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Virginia Cattle Company

Name: Virginia Cattle Company livestock auction prices — 2026-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-15

Feeder Cattle · Radiant, Virginia · Tue, Sep 15

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2182

← Sep 1Sep 15Sep 22 →

Receipts

457 head

▲ 352 vs last sale 105▲ 226 vs year ago 231 · +97.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 256, Heifers 187, Bulls 14)

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 $392.86/cwt on 46 head, down $43.87 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 29 comparable sales and sits −65.39 against this barn's trailing median of $458.25.

Average price

$392.86

▼ 43.87 vs prior sale

46 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,192

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$9.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.06

vs VA average

−10.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	394.77	2,208	37
Medium and Large 2	553	385.00	2,129	9thin

One grade step is worth $9.77/cwt here — about $79 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale46 hd

392.86

—

VA average8 barns · 419 hd

378.80

+14.06

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−10.50

This barn, trailing median29 sales

458.25

−65.39

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

61 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Small 1	348	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,131	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,688	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,444	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	413	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,838	6
Steers	400–450	Small 1	425	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,424	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	438	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,445	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,845	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	408.93/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,906	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	489	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,029	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	514	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,056	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,009	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,129	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	394.08/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,238	31
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	604	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,325	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	619	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,321	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	649	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,440	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	651	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,415	19
Steers	650–700	Small 1	658	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,171	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,530	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,310	2
Steers	700–750	Small 1	725	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,175	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	728	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,482	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,536	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,483	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	759	332.57/cwt	320.00–335.00	2,524	25
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Natural	794	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,588	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,296	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Natural	873	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,575	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,256	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	388	371.16/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,440	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	391	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,486	6
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,620	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	453	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,540	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,816	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	320.15/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,626	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	529	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,878	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	547	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,811	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,652	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	336.66/cwt	330.00–337.50	1,902	9
Heifers	550–600	Small 1	575	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,553	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	584	342.70/cwt	337.50–355.00	2,001	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	610	322.50/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,967	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	618	260.28/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,609	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,044	6
Heifers	650–700	Small 1	655	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,834	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	280.60/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,880	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	691	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,177	61
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	740	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,857	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,006	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Value Added	840	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,184	2
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,065	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,322	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	150–200	Medium and Large 2	170	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	587	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,424	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,333	1
Bulls	450–500	Small 1	460	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,472	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,774	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,922	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	605	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,876	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,032	3
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,992	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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