Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, October 5, 2021

323 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $146.93/cwt -1.97 vs last sale · ≈ $945/hd at 643 lb · 25 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $157.65/cwt -1.18 vs last sale · ≈ $870/hd at 552 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.00/cwt +0.50 vs last sale · ≈ $719/hd at 562 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	323	453	432
Feeder cattle	323	453	432

Market comments — USDA reporter

On-Farm State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 134, Heifers 125, Bulls 64) 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
480	480	3	170.00	$170.00	$816	-3.00
550–552	552	17	155.00–158.00	$157.65	$870	-1.18
600–645	643	25	145.00–147.00	$146.93	$945	-1.07
737	737	5	137.00	$137.00	$1,010	-1.00
845	845	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,098	—
860	860	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,092	-6.00
1320	1320	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,043	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	150.00	$150.00	$638	-4.00
461	461	7	162.00	$162.00	$747	±0.00
543	543	6	148.00	$148.00	$804	—
575	575	1	121.00	$121.00	$696	-25.00
640–645	640	12	121.00–134.00	$132.91	$851	—
743	743	2	134.00	$134.00	$996	+22.00
790	790	1	102.00	$102.00	$806	-16.00
812 value added	812	6	134.50	$134.50	$1,092	—
830–848	842	3	121.00–134.00	$129.73	$1,092	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
514 value added	514	5	151.00	$151.00	$776	—
668 value added	668	11	126.00	$126.00	$842	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	103.00	$103.00	$422	-23.00
513	513	5	136.00	$136.00	$698	+5.00
590	590	1	120.00	$120.00	$708	—
675	675	1	81.00	$81.00	$547	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	117.00	$117.00	$503	—
545	545	1	119.00	$119.00	$649	—
595	595	3	117.00	$117.00	$696	—
750	750	1	91.00	$91.00	$682	-20.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
993	993	3	87.00	$87.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	117.00	$117.00	$638	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	3	131.00	$131.00	$511	—
428	428	2	131.00	$131.00	$561	+3.00
481–485	482	6	127.00–130.50	$129.91	$626	+3.91
556	556	15	126.00	$126.00	$701	-3.72
658	658	9	129.00	$129.00	$849	-3.00
728	728	5	119.00	$119.00	$866	—
770	770	1	101.00	$101.00	$778	—
850	850	1	91.00	$91.00	$774	±0.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562	562	16	128.00	$128.00	$719	+0.50
600	600	1	127.00	$127.00	$762	—
658	658	16	125.00	$125.00	$822	—
838	838	2	100.00	$100.00	$838	+5.00
1005	1005	2	95.00	$95.00	$955	+7.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	118.00	$118.00	$372	—
435	435	1	121.00	$121.00	$526	—
458	458	11	124.00	$124.00	$568	±0.00
543–546	545	10	118.00–123.00	$122.00	$665	-4.34
605	605	1	94.00	$94.00	$569	—
673	673	4	114.00	$114.00	$767	—
820	820	1	91.00	$91.00	$746	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	90.00	$90.00	$392	—
495	495	1	101.00	$101.00	$500	—
559	559	5	113.00	$113.00	$632	—
625	625	2	107.00	$107.00	$669	—
765	765	1	91.00	$91.00	$696	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	61.00	$61.00	$320	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	4	146.00	$146.00	$698	±0.00
500	500	1	118.00	$118.00	$590	—
567	567	12	142.00	$142.00	$805	—
830	830	1	84.00	$84.00	$697	—
970	970	1	87.00	$87.00	$844	—
1006	1006	4	93.00	$93.00	$936	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	122.00	$122.00	$451	—
473	473	5	126.00	$126.00	$596	—
540	540	1	116.00	$116.00	$626	—
566	566	7	125.00	$125.00	$708	—
640	640	4	113.00	$113.00	$723	—
655	655	1	93.00	$93.00	$609	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	134.00	$134.00	$456	—
440	440	1	133.00	$133.00	$585	—
503–510	505	3	131.00–137.00	$134.98	$682	—
640	640	1	115.00	$115.00	$736	—
710	710	1	84.00	$84.00	$596	—
885	885	1	89.00	$89.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	4	120.00	$120.00	$750	—
738	738	3	104.00	$104.00	$768	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	107.00	$107.00	$524	—
550	550	3	109.00	$109.00	$600	—
690	690	1	88.00	$88.00	$607	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	1	89.00	$89.00	$632	—

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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.