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Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, May 25, 2021

300 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $154.83/cwt -7.04 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 566 lb · 43 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $123.59/cwt -0.41 vs last sale · ≈ $682/hd at 552 lb · 23 head
light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $142.35/cwt ≈ $910/hd at 640 lb · 23 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 300 179 0
Feeder cattle 300 179 0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 180, Heifers 101, Bulls 19) Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
378 378 2 132.00 $132.00 $499 —
479 479 8 152.00 $152.00 $728 -8.00
500 500 1 120.00 $120.00 $600 -31.00
510 value added 510 5 156.00 $156.00 $796 —
565–570 565 41 129.00–156.00 $155.07 $876 -6.80
580 value added 580 2 150.00 $150.00 $870 —
638 638 18 145.50 $145.50 $928 —
645 value added 645 5 131.00 $131.00 $845 —
664–665 664 10 125.00–145.00 $140.19 $931 -5.81
739 value added 739 8 120.00 $120.00 $887 —
754 754 9 134.00 $134.00 $1,010 +2.00
844 value added 844 9 127.00 $127.00 $1,072 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
563 value added 563 11 156.00 $156.00 $878 —
690 value added 690 4 125.00 $125.00 $862 —
757 value added 757 12 133.00 $133.00 $1,007 —
838 value added 838 11 127.50 $127.50 $1,068 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
445 445 1 126.00 $126.00 $561 —
485 485 2 140.00 $140.00 $679 -11.00
510 510 1 129.00 $129.00 $658 -3.00
556–595 564 5 99.00–127.00 $121.09 $683 -23.91
652 652 3 126.00 $126.00 $822 ±0.00
743 743 2 114.00 $114.00 $847 -9.00
835 835 1 103.00 $103.00 $860 -5.00
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
395 395 1 122.00 $122.00 $482 —
453–485 464 3 115.00–119.00 $117.61 $546 —
570 570 1 105.00 $105.00 $598 —
665 665 1 105.00 $105.00 $698 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
395 395 1 122.00 $122.00 $482 —
485 485 1 111.00 $111.00 $538 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
370 370 1 119.00 $119.00 $440 +29.00
439 439 4 121.00 $121.00 $531 -6.65
479 value added 479 4 125.00 $125.00 $599 —
482 482 6 123.00 $123.00 $593 -0.71
551–580 552 23 115.00–124.00 $123.59 $682 -0.41
645 645 10 115.00 $115.00 $742 +5.00
660 660 1 113.00 $113.00 $746 -2.00
749 749 7 93.00 $93.00 $697 —
820 820 1 91.00 $91.00 $746 +5.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
380 380 1 119.00 $119.00 $452 -8.00
435 435 2 118.00 $118.00 $513 -8.00
463 463 2 100.00 $100.00 $463 -25.00
554 554 13 120.00 $120.00 $665 -1.00
653 653 10 113.00 $113.00 $738 +1.00
755 755 3 91.00 $91.00 $687 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
406 value added 406 4 125.00 $125.00 $508 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
545 545 2 100.00 $100.00 $545 —
640 640 1 74.00 $74.00 $474 —
Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
585 585 1 90.00 $90.00 $526 —
720 720 1 81.00 $81.00 $583 —
Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
610 610 1 96.00 $96.00 $586 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
438 438 2 121.00 $121.00 $530 -8.00
520 520 1 118.00 $118.00 $614 -3.00
580 580 1 71.00 $71.00 $412 -49.00
625 625 1 114.00 $114.00 $712 —
741 741 4 95.00 $95.00 $704 —
758 758 2 91.00 $91.00 $690 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
625 625 4 121.00 $121.00 $756 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
390 390 1 132.00 $132.00 $515 -3.00
455 455 1 119.00 $119.00 $541 —
815 815 1 79.00 $79.00 $644 —
990 990 1 61.00 $61.00 $604 —

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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.