Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report, Radiant, VA

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

Sale of Tuesday, December 1, 2020

162 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $118.00/cwt ≈ $666/hd at 564 lb · 12 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 steers $154.00/cwt +1.19 vs last sale · ≈ $722/hd at 469 lb · 11 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $120.00/cwt -5.50 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 560 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	162	443	348
Feeder cattle	162	443	348

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 65, Heifers 86, Bulls 11) Value Added 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
335	335	1	164.00	$164.00	$549	—
445	445	3	160.00	$160.00	$712	—
515	515	1	131.00	$131.00	$675	—
555	555	5	144.00	$144.00	$799	-6.00
619	619	4	138.00	$138.00	$854	+13.00
688	688	2	131.00	$131.00	$901	-2.00
712 value added	712	7	125.00	$125.00	$890	-8.00
833	833	2	103.00	$103.00	$858	-2.00
1060	1060	1	90.00	$90.00	$954	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	2	139.00	$139.00	$602	—
469	469	11	154.00	$154.00	$722	+1.19
545 value added	545	4	128.00	$128.00	$698	—
563–595	568	6	126.00–134.00	$132.60	$753	-2.40
610	610	1	110.00	$110.00	$671	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	159.00	$159.00	$604	+4.52
520 value added	520	3	147.00	$147.00	$764	—
730 value added	730	7	125.00	$125.00	$912	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	132.00	$132.00	$577	+5.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	4	139.00	$139.00	$530	+11.00
465–484	480	5	118.00–120.00	$119.61	$574	+6.20
564	564	12	118.00	$118.00	$666	—
638	638	2	117.00	$117.00	$746	+3.00
655	655	1	110.00	$110.00	$720	—
756 value added	756	6	109.00	$109.00	$824	—
805–825	818	3	76.00–89.00	$84.74	$693	—
995	995	2	76.00	$76.00	$756	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478–492	486	5	118.00–124.00	$120.36	$585	-2.14
560	560	10	120.00	$120.00	$672	-5.50
659–660	659	8	115.00–116.00	$115.87	$764	—
755	755	3	101.00	$101.00	$763	-7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	2	145.00	$145.00	$497	+2.00
423	423	6	131.00	$131.00	$554	—
528–543	536	4	114.00–115.00	$114.51	$614	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	109.00	$109.00	$311	—
485	485	1	108.00	$108.00	$524	—
545	545	1	61.00	$61.00	$332	-54.00
563	563	2	99.00	$99.00	$557	—
610	610	1	91.00	$91.00	$555	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	90.00	$90.00	$432	—
550	550	1	87.00	$87.00	$478	—
700	700	1	71.00	$71.00	$497	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	1	20.00	$20.00	$151	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	2	134.00	$134.00	$654	-17.00
520	520	3	126.00	$126.00	$655	+1.00
780	780	1	101.00	$101.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–585	578	2	112.00–116.00	$113.97	$659	—
710	710	1	85.00	$85.00	$604	—
830	830	1	79.00	$79.00	$656	—
905	905	1	81.00	$81.00	$733	—

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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.