Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, November 10, 2020

742 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $131.92/cwt -1.08 vs last sale · ≈ $869/hd at 659 lb · 87 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.94/cwt ≈ $688/hd at 560 lb · 55 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $116.00/cwt +3.81 vs last sale · ≈ $769/hd at 663 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	742	152	702
Feeder cattle	742	152	702

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 332, Heifers 314, Bulls 96) 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
393	393	2	160.00	$160.00	$629	—
482	482	14	160.50	$160.50	$774	—
523–548	534	18	120.00–150.50	$144.47	$771	—
580	580	32	144.00	$144.00	$835	+4.00
615	615	2	107.00	$107.00	$658	—
608–642	624	38	132.50–140.50	$136.40	$851	—
657–662	657	71	129.00–137.50	$134.58	$884	+1.58
668 value added	668	5	128.00	$128.00	$855	—
668	668	11	116.50	$116.50	$778	-16.50
730 value added	730	11	134.50	$134.50	$982	—
700–748	745	15	109.00–125.00	$124.00	$924	+7.00
758	758	5	120.00	$120.00	$910	+4.00
750–780	766	5	107.00–119.00	$110.23	$844	-5.77
835	835	1	91.00	$91.00	$760	-20.99
850	850	2	105.00	$105.00	$892	—
905 value added	905	4	100.00	$100.00	$905	—
970	970	1	95.00	$95.00	$922	—
1205	1205	1	81.00	$81.00	$976	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	5	161.00	$161.00	$591	—
466	466	6	146.00	$146.00	$680	—
545	545	12	135.00	$135.00	$736	—
633	633	7	129.50	$129.50	$820	—
740	740	1	109.00	$109.00	$807	-7.00
754	754	6	114.00	$114.00	$860	-1.00
843	843	3	105.00	$105.00	$885	-6.00
938	938	2	95.00	$95.00	$891	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	2	115.00	$115.00	$670	-25.00
644 value added	644	5	135.00	$135.00	$869	—
740	740	21	128.00	$128.00	$947	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	2	114.00	$114.00	$559	—
515	515	1	100.00	$100.00	$515	—
558–565	562	4	112.00–118.00	$114.98	$646	—
640	640	2	124.00	$124.00	$794	+2.00
735	735	1	100.00	$100.00	$735	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	129.00	$129.00	$387	—
465	465	2	107.00	$107.00	$498	—
500	500	1	100.00	$100.00	$500	—
550–555	552	3	105.00–116.00	$112.31	$620	+2.31
705	705	1	89.00	$89.00	$627	—
750	750	1	91.00	$91.00	$682	-16.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	108.00	$108.00	$632	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	9	134.00	$134.00	$525	—
433–440	434	9	100.00–125.00	$122.18	$530	—
484–485	484	19	101.00–125.00	$123.73	$599	+2.73
558–595	560	55	81.00–124.00	$122.94	$688	—
623	623	18	122.00	$122.00	$760	—
650–665	657	39	91.00–116.50	$115.49	$759	+3.30
687 value added	687	10	118.00	$118.00	$811	—
727–738	734	15	123.00–125.00	$124.34	$913	+25.34
700–746	739	7	97.00–108.00	$106.01	$783	+7.01
750	750	1	100.00	$100.00	$750	-6.00
850	850	2	105.00	$105.00	$892	—
955	955	2	80.00	$80.00	$764	—
1175	1175	2	61.00	$61.00	$717	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	308	2	101.00–110.00	$105.39	$325	-8.61
423	423	6	120.00	$120.00	$508	—
481	481	11	120.00	$120.00	$577	—
535	535	1	111.00	$111.00	$594	—
556–575	558	11	100.00–119.00	$117.22	$654	-1.28
654	654	7	111.00	$111.00	$726	+1.00
735	735	1	91.00	$91.00	$669	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–449	446	11	91.00–93.00	$92.83	$414	—
560	560	8	100.00	$100.00	$560	—
620 value added	620	5	104.00	$104.00	$645	—
663	663	6	95.00	$95.00	$630	—
828	828	2	85.00	$85.00	$704	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	90.00	$90.00	$284	-17.00
350–380	360	3	93.00–110.00	$104.02	$374	—
450–462	460	7	85.00–104.00	$101.35	$466	—
565	565	10	111.00	$111.00	$627	+2.00
715	715	2	89.00	$89.00	$636	—
815	815	1	88.00	$88.00	$717	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	100.00	$100.00	$500	—
650	650	2	85.00	$85.00	$552	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268	268	3	121.00	$121.00	$324	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–387	384	4	123.00–160.00	$150.97	$580	—
465–468	468	9	134.00–141.00	$140.23	$656	—
510–549	546	12	108.00–127.00	$125.52	$685	—
560–565	563	2	116.00–117.00	$116.50	$656	-4.50
630	630	1	101.00	$101.00	$636	+3.00
653	653	10	115.00	$115.00	$751	—
775	775	1	83.00	$83.00	$643	-12.00
890	890	1	71.00	$71.00	$632	—
930	930	1	67.00	$67.00	$623	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	161.00	$161.00	$564	—
454–470	456	10	124.00–136.00	$134.76	$615	—
595	595	3	118.00	$118.00	$702	—
770	770	1	82.00	$82.00	$631	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	3	95.00	$95.00	$410	—
530	530	1	90.00	$90.00	$477	—
558	558	3	96.00	$96.00	$536	—
644	644	4	105.00	$105.00	$676	—
1049	1049	4	57.00	$57.00	$598	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	115.00	$115.00	$270	—
335	335	2	114.00	$114.00	$382	—
450	450	6	114.00	$114.00	$513	—
570–585	578	2	103.00–109.00	$105.96	$612	—
835	835	1	62.00	$62.00	$518	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
732	732	3	104.00	$104.00	$761	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	110.00	$110.00	$490	—

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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.