Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 27, 2021

275 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $159.05/cwt -3.95 vs last sale · ≈ $891/hd at 560 lb · 30 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.78/cwt ≈ $698/hd at 559 lb · 25 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $140.70/cwt -2.17 vs last sale · ≈ $927/hd at 659 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	275	285	268
Feeder cattle	275	285	268

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 123, Heifers 115, Bulls 37) 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
370	370	2	161.00	$161.00	$596	—
463–470	464	12	147.00–162.00	$160.73	$746	-4.27
550–578	560	30	130.00–163.00	$159.05	$891	-3.95
613	613	5	140.00	$140.00	$858	—
620	620	1	118.00	$118.00	$732	—
655–659	659	20	135.00–141.00	$140.70	$927	-2.17
755	755	1	113.00	$113.00	$853	-13.51
775 value added	775	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,062	—
810	810	1	110.00	$110.00	$891	—
920	920	1	105.00	$105.00	$966	—
1030	1030	1	91.00	$91.00	$937	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	2	159.00	$159.00	$522	—
404	404	6	157.00	$157.00	$634	—
442	442	7	152.00	$152.00	$672	-4.00
558	558	4	153.00	$153.00	$854	+10.00
661	661	4	134.00	$134.00	$886	-6.00
752	752	3	112.00	$112.00	$842	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	7	152.00	$152.00	$942	—
646 value added	646	4	156.00	$156.00	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	111.00	$111.00	$405	—
455	455	1	133.00	$133.00	$605	—
530	530	5	120.00–129.00	$127.20	$674	—
565	565	1	123.00	$123.00	$695	—
630	630	1	118.00	$118.00	$743	-10.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	2	125.00	$125.00	$531	—
481	481	9	125.00	$125.00	$601	-11.00
510	510	1	115.00	$115.00	$586	-21.00
550–590	559	25	110.00–126.00	$124.78	$698	—
619	619	4	123.00	$123.00	$761	-2.00
620–635	633	8	110.00–118.00	$117.02	$741	-7.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	127.00	$127.00	$438	-11.00
350	350	2	135.00	$135.00	$472	+7.28
440	440	3	130.00	$130.00	$572	—
478–490	480	5	123.00–124.00	$123.80	$594	-8.20
543	543	6	122.00	$122.00	$662	—
560	560	1	117.00	$117.00	$655	-13.00
614 value added	614	5	117.00	$117.00	$718	—
660	660	3	113.00	$113.00	$746	-4.33
740	740	1	89.00	$89.00	$659	-2.00
755	755	2	98.00	$98.00	$740	-0.50
825	825	1	81.00	$81.00	$668	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351	351	5	137.00	$137.00	$481	—
442	442	7	131.00	$131.00	$579	—
649 value added	649	10	125.50	$125.50	$814	—
774	774	4	107.50	$107.50	$832	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368–370	369	3	131.00–134.00	$133.00	$491	—
448	448	3	129.00	$129.00	$578	—
460	460	1	122.00	$122.00	$561	+1.00
525–530	528	2	109.00–115.00	$111.99	$591	+14.91

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	89.00	$89.00	$538	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	131.00	$131.00	$531	—
483	483	10	138.00	$138.00	$667	—
565	565	5	129.00	$129.00	$729	-5.00
720	720	1	111.00	$111.00	$799	—
845	845	1	104.00	$104.00	$879	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	4	148.00	$148.00	$555	+2.00
473	473	6	138.00	$138.00	$653	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
648	648	6	117.00	$117.00	$758	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	148.00	$148.00	$515	—

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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.