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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-02

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Jun 2

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← May 19Jun 2Jun 9 →

Receipts

1,378 head

▲ 1,250 vs last sale 128▼ 58 vs year ago 1,436 · −4.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 918, Heifers 441, Bulls 19)

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 $490.44/cwt on 340 head, down $0.28 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 29 comparable sales and sits +32.19 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$490.44

▼ 0.28 vs prior sale

340 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,727

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$679

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$160.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.76

vs VA average

+31.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	525	505.86	2,656	35
Medium and Large 1	560	492.23	2,756	293
Small 1	547	420.56	2,300	9thin
Medium and Large 3	573	345.00	1,977	3thin

One grade step is worth $160.86/cwt here — about $679 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 sale340 hd

490.44

—

VA average7 barns · 632 hd

471.67

+18.76

National average164 barns · 12,433 hd

459.19

+31.25

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

+32.19

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

84 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 · Steers41 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	277	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,357	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	323	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,680	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,690	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,742	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	348	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,775	15
Steers	350–400	Small 1	359	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,687	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,104	17
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	395	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,163	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Natural	404	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,101	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,806	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	428	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,333	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	456	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,938	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,144	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,447	102
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	468	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,036	13
Steers	450–500	Small 1	469	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,899	9
Steers	500–550	Small 1	505	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,146	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	509	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,698	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	484.43/cwt	330.00–490.00	2,650	53
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	552	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,567	13
Steers	550–600	Small 1	552	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,318	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	557	496.92/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,768	101
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	491.80/cwt	460.00–496.00	2,789	139
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	573	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,977	3
Steers	600–650	Small 1	638	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,488	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	639	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,658	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	427.17/cwt	400.00–430.00	2,742	64
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	646	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,713	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	661	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,809	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	662	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,714	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	434.24/cwt	410.00–445.00	2,883	172
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	664	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,722	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	675	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,842	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	723	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,827	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	375.45/cwt	365.00–386.00	2,778	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,625	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	767	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,723	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,789	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	983	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,116	19
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,015	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,436	1
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,160	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	3,016	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2-3	275	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,224	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3	324	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,442	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	328	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,312	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,497	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,480	1
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	373	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,380	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,501	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,843	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Natural	409	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,800	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	411	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,500	18
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	425	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,551	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Natural	429	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,027	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,580	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,057	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	452.11/cwt	400.00–460.00	2,098	94
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	500	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,825	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	538	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,104	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,949	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,105	14
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	555	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,637	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	395.85/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,221	108
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,111	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	340.20/cwt	337.00–342.00	2,187	44
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,129	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	655	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,932	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	712	328.57/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,339	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	729	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,315	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,924	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 3	780	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,989	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	830	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,075	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 3	880	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,980	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Small 1	305	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,052	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,720	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,810	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	465	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,814	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	426.27/cwt	380.00–450.00	2,012	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	514	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,876	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,965	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,079	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	780	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,223	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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