Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, May 4, 2021

202 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $156.00/cwt -3.05 vs last sale · ≈ $891/hd at 571 lb · 18 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $148.50/cwt +12.17 vs last sale · ≈ $931/hd at 627 lb · 18 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.00/cwt ≈ $642/hd at 514 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	202	275	280
Feeder cattle	202	275	280

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Heifers 96, Bulls 19) 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
355	355	2	155.00	$155.00	$550	-6.00
460	460	7	152.00	$152.00	$699	-8.73
562	562	12	157.00	$157.00	$882	-2.05
590	590	6	154.00	$154.00	$909	-5.05
611	611	9	150.00	$150.00	$916	+10.00
643	643	9	147.00	$147.00	$945	+29.00
658	658	2	154.00	$154.00	$1,013	+13.30
703 value added	703	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,005	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	3	146.00	$146.00	$613	-11.00
522	522	3	134.00	$134.00	$699	—
625	625	2	136.00	$136.00	$850	—
643 value added	643	3	147.00	$147.00	$945	—
695	695	1	113.00	$113.00	$785	-21.00
755	755	1	125.00	$125.00	$944	+13.00
778	778	5	121.00	$121.00	$941	+9.00
865–870	868	2	79.00–101.00	$90.03	$781	—
963	963	2	91.00	$91.00	$876	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
504	504	9	159.00	$159.00	$801	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	100.00	$100.00	$520	—
665	665	1	90.00	$90.00	$598	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	122.00	$122.00	$647	-5.20

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	1	105.00	$105.00	$746	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	125.00	$125.00	$456	—
480	480	5	127.00	$127.00	$610	+2.00
560–580	562	13	115.00–121.00	$120.52	$677	-4.26
641	641	7	115.00	$115.00	$737	-2.02
765–773	770	5	99.00–106.00	$103.22	$795	—
868–893 value added	881	4	89.00–93.00	$91.03	$802	—
900	900	1	76.00	$76.00	$684	—
1013	1013	2	80.00	$80.00	$810	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	5	124.00	$124.00	$531	-7.00
514	514	14	125.00	$125.00	$642	—
658 value added	658	5	119.00	$119.00	$783	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	125.00	$125.00	$444	-10.00
495	495	2	122.00	$122.00	$604	-1.80
510–549	543	7	117.00–122.50	$121.76	$661	-0.24
635–645	638	3	103.00–111.00	$105.69	$674	—
665	665	3	116.00	$116.00	$771	+3.00
740	740	1	98.00	$98.00	$725	+9.00
755–760	757	3	97.00–99.00	$97.67	$739	-0.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	4	123.00	$123.00	$475	-10.00
543	543	4	116.00	$116.00	$630	+4.01
690	690	1	102.00	$102.00	$704	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	110.00	$110.00	$473	—
550	550	1	97.00	$97.00	$534	—
895	895	1	82.00	$82.00	$734	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	140.00	$140.00	$497	—
482	482	3	130.00	$130.00	$627	-8.00
565	565	2	125.00	$125.00	$706	-4.00
755	755	1	89.00	$89.00	$672	—
830	830	1	86.00	$86.00	$714	-18.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	130.00	$130.00	$396	—
360	360	2	138.00	$138.00	$497	—
455	455	1	118.00	$118.00	$537	—
540	540	1	115.00	$115.00	$621	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
531	531	4	121.00	$121.00	$643	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	120.00	$120.00	$498	—

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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.