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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-01

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Sep 1

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Aug 25Sep 1Sep 15 →

Receipts

105 head

▼ 19 vs last sale 124▲ 105 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 70, Heifers 28, Bulls 7)

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 $436.73/cwt on 55 head, up $54.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 29 comparable sales and sits −21.52 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$436.73

▲ 54.64 vs prior sale

55 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,341

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$253

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

$60.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+54.28

vs VA average

+65.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	440.00	2,354	52
Medium and Large 1	553	380.00	2,101	3thin

One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $253 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 sale55 hd

436.73

—

VA average5 barns · 207 hd

382.44

+54.28

National average157 barns · 5,984 hd

371.39

+65.34

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−21.52

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

23 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,580	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	405	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,377	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,650	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,936	3
Steers	450–500	Small 1	485	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,916	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	535	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,354	52
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,101	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,487	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	210	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	725	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	378	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,455	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	385	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,059	1
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	461	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,729	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,785	1
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	575	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,696	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,030	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	759	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,095	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,140	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	310	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,163	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	365	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,113	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,898	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,350	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 Sep 1, 2026

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

Receipts 105Last week 124Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 70, Heifers 28, Bulls 7)

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	250–300	285	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	375.00	375.00
1	750–800	750	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	520	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	345.00	345.00
1	550–600	580	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	330	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	510	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	759	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	385.00	385.00
10	450–500	461	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	325.00	325.00
1	550–600	575	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	340.00	340.00
1	450–500	485	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	395	400.00	400.00
3	450–500	478	405.00	405.00
3	550–600	553	380.00	380.00
5	600–650	646	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
52	500–550	535	440.00	440.00

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.