Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, December 8, 2020

820 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $134.60/cwt +3.60 vs last sale · ≈ $882/hd at 655 lb · 62 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $147.44/cwt +3.44 vs last sale · ≈ $827/hd at 561 lb · 51 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $139.08/cwt ≈ $864/hd at 621 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	820	162	1,176
Feeder cattle	820	162	1,176

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 487, Heifers 278, Bulls 55) 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
381	381	6	167.00	$167.00	$636	—
410	410	1	128.00	$128.00	$525	-32.00
474	474	21	169.00	$169.00	$801	—
542–545	543	4	130.00–141.00	$138.24	$751	+7.24
559–588	561	51	139.00–148.00	$147.44	$827	+3.44
640–645	643	3	110.00–131.00	$124.04	$798	-13.96
652–653	653	57	121.00–135.50	$134.74	$880	+3.74
677 value added	677	5	133.00	$133.00	$900	—
732–745	739	6	115.00–122.00	$118.53	$876	—
758	758	36	122.00	$122.00	$925	—
786 value added	786	4	127.00	$127.00	$998	—
817 value added	817	5	125.00	$125.00	$1,021	—
863	863	2	123.00	$123.00	$1,061	—
910	910	1	88.00	$88.00	$801	—
950	950	1	96.00	$96.00	$912	—
1165	1165	1	74.00	$74.00	$862	—
1450	1450	1	65.00	$65.00	$942	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	6	151.00	$151.00	$782	—
554–570	558	8	123.00–125.00	$124.49	$695	—
560	560	13	149.50	$149.50	$837	—
576 value added	576	15	151.00	$151.00	$870	—
617	617	5	131.00	$131.00	$808	—
622	622	44	140.00	$140.00	$871	—
653–680 value added	664	17	127.00–135.00	$131.63	$874	—
712–749 value added	727	17	130.00	$130.00	$945	+5.00
738	738	31	135.00	$135.00	$996	—
843 value added	843	6	128.00	$128.00	$1,079	—
857	857	5	125.50	$125.50	$1,076	—
931 value added	931	18	120.50	$120.50	$1,122	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	4	173.00	$173.00	$576	—
382	382	3	166.00	$166.00	$634	—
465	465	10	159.00	$159.00	$739	+5.00
515	515	1	134.00	$134.00	$690	—
562	562	13	140.00	$140.00	$787	+7.40
661	661	6	133.00	$133.00	$879	—
700–738	730	6	110.00–126.00	$121.91	$890	—
785	785	1	112.00	$112.00	$879	—
925	925	1	79.00	$79.00	$731	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	2	156.00	$156.00	$574	—
431	431	4	126.00	$126.00	$543	—
542	542	3	125.00	$125.00	$678	—
615	615	1	101.00	$101.00	$621	—
651	651	5	111.00	$111.00	$723	—
758	758	3	95.00	$95.00	$720	—
845	845	2	102.00	$102.00	$862	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–330	322	3	109.00–131.00	$124.05	$399	—
440	440	1	119.00	$119.00	$524	-13.00
455–465	463	5	121.00–131.00	$122.97	$569	—
515	515	1	130.00	$130.00	$670	—
558	558	6	130.00	$130.00	$725	—
638	638	2	123.00	$123.00	$785	—
730	730	1	108.00	$108.00	$788	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–845	838	2	107.00	$107.00	$897	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	35.00	$35.00	$201	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	118.00	$118.00	$389	—
382	382	6	137.00	$137.00	$523	—
400–441	433	5	124.00–125.00	$124.82	$540	—
486–495	487	18	109.00–125.00	$124.10	$604	+3.74
555–558	558	35	116.00–122.50	$122.32	$683	+2.32
614	614	11	127.50	$127.50	$783	—
644 value added	644	4	114.50	$114.50	$737	—
646	646	30	115.00	$115.00	$743	—
658–660	658	5	110.00	$110.00	$724	-5.87
740–747	746	12	91.00–102.00	$100.18	$747	—
782 value added	782	6	123.00	$123.00	$962	—
970	970	1	86.00	$86.00	$834	—
1168	1168	2	74.00	$74.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	132.00	$132.00	$389	—
384	384	5	135.00	$135.00	$518	-4.00
422	422	3	124.00	$124.00	$523	—
470–478	477	13	113.00–120.00	$119.16	$568	-0.45
513–545	524	3	78.00–96.00	$89.76	$470	—
560–566	566	16	110.00–119.00	$118.44	$670	+0.44
645	645	10	115.00	$115.00	$742	-2.00
660	660	1	110.00	$110.00	$726	±0.00
785	785	1	94.00	$94.00	$738	—
830	830	1	71.00	$71.00	$589	-13.74
910	910	1	61.00	$61.00	$555	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	4	145.00	$145.00	$486	±0.00
518–543	529	24	123.00–129.00	$126.18	$667	+11.67
629 value added	629	10	124.50	$124.50	$783	—
725	725	5	114.00	$114.00	$826	—
928 value added	928	4	95.00	$95.00	$882	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	115.00	$115.00	$374	—
452	452	3	99.00	$99.00	$447	+9.00
540–545	543	4	89.00–90.00	$89.50	$486	—
659	659	4	84.00	$84.00	$554	—
735	735	2	81.00	$81.00	$595	+10.00
815	815	1	61.00	$61.00	$497	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	2	116.00	$116.00	$433	—
415	415	1	109.00	$109.00	$452	—
460	460	1	97.00	$97.00	$446	-11.00
580	580	1	85.00	$85.00	$493	-14.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	4	95.00	$95.00	$341	—
445	445	1	93.00	$93.00	$414	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
744 value added	744	4	114.00	$114.00	$848	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	51.00	$51.00	$84	—
795	795	1	41.00	$41.00	$326	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	91.00	$91.00	$623	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–476	472	7	146.00–149.50	$149.02	$703	+15.02
515	515	1	103.00	$103.00	$530	-23.00
554	554	7	135.00	$135.00	$748	—
603–615	609	4	112.00–114.00	$112.99	$688	—
810	810	2	87.00	$87.00	$705	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	4	164.00	$164.00	$597	—
440–441	441	6	148.00–153.00	$151.34	$667	—
460–480	470	2	122.00–126.00	$124.04	$583	—
558	558	2	130.00	$130.00	$725	+16.03

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
259	259	4	104.00	$104.00	$269	—
495	495	2	97.00	$97.00	$480	—
595	595	1	65.00	$65.00	$387	—
613	613	2	98.00	$98.00	$601	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	120.00	$120.00	$306	—
325	325	1	119.00	$119.00	$387	—
443	443	2	137.00	$137.00	$607	—
595	595	1	95.00	$95.00	$565	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	—
535	535	1	90.00	$90.00	$482	—
585	585	1	90.00	$90.00	$526	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	41.00	$41.00	$72	—
285	285	1	98.00	$98.00	$279	—
450	450	1	41.00	$41.00	$184	—

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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.