Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, June 22, 2021

448 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $165.00/cwt ≈ $899/hd at 545 lb · 41 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $157.00/cwt ≈ $1,022/hd at 651 lb · 29 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $143.15/cwt -1.76 vs last sale · ≈ $940/hd at 657 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	448	457	328
Feeder cattle	448	457	328

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 248, Heifers 178, Bulls 22) 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
450	450	2	145.00	$145.00	$652	-16.63
520	520	1	121.00	$121.00	$629	+3.00
536 value added	536	8	160.00	$160.00	$858	—
561–590	565	8	126.00–153.00	$149.47	$845	-7.11
623 value added	623	6	156.00	$156.00	$972	—
628–630	628	6	116.00–121.00	$120.16	$755	-14.84
655–695	657	25	124.00–144.00	$143.15	$940	-1.76
751	751	15	145.00	$145.00	$1,089	—
820	820	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,017	+1.00
930 value added	930	21	125.00	$125.00	$1,162	—
1095	1095	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,117	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451 value added	451	5	145.00	$145.00	$654	—
545 value added	545	41	165.00	$165.00	$899	—
651 value added	651	29	157.00	$157.00	$1,022	—
708 value added	708	10	125.00	$125.00	$885	—
838	838	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,064	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–345	332	3	135.00–144.00	$141.11	$468	—
455	455	2	136.00	$136.00	$619	—
562	562	10	126.00	$126.00	$708	-13.00
648	648	5	125.00	$125.00	$810	-1.42
695	695	1	93.00	$93.00	$646	—
759–760	759	8	118.00–129.00	$127.62	$969	—
860	860	1	98.00	$98.00	$843	-3.00
958	958	2	117.00	$117.00	$1,121	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	5	122.00	$122.00	$588	—
598	598	5	117.00	$117.00	$700	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	101.00	$101.00	$258	—
365	365	2	130.50	$130.50	$476	-25.50
460	460	1	87.00	$87.00	$400	—
590	590	1	123.00	$123.00	$726	—
710	710	2	106.00	$106.00	$753	—
770	770	1	125.00	$125.00	$962	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	121.00	$121.00	$581	—
545	545	4	122.50	$122.50	$668	—
660	660	1	116.00	$116.00	$766	—
745	745	1	100.00	$100.00	$745	—
910	910	1	104.00	$104.00	$946	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	121.00	$121.00	$393	—
427	427	3	123.00	$123.00	$525	—
543 value added	543	16	140.50	$140.50	$763	—
566	566	11	131.00	$131.00	$741	+0.61
620–645	641	20	113.00–124.75	$120.62	$773	-3.38
705	705	1	111.00	$111.00	$783	—
757–785	762	6	94.00–119.50	$115.12	$877	+5.12
835	835	2	101.00	$101.00	$843	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	5	121.50	$121.50	$441	-2.50
442	442	9	137.00	$137.00	$606	—
499 value added	499	7	133.00	$133.00	$664	—
536	536	20	141.50	$141.50	$758	+5.73

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	4	121.00	$121.00	$506	-1.00
485	485	6	123.00	$123.00	$597	-2.50
561	561	7	117.00	$117.00	$656	—
620	620	1	113.00	$113.00	$701	-3.00
658	658	2	116.00	$116.00	$763	—
738	738	5	124.00	$124.00	$915	—
760	760	1	100.00	$100.00	$760	—
800	800	1	90.00	$90.00	$720	—
870	870	2	97.00	$97.00	$844	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	93.00	$93.00	$363	-27.00
464	464	6	117.00	$117.00	$543	±0.00
500	500	1	81.00	$81.00	$405	-32.00
571	571	11	116.00	$116.00	$662	—
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	—
855	855	2	89.00	$89.00	$761	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	110.00	$110.00	$324	—
460	460	2	102.00	$102.00	$469	—
526	526	4	113.00	$113.00	$594	+2.00
770	770	1	84.00	$84.00	$647	—
885	885	1	86.00	$86.00	$761	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
519	519	7	105.00	$105.00	$545	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	65.00	$65.00	$254	—
595	595	1	98.00	$98.00	$583	—
737	737	3	88.00	$88.00	$649	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	3	139.00	$139.00	$455	—
457	457	3	128.00	$128.00	$585	-25.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	127.00	$127.00	$241	—
557–565	559	4	110.00–119.00	$116.73	$653	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	3	114.00	$114.00	$624	—
815	815	1	84.00	$84.00	$685	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
657	657	3	109.00	$109.00	$716	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	93.00	$93.00	$567	—
705	705	1	93.00	$93.00	$656	—
760	760	1	94.00	$94.00	$714	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	71.00	$71.00	$405	—

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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.