Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, November 2, 2021

585 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $157.17/cwt ≈ $1,091/hd at 694 lb · 78 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.33/cwt +7.33 vs last sale · ≈ $726/hd at 570 lb · 54 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $145.55/cwt +2.82 vs last sale · ≈ $965/hd at 663 lb · 34 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	585	469	152
Feeder cattle	585	469	152

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 355, Heifers 189, Bulls 41) Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437 value added	437	19	156.00	$156.00	$682	—
530	530	3	130.00	$130.00	$689	—
572	572	5	147.00	$147.00	$841	—
584 value added	584	4	157.00	$157.00	$917	—
605–618 value added	612	26	152.00–155.00	$153.63	$940	—
676–696 value added	694	78	157.00–159.00	$157.17	$1,091	—
794 value added	794	16	148.00	$148.00	$1,175	—
814 value added	814	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,140	-3.58

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	132.00	$132.00	$495	—
440	440	1	90.00	$90.00	$396	—
475	475	13	171.00	$171.00	$812	-2.00
556	556	30	156.00	$156.00	$867	+2.42
618 value added	618	6	153.00	$153.00	$946	—
620–630	625	2	114.00–140.00	$127.10	$794	—
651–690	653	24	136.00–141.00	$140.78	$919	-1.06
688 value added	688	10	157.00	$157.00	$1,080	—
720	720	1	131.00	$131.00	$943	-1.10
765–767	767	10	126.00–135.00	$134.10	$1,029	-5.90
770 value added	770	2	141.00	$141.00	$1,086	—
860	860	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,075	+4.00
989	989	31	144.00	$144.00	$1,424	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	3	125.00	$125.00	$471	-6.00
400	400	1	118.00	$118.00	$472	—
450	450	10	160.00	$160.00	$720	±0.00
550	550	1	49.00	$49.00	$270	-92.00
647	647	3	133.00	$133.00	$861	—
728	728	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,019	+34.48
778 value added	778	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,043	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
516 value added	516	17	155.00	$155.00	$800	—
535	535	1	119.00	$119.00	$637	+28.00
675	675	2	124.00	$124.00	$837	+14.00
720	720	1	124.00	$124.00	$893	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
636 value added	636	7	117.00	$117.00	$744	—
655	655	2	113.00	$113.00	$740	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	41.00	$41.00	$164	—
545	545	1	89.00	$89.00	$485	—
695	695	1	85.00	$85.00	$591	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	91.00	$91.00	$282	—
445	445	1	113.00	$113.00	$503	—
755	755	1	41.00	$41.00	$310	-58.00

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	49.00	$49.00	$169	—
710	710	2	98.00	$98.00	$696	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	82.00	$82.00	$213	-16.00
439	439	5	130.00	$130.00	$571	+10.50
478	478	11	133.00	$133.00	$636	+13.00
555 value added	555	3	133.00	$133.00	$738	—
564	564	33	124.00	$124.00	$699	+4.00
585	585	18	132.50	$132.50	$775	+12.50
608 value added	608	3	133.00	$133.00	$809	-2.00
642	642	15	121.00	$121.00	$777	+6.00
675	675	1	114.00	$114.00	$770	-3.00
703–742 value added	718	16	130.00–131.50	$130.80	$939	—
759	759	7	115.00	$115.00	$873	—
920	920	1	100.00	$100.00	$920	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	5	115.50	$115.50	$432	—
588 value added	588	5	133.00	$133.00	$782	—
688 value added	688	21	133.00	$133.00	$915	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	116.00	$116.00	$377	+2.00
422	422	3	130.00	$130.00	$549	+15.00
471	471	5	131.00	$131.00	$617	+7.00
544	544	9	125.00	$125.00	$680	±0.00
667	667	5	130.00	$130.00	$867	—
758	758	3	115.00	$115.00	$872	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	90.00	$90.00	$230	—
594	594	4	125.00	$125.00	$742	—
615	615	2	124.00	$124.00	$763	—
720	720	2	117.00	$117.00	$842	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	2	100.00	$100.00	$403	—
528	528	2	115.00	$115.00	$607	—
550–590	570	2	114.00–116.00	$115.04	$656	-9.96

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	323	2	30.00–40.00	$34.96	$113	—
395	395	1	37.00	$37.00	$146	—
418	418	2	93.00	$93.00	$389	—
535	535	2	95.00	$95.00	$508	—
538 value added	538	11	136.00	$136.00	$732	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	5	155.00	$155.00	$694	—
533	533	2	134.00	$134.00	$714	—
668	668	4	111.00	$111.00	$741	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	4	106.00	$106.00	$502	—
555–575	562	3	81.00–109.00	$99.45	$559	—
668	668	2	66.00	$66.00	$441	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050	1050	1	71.00	$71.00	$746	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	1	85.00	$85.00	$650	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	89.00	$89.00	$334	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	62.00	$62.00	$217	—
470	470	1	56.00	$56.00	$263	-14.00

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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.