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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-21

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Apr 21

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Apr 14Apr 21Apr 28 →

Receipts

237 head

▼ 142 vs last sale 379▲ 68 vs year ago 169 · +40.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 105, Heifers 102, Bulls 30)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some 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 $480.07/cwt on 49 head, up $18.28 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 29 comparable sales and sits +21.82 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$480.07

▲ 18.28 vs prior sale

49 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,644

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$503

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

$85.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.38

vs VA average

+1.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	485.63	2,683	45
Medium and Large 2	520	435.00	2,262	2thin
Medium and Large 3	545	400.00	2,180	2thin

One grade step is worth $85.63/cwt here — about $503 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 sale49 hd

480.07

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VA average10 barns · 465 hd

470.69

+9.38

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

+1.04

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

+21.82

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	255	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,199	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,940	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,871	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,167	6
Steers	450–500	Small 1	463	429.81/cwt	395.00–465.00	1,990	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,330	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	459.27/cwt	430.00–490.00	2,356	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,086	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,262	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	543	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,661	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,721	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,271	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,500	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	635	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,667	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,681	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,680	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,560	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,697	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,377	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,840	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	458	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,832	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,978	11
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	380.34/cwt	310.00–390.00	2,065	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Natural	544	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,394	5
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	553	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,825	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	562	373.52/cwt	320.00–382.50	2,099	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	378.27/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,145	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	592	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,368	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,158	7
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	643	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,945	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	655	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,342	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	331.55/cwt	325.00–332.50	2,172	8
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	725	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,958	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,154	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,734	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,036	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,008	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,028	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,355	7
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	560	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,792	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,400	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,128	1
Bulls	700–750	Small 1	705	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,904	1
Bulls	800–850	Small 1	815	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,875	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 2	845	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,197	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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