Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, July 27, 2021

340 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $120.74/cwt -5.73 vs last sale · ≈ $799/hd at 662 lb · 31 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $153.41/cwt +0.56 vs last sale · ≈ $859/hd at 560 lb · 28 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $130.63/cwt ≈ $961/hd at 736 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	340	462	481
Feeder cattle	340	462	481

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 181, Heifers 141, Bulls 18) 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
473–480	474	5	141.00–152.00	$149.77	$710	-1.23
485 value added	485	3	155.00	$155.00	$752	—
535	535	1	138.00	$138.00	$738	+4.00
552	552	9	154.00	$154.00	$850	+0.50
557	557	15	154.50	$154.50	$861	+1.00
591 value added	591	4	148.00	$148.00	$875	+1.00
641	641	11	145.00	$145.00	$929	+21.00
650–669	664	15	140.00–146.00	$144.43	$959	+3.34
729–743	736	16	130.00–131.00	$130.63	$961	—
825	825	1	116.00	$116.00	$957	—
825–833 value added	830	8	132.00–134.00	$132.75	$1,102	—
853	853	3	119.00	$119.00	$1,015	—
953	953	3	118.00	$118.00	$1,125	—
1058	1058	2	107.00	$107.00	$1,132	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	5	149.00	$149.00	$687	-1.00
500	500	2	134.00	$134.00	$670	+16.00
518 value added	518	6	150.00	$150.00	$777	—
561	561	8	145.00	$145.00	$813	+8.50
635	635	1	115.00	$115.00	$730	+5.00
657–660	658	6	129.00–131.00	$130.67	$860	-1.33
715	715	1	114.00	$114.00	$815	—
772	772	3	136.00	$136.00	$1,050	—
875	875	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,111	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
636	636	14	143.00	$143.00	$909	—
734 value added	734	15	137.00	$137.00	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542 value added	542	6	129.00	$129.00	$699	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–528	525	4	125.00–127.00	$126.51	$664	—
625	625	1	126.00	$126.00	$788	—
760	760	1	119.00	$119.00	$904	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605 value added	605	4	85.00	$85.00	$514	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	81.00	$81.00	$312	—
480	480	1	51.00	$51.00	$245	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	127.00	$127.00	$673	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–487	484	7	121.00–127.00	$125.32	$607	-3.68
550–569	567	15	100.00–129.00	$125.60	$712	-2.40
618	618	2	106.00	$106.00	$655	—
660–665	662	31	117.00–121.00	$120.74	$799	-3.26
733	733	7	116.00	$116.00	$850	—
765	765	1	105.00	$105.00	$803	-8.04
863	863	4	110.00	$110.00	$949	—
970	970	1	90.00	$90.00	$873	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	6	127.00	$127.00	$540	—
482	482	5	125.00	$125.00	$602	+2.00
530	530	1	120.00	$120.00	$636	—
558	558	6	122.00	$122.00	$681	-2.00
567 value added	567	3	98.00	$98.00	$556	—
659	659	7	115.00	$115.00	$758	-4.00
735	735	2	110.00	$110.00	$808	+8.00
755	755	1	91.00	$91.00	$687	—
825	825	2	91.00	$91.00	$751	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	2	120.00	$120.00	$424	—
443	443	6	120.00	$120.00	$532	—
525	525	2	117.00	$117.00	$614	+5.00
551	551	4	121.00	$121.00	$667	—
770	770	1	89.00	$89.00	$685	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501 value added	501	13	122.00	$122.00	$611	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	2	118.00	$118.00	$564	+27.00
540	540	1	112.00	$112.00	$605	+12.00
720	720	1	100.00	$100.00	$720	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	45.00	$45.00	$124	—
440	440	1	100.00	$100.00	$440	—
540	540	1	47.00	$47.00	$254	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	3	142.00	$142.00	$667	—
735	735	2	107.00	$107.00	$786	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
574	574	4	135.00	$135.00	$775	+14.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	140.00	$140.00	$518	—
580	580	1	105.00	$105.00	$609	—
648	648	2	107.00	$107.00	$693	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	110.00	$110.00	$522	—
505–535	520	2	95.00–115.00	$105.29	$548	—
890	890	1	80.00	$80.00	$712	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	91.00	$91.00	$396	—

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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.