

20 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,560

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$131

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

$41.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.69

vs VA average

−2.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	508	481.00	2,443	8thin
Medium and Large 1	564	470.00	2,651	9thin
Medium and Large 2	585	440.00	2,574	3thin

One grade step is worth $41.00/cwt here — about −$131 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 sale20 hd

469.90

—

VA average7 barns · 362 hd

464.21

+5.69

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

−2.22

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

+11.65

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

35 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Small 1	330	420.23/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,387	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,980	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,043	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,403	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	508	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,443	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,651	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,574	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,570	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	674	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,689	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	693	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,703	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,548	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,567	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	767	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,884	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	809	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,751	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,769	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	954	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,624	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	290	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,073	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,307	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,782	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,868	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,318	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,160	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,438	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	594	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,287	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,203	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	696	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,151	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,303	3
Heifers	750–800	Small 1	750	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,980	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,275	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,398	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,710	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	439.87/cwt	415.00–452.50	2,001	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,109	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,128	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,244	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 Mar 17, 2026

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

Receipts 138Last week 313Year ago 89

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 49, Bulls 12)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	508	481.00	481.00
6	650–700	674	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	693	390.00	390.00
5	800–850	809	340.00	340.00
8	950–1000	954	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	415.00–425.00	420.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	445.00	445.00
3	450–500	493	487.50	487.50
9	550–600	564	470.00	470.00
9	600–650	649	396.00	396.00
3	700–750	728	350.00	350.00
1	750–800	755	340.00	340.00
3	850–900	860	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	430.00	430.00
3	550–600	585	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	767	376.00	376.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	594	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	539	430.00	430.00
9	600–650	646	341.00	341.00
3	700–750	743	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	875	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	370.00	370.00
1	350–400	390	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	575	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	540	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	405.00	405.00
4	450–500	470	397.50	397.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	696	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	450.00	450.00
3	450–500	455	415.00–452.50	439.87
3	550–600	555	380.00	380.00
2	650–700	680	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	325	430.00	430.00
2	550–600	560	380.00	380.00

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.