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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-04

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Aug 4

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Jul 28Aug 4Aug 11 →

Receipts

124 head

▼ 53 vs last sale 177▼ 146 vs year ago 270 · −54.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 57, Heifers 52, Bulls 15)

Value Added and 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 $435.00/cwt on 1 head, up $26.09 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 29 comparable sales and sits −23.25 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$435.00

▲ 26.09 vs prior sale

1 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,480

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+20.86

vs VA average

+20.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	435.00	2,480	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

435.00

—

VA average6 barns · 126 hd

414.14

+20.86

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+20.76

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−23.25

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

35 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,840	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,252	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,480	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	605	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,057	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,937	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	645	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,077	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,612	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,433	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,030	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	742	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,486	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	755	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,605	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	867	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,887	31
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	876	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,803	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3	305	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,068	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,428	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,631	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,742	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Natural	411	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,833	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,971	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,016	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	483	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,691	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,958	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,943	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,106	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,378	3
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,005	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,412	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,551	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,694	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,528	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,805	2
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,736	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	653	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,959	4
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,025	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 Aug 4, 2026

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

Receipts 124Last week 177Year ago 270

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 57, Heifers 52, Bulls 15)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	470.00	470.00
2	450–500	475	380.00	380.00
1	750–800	750	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	560	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	653	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	430.00	430.00
2	450–500	480	420.00	420.00
5	500–550	544	360.00	360.00
2	600–650	648	325.00	325.00
3	750–800	767	310.00	310.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	350.00	350.00
2	450–500	483	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	420.00	420.00
1	350–400	375	435.00	435.00
4	400–450	448	440.00	440.00
1	550–600	555	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
26	400–450	411	446.00	446.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	742	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	605	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	400.00	400.00
1	650–700	695	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	755	345.00	345.00
31	850–900	867	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	455.00	455.00
1	550–600	570	435.00	435.00
1	600–650	635	305.00	305.00
2	650–700	653	400.00	400.00
1	700–750	725	280.00	280.00
1	750–800	755	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	850–900	876	320.00	320.00

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.