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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-05-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-12

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, May 12

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← May 5May 12May 19 →

Receipts

1,067 head

▲ 722 vs last sale 345▲ 781 vs year ago 286 · +273.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 740, Heifers 295, Bulls 32)

Value Added and some 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 $476.15/cwt on 331 head, up $7.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 29 comparable sales and sits +17.90 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$476.15

▲ 7.57 vs prior sale

331 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,604

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$718

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

$159.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.42

vs VA average

+2.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	479.47	2,622	298
Medium and Large 2	547	470.00	2,571	12thin
Small 1	547	438.13	2,397	20
Medium and Large 3	595	320.00	1,904	1thin

One grade step is worth $159.47/cwt here — about $718 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 sale331 hd

476.15

—

VA average8 barns · 750 hd

477.56

−1.42

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+2.45

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

+17.90

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

72 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	270	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,526	4
Steers	300–350	Small 1	314	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,562	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	364	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,920	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,081	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,217	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,498	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,267	9
Steers	400–450	Small 1	443	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,938	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,286	31
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	524.19/cwt	502.50–526.00	2,464	97
Steers	450–500	Small 1	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	490.99/cwt	350.00–497.50	2,563	103
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	542	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,575	21
Steers	500–550	Small 1	545	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,453	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,571	12
Steers	550–600	Small 1	553	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,226	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	473.41/cwt	370.00–475.00	2,661	168
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	563	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	2,629	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	595	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,904	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	451.95/cwt	421.00–454.00	2,784	92
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	646	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,778	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,732	58
Steers	650–700	Small 1	677	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,728	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	677	370.59/cwt	340.00–385.00	2,509	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	710	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,805	11
Steers	700–750	Small 1	720	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,657	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,117	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,730	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	753	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,654	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	795	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,365	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2Value Added	960	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,472	3
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 3	1,000	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,100	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,176	1
Heifers	250–300	Small 1	295	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,460	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,545	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	325	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,731	7
Heifers	300–350	Small 1	330	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,205	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	344	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,445	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	1,766	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	491.81/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,854	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	381	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	1,955	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	449.97/cwt	447.50–450.00	2,065	78
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	463	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,713	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	464	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,144	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,837	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,158	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	413.35/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,195	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,335	89
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,848	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	618	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,271	3
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	635	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,984	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	644	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,389	20
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	655	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,965	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	665	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,929	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	693	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,356	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	768	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,035	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,310	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	830	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,034	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,219	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	905	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,855	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Small 1	405	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,620	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	408	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,612	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,093	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,089	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,813	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,284	9
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,269	3
Bulls	550–600	Small 1	590	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,257	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,784	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	644	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,367	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,453	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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Radiant, VA

Tue May 12, 2026

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

Receipts 1,067Last week 345Year ago 286

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 740, Heifers 295, Bulls 32)

Value Added and some Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	245	480.00	480.00
3	350–400	377	475.00–500.00	491.81
78	450–500	459	447.50–450.00	449.97
1	500–550	520	415.00	415.00
89	550–600	556	420.00	420.00
20	600–650	644	371.00	371.00
3	750–800	770	300.00	300.00
1	850–900	870	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	830	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	693	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	515.00	515.00
2	350–400	355	497.50	497.50
18	450–500	464	462.00	462.00
9	500–550	531	400.00–415.00	413.35
3	600–650	618	367.50	367.50
2	900–950	905	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	325	532.50	532.50
20	350–400	381	513.00	513.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	344	420.00	420.00
2	450–500	465	395.00	395.00
2	550–600	560	330.00	330.00
1	650–700	665	290.00	290.00
3	750–800	768	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	295	495.00	495.00
1	300–350	330	365.00	365.00
2	450–500	463	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	635	312.50	312.50
1	650–700	655	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	389	570.00	570.00
9	400–450	436	520.00	520.00
97	450–500	470	502.50–526.00	524.19
103	500–550	522	350.00–497.50	490.99
168	550–600	562	370.00–475.00	473.41
92	600–650	616	421.00–454.00	451.95
58	650–700	652	419.00	419.00
11	700–750	748	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	542	475.00	475.00
6	550–600	563	467.00	467.00
11	600–650	646	430.00	430.00
11	700–750	710	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	364	527.50	527.50
14	700–750	720	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	950–1000	960	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	375	555.00	555.00
2	400–450	428	350.00	350.00
31	450–500	455	502.50	502.50
12	500–550	547	470.00	470.00
3	650–700	677	340.00–385.00	370.59
1	700–750	730	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	795	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	497.50	497.50
4	400–450	443	437.50	437.50
3	450–500	490	380.00	380.00
15	500–550	545	450.00	450.00
5	550–600	553	402.50	402.50
3	650–700	677	403.00	403.00
2	700–750	720	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	320.00	320.00
2	1000–1050	1,000	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	753	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	270	565.00	565.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	455	460.00	460.00
9	550–600	557	410.00	410.00
1	600–650	615	290.00	290.00
1	700–750	745	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	518	350.00	350.00
4	600–650	644	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	472	442.50	442.50
3	550–600	578	392.50	392.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	590	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	408	395.00	395.00

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.