Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, December 7, 2021

696 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $149.15/cwt ≈ $1,290/hd at 865 lb · 84 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $163.88/cwt +1.38 vs last sale · ≈ $923/hd at 563 lb · 54 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.00/cwt +2.00 vs last sale · ≈ $937/hd at 633 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	696	359	820
Feeder cattle	696	359	820

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 398, Heifers 245, Bulls 53) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Natural cattle are Weaned, mostly 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
463	463	8	167.00	$167.00	$773	—
546	546	7	164.00	$164.00	$895	+20.00
546 value added	546	5	167.00	$167.00	$912	—
610–646 value added	633	31	145.00–160.00	$150.13	$950	—
633	633	2	115.00	$115.00	$728	-31.00
711	711	20	150.00	$150.00	$1,066	—
758 value added	758	29	150.50	$150.50	$1,141	—
817 value added	817	11	143.00	$143.00	$1,168	—
858–897 value added	865	71	137.50–153.00	$150.28	$1,300	—
865	865	13	143.00	$143.00	$1,237	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–395	387	3	140.00–151.00	$147.49	$571	+17.38
478	478	8	167.00	$167.00	$798	—
553–575	558	46	157.00–165.00	$164.56	$918	+2.06
592	592	8	160.00	$160.00	$947	-2.50
630 value added	630	3	156.00	$156.00	$983	—
630	630	2	148.00	$148.00	$932	—
659–675	660	28	151.00–154.50	$154.37	$1,019	+7.54
755–762	761	8	135.00–136.00	$135.12	$1,028	+0.58
757–792 value added	772	13	146.00–149.00	$148.29	$1,145	—
822	822	9	149.00	$149.00	$1,225	—
845 value added	845	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,158	—
855	855	1	109.00	$109.00	$932	—
1015	1015	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,005	—
1103 value added	1103	4	86.00	$86.00	$949	—
1180	1180	1	84.00	$84.00	$991	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	131.00	$131.00	$406	—
370	370	1	145.00	$145.00	$536	+7.00
444	444	7	159.00	$159.00	$706	—
570	570	16	155.00	$155.00	$884	+1.00
648	648	3	148.00	$148.00	$959	—
746	746	4	127.00	$127.00	$947	—
920	920	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,021	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	111.00	$111.00	$383	—
485	485	1	49.00	$49.00	$238	-28.98
551 value added	551	4	126.00	$126.00	$694	—
559	559	6	126.00	$126.00	$704	+37.97
643	643	4	120.00	$120.00	$772	—
735	735	1	93.00	$93.00	$684	—
800	800	1	91.00	$91.00	$728	—
960	960	1	99.00	$99.00	$950	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	2	129.00	$129.00	$735	-6.00
625	625	1	124.00	$124.00	$775	—
733	733	2	85.00	$85.00	$623	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	2	120.00	$120.00	$714	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	106.00	$106.00	$281	—
705	705	1	71.00	$71.00	$501	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	111.00	$111.00	$522	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	120.00	$120.00	$294	—
385	385	1	87.00	$87.00	$335	—
418–440	425	3	119.00–125.00	$122.93	$522	—
474–478	475	12	124.00–130.00	$128.49	$610	-4.51
547	547	26	133.50	$133.50	$730	—
575	575	1	121.00	$121.00	$696	-7.43
640 value added	640	3	124.00	$124.00	$794	—
638–643	642	17	121.00–125.00	$124.53	$799	-0.97
653	653	2	116.00	$116.00	$757	+13.69
671 value added	671	7	120.00	$120.00	$805	—
736	736	5	118.00	$118.00	$868	+8.00
780 value added	780	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,053	—
811	811	7	138.00	$138.00	$1,119	—
868	868	4	124.00	$124.00	$1,076	—
878 value added	878	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,054	—
958	958	2	122.00	$122.00	$1,169	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	3	129.00	$129.00	$480	-1.00
465–494	483	11	130.00–132.00	$130.70	$631	+65.70
525	525	7	137.00	$137.00	$719	—
537	537	6	133.00	$133.00	$714	—
592	592	15	138.50	$138.50	$820	—
630	630	7	126.50	$126.50	$797	+65.50
709	709	10	131.00	$131.00	$929	—
764 value added	764	7	147.00	$147.00	$1,123	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	2	128.00	$128.00	$413	+2.00
385	385	1	125.00	$125.00	$481	—
430	430	1	91.00	$91.00	$391	-39.00
434	434	7	138.00	$138.00	$599	+8.00
480–484	483	8	119.00–127.00	$124.02	$599	-7.98
533–547	545	13	123.00–126.00	$125.55	$684	-1.45
585	585	1	116.00	$116.00	$679	-16.00
653	653	6	120.00	$120.00	$784	—
768 value added	768	4	139.00	$139.00	$1,068	—
793	793	2	125.00	$125.00	$991	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	5	114.00	$114.00	$401	—
425	425	1	89.00	$89.00	$378	-40.00
490	490	1	84.00	$84.00	$412	—
538	538	5	119.00	$119.00	$640	—
710–723	719	3	81.00–85.00	$83.68	$602	—
750	750	1	84.00	$84.00	$630	—
810	810	1	87.00	$87.00	$705	—
970	970	1	89.00	$89.00	$863	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
436	436	4	122.50	$122.50	$534	—
569	569	5	122.00	$122.00	$694	—
685	685	1	33.00	$33.00	$226	—
738	738	3	115.00	$115.00	$849	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	3	114.00	$114.00	$542	-1.00
520	520	2	113.00	$113.00	$588	—
680	680	1	82.00	$82.00	$558	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	3	150.00	$150.00	$570	—
451	451	6	153.00	$153.00	$690	—
529	529	5	133.00	$133.00	$704	+13.00
635	635	1	122.00	$122.00	$775	—
660–688	679	3	111.00–120.00	$117.08	$795	-2.92
825	825	1	102.00	$102.00	$842	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	430	2	46.00–83.00	$63.85	$275	—
470	470	2	145.00	$145.00	$682	+10.00
580	580	3	124.00	$124.00	$719	—
925	925	1	73.00	$73.00	$675	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	78.00	$78.00	$273	-7.00
425	425	3	81.00	$81.00	$344	—
558–575	564	3	46.00–99.00	$80.98	$457	—
870	870	1	60.00	$60.00	$522	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	2	115.00	$115.00	$412	—
450	450	1	91.00	$91.00	$410	-19.00
605	605	1	98.00	$98.00	$593	-1.00
683	683	2	101.00	$101.00	$690	—
840	840	1	81.00	$81.00	$680	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
758	758	4	112.00	$112.00	$849	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	99.00	$99.00	$248	—
315	315	1	102.00	$102.00	$321	-25.00

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	2	84.00	$84.00	$584	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	90.00	$90.00	$216	—
465	465	1	84.00	$84.00	$391	—

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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.