Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, October 27, 2020

524 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $114.58/cwt +20.58 vs last sale · ≈ $643/hd at 561 lb · 45 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.00/cwt +4.86 vs last sale · ≈ $794/hd at 620 lb · 42 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $127.02/cwt -2.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,132/hd at 891 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	524	586	392
Feeder cattle	524	586	392

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 266, Heifers 216, Bulls 42) Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	159.00	$159.00	$509	—
449	449	20	155.00	$155.00	$696	—
560–578	561	32	134.00–140.25	$139.85	$785	-1.15
648	648	20	132.00	$132.00	$855	—
650	650	1	126.00	$126.00	$819	-6.50
666	666	7	137.00	$137.00	$912	+4.50
753	753	14	117.00	$117.00	$881	-7.06
771 value added	771	4	120.00	$120.00	$925	—
852	852	3	117.50	$117.50	$1,001	—
894 value added	894	39	127.75	$127.75	$1,142	-2.06

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	149.00	$149.00	$559	—
440	440	1	131.00	$131.00	$576	—
469	469	7	147.00	$147.00	$689	-7.00
578–585	579	7	128.00–134.00	$133.13	$771	-2.87
636 value added	636	14	119.00	$119.00	$757	—
635–647	644	4	124.00–127.00	$126.26	$813	—
755	755	4	115.00	$115.00	$868	±0.00
876 value added	876	9	106.00	$106.00	$929	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
624 value added	624	6	133.00	$133.00	$830	-2.00
649	649	10	131.00	$131.00	$850	—
684 value added	684	5	117.00	$117.00	$800	—
818 value added	818	16	114.50	$114.50	$937	—
1002 value added	1002	6	98.00	$98.00	$982	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	370	2	108.00–109.00	$108.53	$402	—
471	471	5	128.00	$128.00	$603	—
568	568	2	124.00	$124.00	$704	-1.00
700–710	705	2	91.00–93.00	$92.01	$649	—
915	915	1	90.00	$90.00	$824	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	110.00	$110.00	$368	—
474	474	4	125.00	$125.00	$592	-12.00
595	595	1	107.00	$107.00	$637	-24.00
745	745	1	110.00	$110.00	$820	—
845	845	1	110.00	$110.00	$930	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	111.00	$111.00	$300	—
433	433	9	113.00	$113.00	$489	-6.00
460–484	481	16	110.00–115.00	$110.60	$532	-12.76
510	510	1	116.00	$116.00	$592	—
555–591	561	45	111.00–115.00	$114.58	$643	+20.58
649	649	15	112.00	$112.00	$727	—
660	660	3	113.00	$113.00	$746	-6.66
743	743	6	101.00	$101.00	$750	-13.00
833	833	3	95.00	$95.00	$791	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	4	127.00	$127.00	$478	+17.00
488 value added	488	5	115.50	$115.50	$564	—
620 value added	620	42	128.00	$128.00	$794	+2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	129.00	$129.00	$406	—
430	430	2	109.50	$109.50	$471	-5.50
484	484	4	116.00	$116.00	$561	-2.00
561	561	8	110.00	$110.00	$617	-9.00
650	650	7	110.00	$110.00	$715	-6.00
763	763	3	95.00	$95.00	$725	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	4	122.00	$122.00	$433	+6.00
445	445	5	100.00	$100.00	$445	—
551	551	5	101.00	$101.00	$557	-5.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	92.00	$92.00	$285	—
420	420	1	108.00	$108.00	$454	—
549	549	8	102.00	$102.00	$560	+8.00
680–683	682	3	75.00–87.00	$83.01	$566	—
765	765	1	76.00	$76.00	$581	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	1	85.00	$85.00	$727	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	6	145.00	$145.00	$692	—
510	510	1	130.00	$130.00	$663	—
551	551	5	133.00	$133.00	$733	—
645	645	5	120.00	$120.00	$774	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	109.00	$109.00	$431	+14.00
490	490	1	76.00	$76.00	$372	—
558	558	2	92.00	$92.00	$513	-9.00
690	690	1	88.00	$88.00	$607	-1.00
825	825	1	71.00	$71.00	$586	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	104.00	$104.00	$333	—
450	450	1	112.00	$112.00	$504	+7.00
520	520	2	106.00	$106.00	$551	—
1030	1030	1	65.00	$65.00	$670	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	148.00	$148.00	$525	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	114.00	$114.00	$627	-15.00

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Reading this report

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.