Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, January 19, 2021

331 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $130.48/cwt -1.57 vs last sale · ≈ $871/hd at 668 lb · 50 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.06/cwt -3.76 vs last sale · ≈ $664/hd at 558 lb · 33 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $145.90/cwt -6.60 vs last sale · ≈ $826/hd at 566 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	331	935	394
Feeder cattle	331	935	394

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 159, Heifers 136, Bulls 36) 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
377	377	3	157.00	$157.00	$592	-2.00
561–593	566	21	134.00–148.00	$145.90	$826	-6.60
651	651	26	130.00	$130.00	$846	-2.05
686	686	24	131.00	$131.00	$899	-1.05
730	730	1	110.00	$110.00	$803	-5.00
759	759	17	120.00	$120.00	$911	-1.52
834	834	7	103.00	$103.00	$859	+3.00
1285	1285	1	57.00	$57.00	$732	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	116.00	$116.00	$534	-40.00
577	577	3	137.00	$137.00	$790	—
638	638	8	126.00	$126.00	$804	—
700–743	726	5	76.00–110.00	$96.88	$703	—
1018	1018	2	85.00	$85.00	$865	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	2	160.00	$160.00	$749	—
684 value added	684	5	123.00	$123.00	$841	-12.00
756 value added	756	10	110.00	$110.00	$832	-17.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547 value added	547	3	121.00	$121.00	$662	—
641 value added	641	9	119.00	$119.00	$763	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	106.00	$106.00	$578	—
570	570	1	105.00	$105.00	$598	-5.00
665	665	1	93.00	$93.00	$618	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	144.00	$144.00	$598	+14.00
485	485	1	104.00	$104.00	$504	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	118.00	$118.00	$336	—
370	370	4	130.00	$130.00	$481	-2.43
466	466	8	115.00	$115.00	$536	-4.18
530	530	1	110.00	$110.00	$583	+2.00
555–557	557	25	117.00–118.00	$117.96	$657	-4.86
560	560	8	122.50	$122.50	$686	-0.32
635	635	1	104.00	$104.00	$660	-14.00
653	653	15	111.00	$111.00	$725	-7.00
761–773	764	8	91.00	$91.00	$695	—
990	990	1	89.00	$89.00	$881	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	10	121.00	$121.00	$590	—
648	648	14	124.00	$124.00	$804	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125	125	1	71.00	$71.00	$89	—
415	415	1	110.00	$110.00	$456	-11.02
470	470	1	101.00	$101.00	$475	-14.00
520	520	1	65.00	$65.00	$338	—
557	557	5	115.00	$115.00	$641	±0.00
675	675	4	108.00	$108.00	$729	—
765	765	1	91.00	$91.00	$696	—
835	835	1	94.00	$94.00	$785	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	101.00	$101.00	$379	+10.00
460	460	3	98.00	$98.00	$451	—
564	564	4	94.00	$94.00	$530	-3.00
665	665	3	81.00	$81.00	$539	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	109.00	$109.00	$431	—
420	420	1	61.00	$61.00	$256	—
528	528	3	100.00	$100.00	$528	-6.28
750	750	1	84.00	$84.00	$630	±0.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	61.00	$61.00	$146	—
343	343	2	91.00	$91.00	$312	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	2	69.00	$69.00	$245	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	3	141.00–150.00	$147.00	$676	+2.00
520	520	1	137.00	$137.00	$712	—
559	559	9	132.00	$132.00	$738	-4.00
752	752	6	104.00	$104.00	$782	—
815	815	1	87.00	$87.00	$709	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
636	636	5	118.00	$118.00	$750	+1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	139.00	$139.00	$514	-8.00
720	720	1	89.00	$89.00	$641	—
895	895	1	65.00	$65.00	$582	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	2	121.00	$121.00	$659	-3.00
795	795	1	85.00	$85.00	$676	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–433	427	3	126.00–129.00	$128.03	$547	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	64.00	$64.00	$362	-19.00

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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.