Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, June 8, 2021

265 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $160.50/cwt -1.54 vs last sale · ≈ $891/hd at 555 lb · 25 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.46/cwt +5.46 vs last sale · ≈ $809/hd at 635 lb · 17 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $148.00/cwt -4.47 vs last sale · ≈ $977/hd at 660 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	265	649	1,036
Feeder cattle	265	649	1,036

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 125, Heifers 119, Bulls 21) 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
467	467	12	159.50	$159.50	$745	+11.98
555	555	25	160.50	$160.50	$891	+0.05
660	660	15	148.00	$148.00	$977	-4.47
700–739	736	13	131.00–136.00	$135.63	$998	-3.00
765	765	1	121.00	$121.00	$926	—
827 value added	827	6	119.00	$119.00	$984	—
840	840	1	109.00	$109.00	$916	-10.00
909 value added	909	6	127.00	$127.00	$1,154	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	147.00	$147.00	$632	+16.00
450	450	1	121.00	$121.00	$544	-24.00
561	561	9	146.50	$146.50	$822	-1.50
630–641	639	6	109.00–139.00	$134.07	$857	+3.07
690	690	1	125.00	$125.00	$862	—
721 value added	721	4	125.00	$125.00	$901	—
745	745	2	114.00	$114.00	$849	—
805	805	2	127.00	$127.00	$1,022	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755 value added	755	7	138.00	$138.00	$1,042	—
957	957	3	115.00	$115.00	$1,101	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	87.00	$87.00	$291	—
450	450	1	110.00	$110.00	$495	—
635	635	1	122.00	$122.00	$775	—
760	760	1	109.00	$109.00	$828	+12.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	119.00	$119.00	$482	—
580	580	1	120.00	$120.00	$696	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	120.00	$120.00	$414	—
850	850	1	43.00	$43.00	$366	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	120.00	$120.00	$522	-4.00
480	480	12	129.50	$129.50	$622	+9.50
550–580	552	14	102.00–127.50	$124.82	$689	-7.05
619–649	635	17	127.00–128.00	$127.46	$809	+5.46
655–685	682	13	115.00–126.00	$124.72	$851	+16.03
753	753	2	108.00	$108.00	$813	—
890	890	1	87.00	$87.00	$774	—
988 value added	988	3	85.00	$85.00	$840	—
1115	1115	1	80.00	$80.00	$892	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
714 value added	714	6	118.00	$118.00	$843	—
764	764	14	118.50	$118.50	$905	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	126.00	$126.00	$416	—
462	462	6	128.00	$128.00	$591	+7.00
526	526	5	126.00	$126.00	$663	—
555	555	2	122.00	$122.00	$677	+2.00
625	625	1	118.00	$118.00	$738	—
740	740	2	107.00	$107.00	$792	+36.00
830	830	1	70.00	$70.00	$581	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	119.00	$119.00	$440	—
440	440	2	115.00	$115.00	$506	—
520	520	1	89.00	$89.00	$463	—
710	710	1	41.00	$41.00	$291	—
780	780	1	75.00	$75.00	$585	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	109.00	$109.00	$398	—
485	485	1	95.00	$95.00	$461	—
610	610	1	41.00	$41.00	$250	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508	508	3	110.00	$110.00	$559	—
685	685	1	87.00	$87.00	$596	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950	950	1	75.00	$75.00	$712	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	4	131.00	$131.00	$620	—
600	600	1	117.00	$117.00	$702	—
740	740	1	105.00	$105.00	$777	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	2	125.00	$125.00	$422	—
640	640	4	124.00	$124.00	$794	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	121.00	$121.00	$508	—
533	533	2	117.00	$117.00	$624	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	87.00	$87.00	$405	—
555	555	1	98.00	$98.00	$544	—
785	785	1	41.00	$41.00	$322	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	115.00	$115.00	$581	—
765	765	1	85.00	$85.00	$650	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	107.00	$107.00	$626	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	61.00	$61.00	$265	—

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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.