Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 16, 2021

684 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $169.64/cwt +9.75 vs last sale · ≈ $974/hd at 574 lb · 76 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $159.04/cwt ≈ $988/hd at 621 lb · 75 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $153.00/cwt +10.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,080/hd at 706 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	684	783	400
Feeder cattle	684	783	400

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 388, Heifers 210, Bulls 86) 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
345	345	1	160.00	$160.00	$552	—
467	467	6	164.00	$164.00	$766	-6.00
548 value added	548	5	153.00	$153.00	$838	—
552–577 value added	565	24	170.00–171.00	$170.49	$963	—
559–595	574	19	161.00	$161.00	$924	+1.11
581	581	33	174.00	$174.00	$1,011	+14.11
603 value added	603	6	157.00	$157.00	$947	+4.00
610	610	1	137.00	$137.00	$836	-16.00
659 value added	659	4	152.00	$152.00	$1,002	—
661	661	15	150.00	$150.00	$992	-1.66
735	735	8	128.00	$128.00	$941	-1.40
759	759	6	132.00	$132.00	$1,002	±0.00
870	870	4	114.50	$114.50	$996	+3.17
907–922 value added	918	15	109.00–116.50	$115.40	$1,059	—
1427 value added	1427	3	63.00	$63.00	$899	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543 value added	543	16	173.00	$173.00	$939	—
600	600	6	161.00	$161.00	$966	—
600–626 value added	623	69	151.00–160.00	$158.87	$990	—
668–697 value added	692	22	150.00–155.00	$154.12	$1,067	—
706	706	31	153.00	$153.00	$1,080	+8.00
770 value added	770	3	120.00	$120.00	$924	—
1080	1080	2	94.00	$94.00	$1,015	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–390	388	2	125.00–145.00	$135.06	$524	—
456–490	462	6	134.00–156.00	$149.46	$691	+14.46
479	479	5	178.00	$178.00	$853	+43.00
510	510	1	140.00	$140.00	$714	—
566–590	568	11	118.00–143.00	$140.64	$799	+0.64
597 value added	597	5	136.00	$136.00	$812	—
636 value added	636	8	161.00	$161.00	$1,024	—
660–662	661	9	133.00–136.00	$135.00	$892	+1.00
670 value added	670	2	118.00	$118.00	$791	—
745	745	1	124.00	$124.00	$924	—
830	830	2	115.00	$115.00	$954	±0.00
940	940	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,062	—
955	955	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,003	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	133.00	$133.00	$581	+14.00
500–539	535	9	124.00–138.00	$136.55	$731	+8.55
628	628	2	122.00	$122.00	$766	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	4	140.00	$140.00	$655	—
533	533	3	124.00	$124.00	$661	+11.00
555	555	1	117.00	$117.00	$649	-1.00
662	662	3	121.00	$121.00	$801	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	121.00	$121.00	$647	—
755	755	1	100.00	$100.00	$755	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	2	122.00	$122.00	$744	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	120.00	$120.00	$462	-11.00
427	427	10	127.00	$127.00	$542	+9.19
480	480	15	128.00	$128.00	$614	-1.05
483 value added	483	4	129.50	$129.50	$625	—
515	515	14	135.00	$135.00	$695	—
556	556	30	126.00	$126.00	$701	-4.18
638	638	2	120.00	$120.00	$766	+5.11
660 value added	660	3	124.00	$124.00	$818	—
661	661	13	118.50	$118.50	$783	—
751	751	7	104.00	$104.00	$781	-5.00
915	915	1	66.00	$66.00	$604	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	328	2	61.00–110.00	$86.44	$284	—
423	423	3	124.00	$124.00	$525	—
470–477	476	7	90.00–127.00	$121.78	$580	-7.72
553	553	16	122.00	$122.00	$675	—
600–634	629	7	122.00	$122.00	$767	+7.00
658	658	3	117.00	$117.00	$770	—
747	747	3	101.00	$101.00	$754	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	8	130.00	$130.00	$491	+4.00
582 value added	582	5	125.00	$125.00	$728	-6.16
606	606	6	135.00	$135.00	$818	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557	557	9	120.00	$120.00	$668	—
827 value added	827	5	103.00	$103.00	$852	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	3	123.00	$123.00	$410	—
474	474	4	119.00	$119.00	$564	-3.64
558–570	562	3	118.00–124.00	$121.97	$685	+1.97
740	740	2	93.00	$93.00	$688	+3.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	61.00	$61.00	$168	—
444	444	5	122.00	$122.00	$542	+2.00
585	585	1	114.00	$114.00	$667	—
725	725	1	84.00	$84.00	$609	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	7	156.00	$156.00	$558	+13.01
456	456	13	145.00	$145.00	$661	+0.33
545	545	18	138.00	$138.00	$752	—
644	644	8	125.00	$125.00	$805	—
864	864	5	95.00	$95.00	$821	—
940	940	1	75.00	$75.00	$705	-4.00
1195	1195	1	70.00	$70.00	$836	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	91.00	$91.00	$350	—
751	751	7	112.00	$112.00	$841	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
541	541	4	118.00	$118.00	$638	—
658	658	2	116.00	$116.00	$763	-6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	360	4	121.00–155.00	$145.79	$525	+4.12
610	610	1	119.00	$119.00	$726	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	118.00	$118.00	$448	—
420	420	1	115.00	$115.00	$483	+11.00
515	515	1	104.00	$104.00	$536	—
710	710	1	98.00	$98.00	$696	—
825	825	1	84.00	$84.00	$693	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	36.00	$36.00	$144	—
613	613	3	31.00	$31.00	$190	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	2	71.00	$71.00	$447	—

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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.