Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, January 25, 2022

1,021 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $162.50/cwt +5.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,088/hd at 670 lb · 115 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $148.24/cwt ≈ $1,129/hd at 761 lb · 79 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.00/cwt ≈ $955/hd at 654 lb · 76 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,021	68	272
Feeder cattle	1,021	68	272

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 544, Heifers 451, Bulls 26) Value Added and most 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
558	558	22	177.00	$177.00	$988	—
596	596	20	172.00	$172.00	$1,025	—
655	655	50	162.00	$162.00	$1,061	—
650–689 value added	681	65	156.00–165.50	$162.89	$1,109	+5.89
716 value added	716	18	152.00	$152.00	$1,088	—
756	756	60	149.50	$149.50	$1,130	—
769–793 value added	778	19	143.00–145.00	$144.25	$1,122	—
848 value added	848	9	140.00	$140.00	$1,187	—
944	944	9	133.00	$133.00	$1,256	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	7	180.00	$180.00	$869	+12.58
558	558	18	170.00	$170.00	$949	+17.80
582 value added	582	3	134.00	$134.00	$780	—
640	640	1	145.00	$145.00	$928	—
650–665	652	30	140.00–155.50	$153.99	$1,004	—
741	741	5	143.00	$143.00	$1,060	—
753–754	754	41	150.00–159.50	$156.26	$1,178	—
755–785	758	12	105.00–142.00	$134.75	$1,021	—
761 value added	761	5	146.00	$146.00	$1,111	—
833 value added	833	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,133	—
838–846	845	25	143.00–146.00	$143.24	$1,210	—
878	878	17	151.00	$151.00	$1,326	—
883–896 value added	892	12	135.00–142.50	$140.02	$1,249	—
921	921	6	121.00	$121.00	$1,114	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	165.00	$165.00	$734	-15.00
461	461	9	182.00	$182.00	$839	—
510	510	1	129.00	$129.00	$658	—
558	558	18	160.00	$160.00	$893	+6.00
633	633	8	144.00	$144.00	$912	—
761	761	5	136.00	$136.00	$1,035	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	130.00	$130.00	$240	—
546	546	4	130.00	$130.00	$710	—
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	—
662	662	7	133.00	$133.00	$880	—
728	728	2	114.00	$114.00	$830	—
855	855	1	99.00	$99.00	$846	—
935	935	1	94.00	$94.00	$879	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
544	544	6	137.00	$137.00	$745	—
670	670	3	129.00	$129.00	$864	—
855	855	2	110.00	$110.00	$940	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478 value added	478	9	157.00	$157.00	$750	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
554 value added	554	6	160.00	$160.00	$886	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	115.00	$115.00	$460	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	6	141.00	$141.00	$527	+3.00
418	418	3	141.00	$141.00	$589	—
548	548	2	124.00	$124.00	$680	—
567	567	23	148.00	$148.00	$839	+14.00
551–589 value added	581	52	151.00–152.00	$151.20	$878	—
623 value added	623	30	147.00	$147.00	$916	—
654	654	76	146.00	$146.00	$955	—
705 value added	705	6	132.00	$132.00	$931	—
860	860	4	114.00	$114.00	$980	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491	491	7	140.00	$140.00	$687	—
564	564	21	140.00	$140.00	$790	—
630	630	3	123.00	$123.00	$775	-2.00
653–680	655	25	123.00–128.00	$127.58	$836	—
723–748	736	14	101.00–121.00	$116.75	$859	—
750	750	66	142.00	$142.00	$1,065	+29.00
850	850	25	127.00	$127.00	$1,080	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	130.00	$130.00	$455	—
483	483	6	139.00	$139.00	$671	+2.16
547	547	14	134.00	$134.00	$733	—
640	640	16	126.00	$126.00	$806	—
759	759	4	121.00	$121.00	$918	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	130.00	$130.00	$488	—
495	495	2	121.00	$121.00	$599	—
557	557	8	119.00	$119.00	$663	—
666	666	10	110.00	$110.00	$733	—
750	750	4	98.00	$98.00	$735	—
858	858	2	97.00	$97.00	$832	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	6	127.00	$127.00	$568	—
560	560	4	118.00	$118.00	$661	—
665–670	668	2	61.00–114.00	$87.60	$585	—
735	735	1	102.00	$102.00	$750	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	101.00	$101.00	$596	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	116.00	$116.00	$626	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	2	179.00	$179.00	$895	—
573	573	2	145.00	$145.00	$831	—
600	600	1	121.00	$121.00	$726	—
895	895	1	81.00	$81.00	$725	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
649	649	4	131.00	$131.00	$850	—
720	720	2	118.00	$118.00	$850	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	3	185.00	$185.00	$823	—
533	533	2	146.00	$146.00	$778	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	2	123.00	$123.00	$615	—
578	578	2	123.00	$123.00	$711	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	3	147.00	$147.00	$387	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	2	146.00	$146.00	$686	—

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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.