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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-24

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 24

● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Mar 17Mar 24Mar 31 →

Receipts

295 head

▲ 157 vs last sale 138▲ 74 vs year ago 221 · +33.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 146, Heifers 130, Bulls 19)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Most Natural cattle are Weaned

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 $464.14/cwt on 63 head, down $5.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 29 comparable sales and sits +5.89 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$464.14

▼ 5.76 vs prior sale

63 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,526

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$928

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$148.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.57

vs VA average

−13.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	480.70	2,633	30
Medium and Large 1-2	531	475.00	2,522	17thin
Medium and Large 2	562	455.00	2,556	8thin
Medium and Large 2-3	558	410.00	2,288	4thin
Medium and Large 3	538	400.00	2,152	2thin
Small 1	513	332.39	1,705	2thin

One grade step is worth $148.31/cwt here — about $928 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 sale63 hd

464.14

—

VA average9 barns · 451 hd

461.56

+2.57

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

−13.95

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

+5.89

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

66 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,469	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	355	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,598	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,675	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	400	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,660	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	435.25/cwt	415.00–450.00	1,824	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	449	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,200	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,288	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	502	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,490	5
Steers	500–550	Small 1	513	332.39/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,705	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	531	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,522	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	538	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,152	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,626	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,248	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,372	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3	558	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,288	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	563	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,618	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	579	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,779	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Natural	610	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,349	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	612	434.44/cwt	405.00–450.00	2,659	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,337	1
Steers	600–650	Small 1	615	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,999	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	638	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,520	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,600	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,376	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	730	370.52/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,705	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	758	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,843	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,671	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	302.34/cwt	265.00–315.00	2,642	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 3	955	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,958	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	340	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	918	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,515	2
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	380	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,311	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,657	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,840	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,740	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,964	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,987	4
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	485	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,528	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	506	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,054	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,112	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,091	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	570	381.85/cwt	379.00–383.00	2,177	24
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	580	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,682	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	584	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,956	5
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	631	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,272	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,314	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	678	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,271	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,297	1
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,306	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	297.67/cwt	285.00–304.00	2,605	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	913	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,419	4
Heifers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,150	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	3,048	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,254	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,601	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,675	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	394	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,537	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	505	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,970	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	394.91/cwt	345.00–407.50	2,215	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,323	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,535	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,272	1
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,035	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,536	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	1000–1050	Large 4	1,015	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,081	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.

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