Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, February 23, 2021

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.08/cwt ≈ $849/hd at 713 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	84	40	454
Feeder cattle	84	40	454

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 24. Heifers 45, Bulls 15) 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
470	470	4	170.00	$170.00	$799	—
525–544	540	5	144.00–150.00	$148.83	$804	—
546	546	4	155.00	$155.00	$846	—
630	630	1	144.00	$144.00	$907	—
743	743	2	121.00	$121.00	$899	—
832	832	3	110.00	$110.00	$915	—
915	915	1	97.00	$97.00	$888	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	147.00	$147.00	$867	—
653	653	2	145.00	$145.00	$947	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	125.00	$125.00	$519	—
477	477	3	122.00	$122.00	$582	—
550–565	555	3	121.00–124.00	$122.98	$683	—
598 value added	598	3	120.00	$120.00	$718	—
653	653	8	117.00	$117.00	$764	—
703 value added	703	8	122.00	$122.00	$858	—
710–742	734	4	113.00–114.00	$113.24	$831	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–463	457	4	117.00–120.00	$118.52	$542	-0.48
533	533	4	124.00	$124.00	$661	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	114.00	$114.00	$473	—
565–570	568	2	100.00–107.00	$103.52	$588	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	90.00	$90.00	$580	—
845	845	1	71.00	$71.00	$600	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	144.00	$144.00	$540	—
447	447	3	158.00	$158.00	$706	—
645	645	1	120.00	$120.00	$774	—
720	720	1	107.00	$107.00	$770	—
900	900	1	89.00	$89.00	$801	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	122.00	$122.00	$366	—
540	540	1	112.00	$112.00	$605	—
685	685	1	112.00	$112.00	$767	—
750	750	1	99.00	$99.00	$742	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	154.00	$154.00	$639	—
600	600	1	120.00	$120.00	$720	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	1	91.00	$91.00	$669	—

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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.