Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 9, 2021

783 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $119.17/cwt ≈ $862/hd at 723 lb · 49 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.38/cwt -0.62 vs last sale · ≈ $754/hd at 632 lb · 37 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $152.30/cwt +13.77 vs last sale · ≈ $984/hd at 646 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	783	102	463
Feeder cattle	783	102	463

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 310, Heifers 380, Bulls 93) 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
457	457	16	170.00	$170.00	$777	+15.00
522	522	7	166.00	$166.00	$867	—
558–598	561	35	123.00–163.00	$159.89	$897	+7.89
633 value added	633	3	153.00	$153.00	$968	+17.60
643	643	8	153.00	$153.00	$984	—
649	649	26	152.00	$152.00	$986	—
677–693	680	12	150.00–152.00	$151.66	$1,031	+9.66
690	690	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,056	+13.00
733 value added	733	4	135.00	$135.00	$990	—
733–740	734	5	127.00–130.00	$129.40	$950	+4.40
758	758	11	132.00	$132.00	$1,001	±0.00
850–855	853	3	111.00–112.00	$111.33	$950	—
900–924	919	6	100.00–107.00	$105.86	$973	—
1190	1190	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,000	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
581	581	11	151.00	$151.00	$877	—
583 value added	583	4	164.00	$164.00	$956	—
678–691	686	34	151.00–153.00	$151.81	$1,041	—
727 value added	727	9	140.00	$140.00	$1,018	—
728	728	10	145.00	$145.00	$1,056	—
776–795	790	28	136.00–140.50	$137.26	$1,084	—
843 value added	843	5	117.00	$117.00	$986	—
891	891	9	124.00	$124.00	$1,105	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	3	135.00	$135.00	$625	-22.00
505 value added	505	15	130.00	$130.00	$656	—
559	559	5	140.00	$140.00	$783	—
620	620	1	91.00	$91.00	$564	—
668	668	5	134.00	$134.00	$895	—
705	705	1	100.00	$100.00	$705	—
714 value added	714	4	110.00	$110.00	$785	—
830	830	1	115.00	$115.00	$954	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
644 value added	644	7	140.00	$140.00	$902	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	2	119.00	$119.00	$533	-29.00
538	538	2	128.00	$128.00	$689	-8.00
865	865	1	102.00	$102.00	$882	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	105.00	$105.00	$420	—
500	500	2	105.00–121.00	$113.00	$565	—
585	585	1	118.00	$118.00	$690	—
610	610	1	112.00	$112.00	$683	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	110.00	$110.00	$632	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273–275	274	3	116.00–118.00	$117.33	$321	—
388	388	7	131.00	$131.00	$508	—
410–430	420	2	110.00–126.00	$117.81	$495	—
479–490	480	22	125.00–129.25	$129.05	$619	—
557–563	557	28	126.00–130.50	$130.18	$725	—
607	607	11	130.00	$130.00	$789	+10.00
630–642	642	26	112.00–115.00	$114.89	$738	-5.11
695–699 value added	697	18	111.00–120.00	$115.99	$808	—
738	738	8	115.50	$115.50	$852	+5.50
770	770	1	109.00	$109.00	$839	—
778 value added	778	17	126.00	$126.00	$980	—
789	789	16	121.00	$121.00	$955	—
805 value added	805	3	117.00	$117.00	$942	—
820	820	3	119.00	$119.00	$976	+6.00
830	830	9	123.00	$123.00	$1,021	+10.00
856 value added	856	7	119.50	$119.50	$1,023	—
1153	1153	2	74.00	$74.00	$853	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	3	126.00	$126.00	$466	—
428	428	9	128.00	$128.00	$548	+12.00
588–596 value added	591	14	129.00–134.00	$131.16	$775	—
670–691	680	17	125.00–128.00	$126.57	$861	—
714	714	18	125.50	$125.50	$896	—
705–746 value added	729	31	114.00–116.50	$115.49	$842	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	6	130.00	$130.00	$482	—
476	476	10	129.50	$129.50	$616	+14.50
545	545	13	130.50	$130.50	$711	+11.50
646	646	9	115.00	$115.00	$743	±0.00
715 value added	715	4	118.00	$118.00	$844	—
750	750	2	105.00	$105.00	$788	—
815	815	1	121.00	$121.00	$986	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	3	123.00	$123.00	$443	—
457–495	465	9	115.00–125.00	$122.64	$570	—
580	580	11	120.00	$120.00	$696	—
660	660	1	99.00	$99.00	$653	—
743	743	2	90.00	$90.00	$669	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–381	376	5	110.00	$110.00	$414	—
445	445	5	120.00	$120.00	$534	—
531	531	4	110.00	$110.00	$584	+14.00
605	605	1	88.00	$88.00	$532	—
661	661	4	108.00	$108.00	$714	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	2	101.00	$101.00	$596	—
790	790	1	81.00	$81.00	$640	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–376	372	9	121.00–149.00	$142.99	$532	—
458–490	460	13	141.00–145.00	$144.67	$665	—
560	560	16	134.00–139.00	$134.94	$756	—
935	935	1	79.00	$79.00	$739	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	3	133.00–146.00	$141.67	$545	—
420	420	1	123.00	$123.00	$517	—
453	453	2	147.00	$147.00	$666	—
558	558	12	130.00	$130.00	$725	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	9	127.00	$127.00	$838	—
739	739	6	121.50	$121.50	$898	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	104.00	$104.00	$447	-20.00
453	453	6	119.00	$119.00	$539	-1.00
558–565	560	3	102.00–105.00	$103.01	$577	—
690	690	1	103.00	$103.00	$711	-11.00
760	760	1	100.00	$100.00	$760	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	120.00	$120.00	$576	—
563	563	2	122.00	$122.00	$687	-9.00
669	669	4	122.00	$122.00	$816	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	1	81.00	$81.00	$749	—
1105	1105	1	71.00	$71.00	$785	—

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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.