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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-03-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-31

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Mar 31

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Mar 24Mar 31Apr 7 →

Receipts

239 head

▼ 56 vs last sale 295▲ 28 vs year ago 211 · +13.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 90, Bulls 23)

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 $469.82/cwt on 34 head, up $5.68 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 29 comparable sales and sits +11.57 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$469.82

▲ 5.68 vs prior sale

34 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,594

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$439

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

$81.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.32

vs VA average

−13.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	481.00	2,679	24
Medium and Large 2	548	460.00	2,521	7thin
Small 1	505	404.95	2,045	2thin
Medium and Large 3	560	400.00	2,240	1thin

One grade step is worth $81.00/cwt here — about $439 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 sale34 hd

469.82

—

VA average7 barns · 257 hd

468.50

+1.32

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

−13.36

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

+11.57

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

53 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,577	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,688	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	407	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,832	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,011	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	480	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,992	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,417	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	481	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,261	4
Steers	500–550	Small 1	505	404.95/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,045	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,521	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,679	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,240	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	605	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,360	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	610	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,654	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,375	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	633	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,659	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	635	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,731	3
Steers	600–650	Small 1	645	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,419	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	397.47/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,671	6
Steers	650–700	Small 1	680	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,380	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	337.75/cwt	320.00–355.00	2,398	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	733	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,566	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,598	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Natural	776	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,894	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	808	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,727	16
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Natural	917	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,962	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	935	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,828	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	370	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,462	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,917	7
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	430	342.50/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,473	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,626	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	433.91/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,096	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,061	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	530	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,882	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	371.15/cwt	340.00–375.00	2,060	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,232	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,300	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,338	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Natural	649	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,336	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	683	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,373	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	737	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,358	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Natural	808	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,444	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,173	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,634	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,066	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,183	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,132	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,328	4
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	570	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,223	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,464	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 3	730	298.29/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,178	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	748	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,225	2
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,255	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 31, 2026

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

Receipts 239Last week 295Year ago 211

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 90, Bulls 23)

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 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	442	455.00	455.00
7	500–550	548	460.00	460.00
2	600–650	625	380.00	380.00
2	700–750	710	320.00–355.00	337.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	415.00	415.00
1	450–500	480	415.00	415.00
1	550–600	560	400.00	400.00
1	600–650	605	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	610	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	505	400.00–410.00	404.95
1	600–650	645	375.00	375.00
4	650–700	680	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	733	350.00	350.00
10	900–950	917	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	435.00	435.00
8	450–500	481	502.50	502.50
24	550–600	557	481.00	481.00
6	650–700	672	385.00–400.00	397.47
6	750–800	753	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	407	450.00	450.00
4	450–500	481	470.00	470.00
16	800–850	808	337.50	337.50
3	900–950	935	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	633	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	635	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	776	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	649	360.00	360.00
2	800–850	808	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	420.00	420.00
4	450–500	485	425.00	425.00
9	550–600	555	340.00–375.00	371.15
3	600–650	630	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	395.00	395.00
2	450–500	458	355.00	355.00
1	500–550	530	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	430	340.00–345.00	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	426	450.00	450.00
9	450–500	483	425.00–435.00	433.91
16	550–600	558	400.00	400.00
6	600–650	632	370.00	370.00
1	800–850	820	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	737	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	683	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	730	285.00–305.00	298.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	430.00	430.00
2	450–500	475	435.00	435.00
4	550–600	561	415.00	415.00
4	650–700	666	370.00	370.00
2	800–850	843	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	748	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	520	410.00	410.00

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.