Cattle Market Pulse

Appalachian Regional Stockyard, LLC. Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

Wytheville, Virginia · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special Graded)

Sale of Monday, September 20, 2021

235 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest Appalachian Regional Stockyard, LLC. Graded Feeder Cattle Sale report →

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 235 329 0
Feeder cattle 235 329 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Holstein Steers 235)

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
210 210 1 126.00 $126.00 $265
295 295 1 130.00 $130.00 $384
368 368 9 119.00 $119.00 $438 -13.00
459 459 19 111.00 $111.00 $509 -20.75
554–556 554 32 91.00–104.00 $102.37 $567 -14.63
638 638 13 98.00 $98.00 $625 -2.32
685 685 1 60.00 $60.00 $411 -48.75
749 749 5 89.00 $89.00 $667
755 755 1 72.00 $72.00 $544 -30.50
830 830 2 89.00 $89.00 $739 +6.00
Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
360–370 366 5 91.00–120.00 $108.59 $397
461–485 464 9 100.00–126.00 $122.98 $571 +0.98
538–543 542 16 98.00–99.00 $98.12 $532
645 645 1 64.00 $64.00 $413 -26.00
656–679 659 28 79.00–100.00 $96.91 $639 -12.25
725 725 2 89.00 $89.00 $645
760 760 10 89.00 $89.00 $676 -10.79
839 839 7 95.00 $95.00 $797
940 940 2 93.00 $93.00 $874
1038 1038 2 83.00 $83.00 $862
Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
258 258 2 118.00 $118.00 $304
354–375 366 21 93.00–100.00 $97.10 $355 -33.53
422–446 436 22 92.00–100.00 $96.83 $422
450–470 452 11 60.00–90.00 $87.16 $394 -45.01
518–549 540 10 65.00–98.00 $88.50 $478 -14.33
640 640 1 53.00 $53.00 $339 -13.00
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
475 475 1 84.00 $84.00 $399
640 640 1 63.00 $63.00 $403

↑ Back to top

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.