Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, September 28, 2021

453 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $155.00/cwt ≈ $1,006/hd at 649 lb · 36 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.50/cwt ≈ $880/hd at 622 lb · 34 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $145.75/cwt -0.22 vs last sale · ≈ $960/hd at 659 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	453	421	247
Feeder cattle	453	421	247

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 199, Heifers 232, Bulls 22) 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 $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	5	173.00	$173.00	$839	-1.50
531 value added	531	4	163.00	$163.00	$866	—
545	545	1	150.00	$150.00	$818	-9.80
563–568	568	23	157.00–159.00	$158.83	$902	+0.83
612 value added	612	3	151.00	$151.00	$924	—
639	639	7	148.00	$148.00	$946	-2.00
658–673	659	25	143.00–146.00	$145.75	$960	-0.22
744	744	5	138.00	$138.00	$1,027	+3.00
838 value added	838	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,131	—
850	850	3	133.00	$133.00	$1,130	+11.54
951	951	4	121.00	$121.00	$1,151	+13.71
1033	1033	3	114.00	$114.00	$1,178	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	2	142.00	$142.00	$459	—
380	380	3	159.00	$159.00	$604	—
564 value added	564	12	162.00	$162.00	$914	—
649 value added	649	36	155.00	$155.00	$1,006	—
801 value added	801	8	139.00	$139.00	$1,113	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	154.00	$154.00	$647	—
457	457	10	162.00	$162.00	$740	-1.00
553	553	9	146.00	$146.00	$807	+42.00
569 value added	569	7	120.00	$120.00	$683	—
655–675	659	5	118.00–138.00	$133.90	$882	—
745	745	1	112.00	$112.00	$834	—
765	765	1	118.00	$118.00	$903	-0.75

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	2	126.00	$126.00	$508	—
545	545	4	131.00	$131.00	$714	—
745	745	1	88.00	$88.00	$656	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
652	652	6	145.00	$145.00	$945	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	123.00	$123.00	$738	—
755	755	1	111.00	$111.00	$838	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284 value added	284	4	110.00	$110.00	$312	—
343	343	2	125.00	$125.00	$429	—
369 value added	369	6	123.00	$123.00	$454	—
425	425	4	127.00	$127.00	$540	-10.00
476	476	9	127.00	$127.00	$605	-8.00
528	528	2	127.00	$127.00	$671	-0.97
554	554	20	127.50	$127.50	$706	-7.50
643	643	12	125.00	$125.00	$804	-5.00
715	715	1	123.00	$123.00	$879	+1.26
825	825	1	95.00	$95.00	$784	-23.00
860	860	1	92.00	$92.00	$791	-25.00
1020	1020	1	88.00	$88.00	$898	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	4	124.00	$124.00	$470	—
545 value added	545	11	135.00	$135.00	$736	—
622 value added	622	34	141.50	$141.50	$880	—
690 value added	690	5	123.00	$123.00	$849	—
729 value added	729	9	136.00	$136.00	$991	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	4	128.00	$128.00	$548	-9.00
465	465	2	126.00	$126.00	$586	-7.50
510–545	528	2	116.00–126.00	$120.83	$638	-9.17
558–585	560	11	127.00–130.00	$129.72	$726	—
655	655	10	132.00	$132.00	$865	—
778 value added	778	2	116.00	$116.00	$902	—
820	820	1	85.00	$85.00	$697	—
875	875	1	91.00	$91.00	$796	—
930	930	1	84.00	$84.00	$781	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	120.00	$120.00	$348	—
532 value added	532	23	130.00	$130.00	$692	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438 value added	438	21	131.00	$131.00	$574	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	129.00	$129.00	$477	+9.12
465	465	1	124.00	$124.00	$577	+4.50
515–544	536	7	119.00–130.00	$126.34	$677	+12.34
565	565	1	108.00	$108.00	$610	—
715	715	1	101.00	$101.00	$722	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	75.00	$75.00	$248	—
550	550	1	74.00	$74.00	$407	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	118.00	$118.00	$690	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	136.00	$136.00	$530	—
482	482	3	146.00	$146.00	$704	-4.00
735	735	2	106.00	$106.00	$779	—
768	768	2	95.00	$95.00	$730	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
654	654	6	125.00	$125.00	$818	+7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	3	145.00	$145.00	$670	+2.00
565	565	2	137.00	$137.00	$774	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	110.00	$110.00	$341	—
480	480	1	79.00	$79.00	$379	—

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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.