Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, October 19, 2021

346 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $141.00/cwt +1.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,197/hd at 849 lb · 59 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $141.00/cwt ≈ $1,210/hd at 858 lb · 28 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $121.15/cwt -8.12 vs last sale · ≈ $676/hd at 558 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	346	617	586
Feeder cattle	346	617	586

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 162, Heifers 142, Bulls 42) 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
458	458	8	172.00	$172.00	$788	-1.00
543	543	2	145.00	$145.00	$787	-19.00
558	558	22	155.00	$155.00	$865	-0.70
625–648	645	7	137.00–143.00	$142.17	$917	-9.07
700–738	725	3	130.00–140.00	$136.78	$992	—
733 value added	733	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,026	-6.00
775	775	1	93.00	$93.00	$721	-46.00
815	815	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,019	-9.00
858 value added	858	28	141.00	$141.00	$1,210	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
849 value added	849	59	141.00	$141.00	$1,197	+1.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	5	164.00	$164.00	$764	+17.21
557	557	3	145.00	$145.00	$808	±0.00
660	660	2	124.00	$124.00	$818	-17.00
737	737	3	135.00	$135.00	$995	-3.00
855	855	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,043	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	110.00	$110.00	$517	-17.00
545	545	2	118.00	$118.00	$643	—
708	708	2	95.00	$95.00	$673	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	98.00	$98.00	$431	—
735	735	1	101.00	$101.00	$742	—
830	830	1	99.00	$99.00	$822	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428–445	431	5	110.00–120.00	$117.94	$508	—
484	484	9	120.00	$120.00	$581	-11.00
556	556	22	121.00	$121.00	$673	-7.00
569 value added	569	4	122.00	$122.00	$694	-9.00
651 value added	651	6	122.00	$122.00	$794	—
653	653	12	118.00	$118.00	$771	—
753	753	6	103.00	$103.00	$776	—
784 value added	784	5	112.00	$112.00	$878	—
840	840	1	88.00	$88.00	$739	—
910	910	1	80.00	$80.00	$728	—
1040	1040	1	87.00	$87.00	$905	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424	424	7	118.00	$118.00	$500	-9.00
487	487	7	117.00	$117.00	$570	-11.00
542	542	13	120.00	$120.00	$650	-6.00
590	590	2	123.00	$123.00	$726	—
643	643	12	114.00	$114.00	$733	+4.50
822	822	3	90.00	$90.00	$740	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	4	100.00	$100.00	$449	-22.00
560	560	1	60.00	$60.00	$336	-44.83
633	633	5	99.00	$99.00	$627	-17.00
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
362	362	3	118.00	$118.00	$427	-10.00
693	693	5	121.00	$121.00	$839	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	96.00	$96.00	$518	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	51.00	$51.00	$293	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	87.00	$87.00	$496	-28.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557–580	562	9	130.00–134.00	$131.03	$736	-13.97
630–645	638	2	114.00–117.00	$115.52	$737	-10.48
670	670	2	118.00	$118.00	$791	—
745	745	1	81.00	$81.00	$603	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	8	141.00	$141.00	$671	-7.00
538	538	2	128.00	$128.00	$689	-13.00
1015	1015	1	85.00	$85.00	$863	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
653	653	5	120.00	$120.00	$784	—
760	760	2	103.00	$103.00	$783	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	3	94.00	$94.00	$384	-25.00
658	658	2	105.00	$105.00	$691	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	80.00	$80.00	$344	—
465	465	1	75.00	$75.00	$349	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	87.00	$87.00	$461	—
615	615	1	88.00	$88.00	$541	—

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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.