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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-05

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, May 5

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Apr 28May 5May 12 →

Receipts

345 head

▲ 136 vs last sale 209▲ 124 vs year ago 221 · +56.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 169, Heifers 156, Bulls 20)

Value Added 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 $468.57/cwt on 64 head, down $8.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 29 comparable sales and sits +10.32 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$468.57

▼ 8.81 vs prior sale

64 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,554

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$418

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$70.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.39

vs VA average

−18.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	475.61	2,615	41
Medium and Large 1-2	532	475.00	2,527	13thin
Medium and Large 2	544	457.50	2,489	5thin
Small 1	542	405.21	2,196	5thin

One grade step is worth $70.40/cwt here — about $418 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 sale64 hd

468.57

—

VA average8 barns · 557 hd

457.18

+11.39

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−18.98

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

+10.32

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

54 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 3	290	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,334	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,610	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	403	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,015	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,060	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	458	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,290	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,402	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,500	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	532	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,527	13
Steers	500–550	Small 1	542	405.21/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,196	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,489	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,617	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,449	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	414.28/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,639	20
Steers	650–700	Small 1	675	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,582	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,465	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	748	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,562	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,475	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,666	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	895	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,730	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	326	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,320	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	346	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,401	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,682	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,541	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,857	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,920	12
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	442	344.38/cwt	290.00–400.00	1,522	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	443	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,816	3
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	465	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,674	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,996	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	511	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,070	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	528	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,033	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	360.03/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,937	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,180	37
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	562	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,827	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	573	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,920	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,048	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,986	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 3	710	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,562	1
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,138	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,703	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	338	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,437	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,825	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,313	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	463	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,597	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,900	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,018	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,223	1
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	590	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,859	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,344	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,193	1
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	660	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,782	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 3	660	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,782	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,374	1
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,136	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 May 5, 2026

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

Receipts 345Last week 209Year ago 221

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 169, Heifers 156, Bulls 20)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	412	500.00	500.00
33	450–500	462	520.00	520.00
1	500–550	500	500.00	500.00
40	550–600	551	475.00	475.00
20	600–650	637	400.00–415.00	414.28
5	700–750	725	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	750	330.00	330.00
1	850–900	860	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	532	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	458	500.00	500.00
5	500–550	544	457.50	457.50
1	600–650	620	395.00	395.00
1	850–900	895	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	403	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	700–750	748	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	542	385.00–410.00	405.21
1	650–700	675	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	460.00	460.00
1	350–400	350	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	429	447.50	447.50
29	450–500	478	417.50	417.50
3	500–550	538	350.00–365.00	360.03
37	550–600	552	395.00	395.00
13	650–700	651	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,138	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	378	445.00	445.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	528	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	390.00	390.00
6	400–450	427	435.00	435.00
4	500–550	511	405.00	405.00
5	600–650	646	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	443	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	465	360.00	360.00
3	550–600	562	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	346	405.00	405.00
6	400–450	442	290.00–400.00	344.38
2	550–600	573	335.00	335.00
1	700–750	710	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	570	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	645	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	500.00	500.00
4	500–550	538	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	625	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	725	327.50	327.50
2	850–900	858	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	425.00	425.00
2	450–500	463	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	590	315.00	315.00
1	650–700	660	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	295.00	295.00
1	650–700	660	270.00	270.00

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.