Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, November 16, 2021

512 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $142.97/cwt ≈ $1,244/hd at 870 lb · 54 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.37/cwt -3.13 vs last sale · ≈ $680/hd at 570 lb · 26 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $115.00/cwt -2.81 vs last sale · ≈ $764/hd at 664 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	512	600	443
Feeder cattle	512	600	443

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 232, Heifers 198, Bulls 82) 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
523	523	3	105.00	$105.00	$549	—
722	722	3	132.00	$132.00	$953	—
725 value added	725	8	141.00	$141.00	$1,022	—
776 value added	776	9	133.00	$133.00	$1,032	—
840	840	2	115.00	$115.00	$966	—
863–880 value added	870	54	141.50–144.00	$142.97	$1,244	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483–488	487	8	153.00–161.00	$159.02	$774	-5.98
548	548	4	144.00	$144.00	$789	—
575	575	13	154.00	$154.00	$886	-1.01
645	645	10	144.00	$144.00	$929	—
655	655	1	115.00	$115.00	$753	-24.55
682 value added	682	3	143.00	$143.00	$975	—
738	738	3	121.00	$121.00	$893	-11.00
765	765	1	127.00	$127.00	$972	-6.00
898 value added	898	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,167	—
1254 value added	1254	19	90.00	$90.00	$1,129	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	107.00	$107.00	$476	—
469	469	9	141.00	$141.00	$661	-13.00
510–538	529	3	116.00–136.00	$129.57	$685	-16.43
556	556	7	141.00	$141.00	$784	+7.00
616–638 value added	624	13	132.00–141.00	$137.46	$858	—
630	630	1	115.00	$115.00	$724	-23.00
670–695	676	6	127.00–137.00	$134.15	$907	+43.15
693 value added	693	7	141.00	$141.00	$977	—
755 value added	755	6	135.00	$135.00	$1,019	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	82.00	$82.00	$230	—
365	365	2	113.00	$113.00	$412	—
447	447	3	117.00	$117.00	$523	+20.00
455–460	458	2	117.00–120.00	$118.49	$543	-3.51
500	500	1	60.00	$60.00	$300	—
570	570	2	117.00	$117.00	$667	—
745	745	1	99.00	$99.00	$738	—
855	855	1	103.00	$103.00	$881	—
910	910	1	95.00	$95.00	$864	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	100.00	$100.00	$390	-21.00
500–525	513	2	91.00–112.00	$101.76	$522	-21.24
635–648	644	3	91.00–108.00	$96.59	$622	-22.41
785	785	1	100.00	$100.00	$785	-4.00
860–880	867	3	105.00–106.00	$105.66	$916	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	2	70.00	$70.00	$399	—
621 value added	621	5	61.00	$61.00	$379	—
625	625	1	49.00	$49.00	$306	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
728	728	2	119.00	$119.00	$866	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	109.00	$109.00	$278	—
490	490	1	120.00	$120.00	$588	-5.95
535	535	1	102.00	$102.00	$546	-13.00
550–593	570	26	114.00–120.00	$119.37	$680	-3.13
618	618	3	122.00	$122.00	$754	—
625	625	2	111.00–117.00	$114.00	$712	—
664	664	14	115.00	$115.00	$764	-2.81
724 value added	724	5	110.00	$110.00	$796	—
770	770	1	102.00	$102.00	$785	-3.00
783 value added	783	6	107.00	$107.00	$838	—
868	868	8	111.00	$111.00	$963	—
1015–1028	1022	4	83.00–85.00	$84.01	$859	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	2	114.00	$114.00	$374	—
372	372	8	116.00	$116.00	$432	-6.00
435	435	9	121.00	$121.00	$526	—
498	498	3	123.00	$123.00	$613	+1.00
539	539	8	130.00	$130.00	$701	—
678 value added	678	6	119.00	$119.00	$807	—
855	855	4	100.00	$100.00	$855	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	9	120.00	$120.00	$582	-4.35
525	525	1	49.00	$49.00	$257	-72.00
550–585	555	13	88.00–118.00	$114.11	$633	—
639 value added	639	4	121.00	$121.00	$773	—
658	658	4	119.00	$119.00	$783	+4.00
725–735	730	2	85.00–100.00	$92.55	$676	-12.45

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313–340	322	3	83.00–108.00	$99.20	$319	—
440–448	445	3	57.00–92.00	$80.47	$358	—
546	546	11	117.00	$117.00	$639	—
575	575	1	51.00	$51.00	$293	-62.00
620	620	4	91.00	$91.00	$564	-10.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	101.00	$101.00	$268	—
305–315	310	2	89.00–96.00	$92.56	$287	—
455	455	5	100.00	$100.00	$455	-8.50
565	565	5	99.00	$99.00	$559	—
600–645	632	7	65.00–95.00	$86.75	$548	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
201	201	4	91.00	$91.00	$183	—
440	440	1	83.00	$83.00	$365	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	69.00	$69.00	$286	—
615	615	1	61.00	$61.00	$375	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	99.00	$99.00	$485	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
659	659	9	115.00	$115.00	$758	—
732	732	7	106.00	$106.00	$776	+2.00
843	843	3	88.00	$88.00	$742	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	123.00	$123.00	$424	—
467	467	6	128.00	$128.00	$598	-6.00
565	565	4	112.00	$112.00	$633	-13.00
620–635	628	2	89.00–100.00	$94.43	$593	—
663	663	2	106.00	$106.00	$703	—
848	848	2	62.00	$62.00	$526	-23.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	120.00	$120.00	$390	—
415	415	1	153.00	$153.00	$635	—
495	495	1	91.00	$91.00	$450	—
543	543	6	116.00	$116.00	$630	-14.00
653	653	2	108.00	$108.00	$705	—
748	748	3	100.00	$100.00	$748	—
755	755	1	90.00	$90.00	$680	—
985	985	1	69.00	$69.00	$680	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	2	109.00	$109.00	$488	—
555	555	3	106.00	$106.00	$588	-5.00
665	665	2	92.00	$92.00	$612	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	37.00	$37.00	$120	—
385	385	1	71.00	$71.00	$273	—
460	460	1	102.00	$102.00	$469	+22.00
500–545	523	2	97.00–100.00	$98.56	$515	—
943	943	2	65.00	$65.00	$613	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	67.00	$67.00	$285	+7.00
555	555	1	67.00	$67.00	$372	+16.00
615	615	1	75.00	$75.00	$461	—
735	735	1	58.00	$58.00	$426	+30.00
998	998	2	50.00	$50.00	$499	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	61.00	$61.00	$207	—
500–545	523	2	60.00–65.00	$62.39	$326	—
628	628	2	55.00	$55.00	$345	—

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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.