Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, August 10, 2021

361 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $144.05/cwt -9.49 vs last sale · ≈ $953/hd at 662 lb · 45 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $143.79/cwt -3.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,056/hd at 734 lb · 28 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $151.20/cwt -9.30 vs last sale · ≈ $851/hd at 563 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	361	469	329
Feeder cattle	361	469	329

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 201, Heifers 136, Bulls 24) 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
454	454	9	155.00	$155.00	$704	—
501–515	503	7	137.00–160.00	$156.64	$788	—
562–567	563	27	129.00–154.00	$151.20	$851	-9.30
654–670	655	36	131.00–145.00	$143.81	$942	-1.55
688	688	9	145.00	$145.00	$998	-0.36
727	727	11	145.00	$145.00	$1,054	-2.00
739	739	17	143.00	$143.00	$1,057	-4.00
817–845	822	8	124.00–138.00	$134.56	$1,106	-6.44
930	930	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,088	-21.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	7	145.00	$145.00	$644	—
545	545	2	131.00	$131.00	$714	-13.00
568	568	14	135.00	$135.00	$767	—
632	632	6	130.00	$130.00	$822	-5.00
650	650	1	127.00	$127.00	$826	—
720	720	1	132.00	$132.00	$950	—
755	755	1	120.00	$120.00	$906	—
789 value added	789	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,105	—
825	825	1	118.00	$118.00	$974	—
930	930	1	105.00	$105.00	$976	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	148.00	$148.00	$577	—
583	583	18	153.00	$153.00	$892	—
860 value added	860	3	114.00	$114.00	$980	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573 value added	573	3	126.00	$126.00	$722	—
615	615	1	122.00	$122.00	$750	—
685	685	1	121.00	$121.00	$829	—
700	700	2	105.00	$105.00	$735	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	131.00	$131.00	$544	—
465	465	1	89.00	$89.00	$414	—
550–580	565	2	93.00–129.00	$110.52	$624	—
635	635	2	127.00	$127.00	$806	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	128.00	$128.00	$499	—
438	438	2	115.00	$115.00	$504	—
480	480	10	126.00	$126.00	$605	-11.00
562–565	562	16	116.00–126.00	$125.37	$705	-20.13
644	644	23	121.00	$121.00	$779	-5.00
675	675	1	117.00	$117.00	$790	-22.00
689 value added	689	7	127.00	$127.00	$875	—
716	716	10	127.00	$127.00	$909	+4.00
760	760	9	110.00	$110.00	$836	-13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	2	125.00	$125.00	$441	—
480	480	7	125.00	$125.00	$600	—
572	572	12	122.00	$122.00	$698	—
620–632	629	7	115.00–120.00	$118.59	$746	—
710 value added	710	3	120.00	$120.00	$852	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	6	130.00	$130.00	$546	—
536	536	5	117.00	$117.00	$627	-22.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	120.00	$120.00	$270	—
454	454	4	125.00	$125.00	$568	—
600	600	1	106.00	$106.00	$636	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	3	117.00	$117.00	$665	—
800	800	1	95.00	$95.00	$760	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	5	135.00	$135.00	$621	—
748	748	2	106.00	$106.00	$793	—
790	790	1	90.00	$90.00	$711	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552	552	3	124.00	$124.00	$684	—
662	662	5	119.00	$119.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233	233	2	135.00	$135.00	$315	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	133.00	$133.00	$505	—
960	960	1	70.00	$70.00	$672	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	139.00	$139.00	$424	—

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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.