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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-19

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, May 19

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← May 12May 19Jun 2 →

Receipts

128 head

▼ 939 vs last sale 1,067▼ 182 vs year ago 310 · −58.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 58, Bulls 2)

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 $490.71/cwt on 21 head, up $14.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 28 of 29 comparable sales and sits +32.46 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$490.71

▲ 14.57 vs prior sale

21 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,683

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$405

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.53

vs VA average

+16.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	495.00	2,723	19thin
Medium and Large 2	515	450.00	2,318	2thin

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $405 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 sale21 hd

490.71

—

VA average7 barns · 532 hd

470.18

+20.53

National average171 barns · 13,387 hd

474.48

+16.23

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

+32.46

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

22 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 · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,908	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,940	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,220	24
Steers	450–500	Small 1	455	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,048	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,318	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,723	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,788	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,607	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,749	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 3	240	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,044	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,766	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,064	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,834	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,002	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	454	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,930	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,163	7
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	570	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,710	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,108	4
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	660	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,650	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	877	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,806	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	794	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	520	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,612	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 19, 2026

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

Receipts 128Last week 1,067Year ago 310

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 58, Bulls 2)

Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	380	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	850–900	877	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	515.00	515.00
4	450–500	454	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	480.00	480.00
24	450–500	453	442.00	442.00
7	500–550	515	420.00	420.00
4	600–650	620	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	570	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	660	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	230.00	230.00
1	500–550	520	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	500.00	500.00
2	500–550	515	450.00	450.00
2	650–700	660	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	367	520.00	520.00
24	450–500	453	490.00	490.00
19	550–600	550	495.00	495.00
6	650–700	656	425.00	425.00
2	700–750	733	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	455	450.00	450.00

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.