Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, February 22, 2022

541 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $176.76/cwt -8.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,212/hd at 686 lb · 37 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.09/cwt -11.91 vs last sale · ≈ $813/hd at 560 lb · 29 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $192.68/cwt -3.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,065/hd at 553 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	541	321	84
Feeder cattle	541	321	84

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 257, Holstein Steers 8, Heifers 219, Bulls 57) 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
501	501	4	190.00	$190.00	$952	—
550 value added	550	15	195.00	$195.00	$1,072	—
556	556	13	190.00	$190.00	$1,056	-6.50
681	681	20	180.00	$180.00	$1,226	-5.00
688	688	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,032	-35.00
692 value added	692	15	176.00	$176.00	$1,218	—
786 value added	786	5	152.00	$152.00	$1,195	—
852	852	7	139.50	$139.50	$1,189	+1.50
964	964	7	124.00	$124.00	$1,195	—
967 value added	967	6	113.00	$113.00	$1,093	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	191.00	$191.00	$716	—
410	410	1	133.00	$133.00	$545	—
450–482	479	11	177.00–185.00	$184.32	$883	—
540	540	2	170.00	$170.00	$918	-13.27
556–580	557	25	175.00–189.00	$188.42	$1,049	—
648	648	27	164.00	$164.00	$1,063	+21.00
675	675	1	136.00	$136.00	$918	-36.00
754	754	7	147.50	$147.50	$1,112	—
802 value added	802	8	150.00	$150.00	$1,203	—
830	830	1	115.00	$115.00	$954	—
1107	1107	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,328	—
1320	1320	2	118.00	$118.00	$1,558	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	2	172.00	$172.00	$650	—
463–480	476	8	150.00–191.00	$181.02	$862	—
560	560	17	183.00	$183.00	$1,025	+13.00
625–645	635	2	137.00–145.00	$141.06	$896	—
655	655	11	159.50	$159.50	$1,045	-4.50
735	735	1	119.00	$119.00	$875	—
755–785	760	6	140.00–148.00	$146.62	$1,114	-2.38
968	968	2	129.00	$129.00	$1,249	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	3	138.00	$138.00	$646	—
555	555	1	150.00	$150.00	$832	+6.00
653	653	2	136.00	$136.00	$888	—
785	785	1	120.00	$120.00	$942	—
820	820	1	114.00	$114.00	$935	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
827	827	7	146.00	$146.00	$1,207	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	141.00	$141.00	$642	—
548	548	2	139.00	$139.00	$762	—
613	613	2	149.00	$149.00	$913	—
715	715	1	129.00	$129.00	$922	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	1	79.00	$79.00	$727	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	80.00	$80.00	$544	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	3	141.00	$141.00	$519	—
430	430	18	145.00	$145.00	$624	—
460–479	478	17	143.00–144.00	$143.94	$688	-10.06
556–590	557	25	140.00–146.00	$145.75	$812	-11.25
579 value added	579	4	141.00	$141.00	$816	—
649	649	25	135.00	$135.00	$876	-3.00
661 value added	661	9	139.00	$139.00	$919	—
690	690	1	69.00	$69.00	$476	-74.50
731–744 value added	734	17	125.00–136.00	$127.62	$937	—
748	748	3	119.00	$119.00	$890	—
856	856	4	129.00	$129.00	$1,104	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	3	131.00	$131.00	$360	—
305	305	1	133.00	$133.00	$406	—
377	377	6	140.00	$140.00	$528	-5.00
426	426	4	144.00	$144.00	$613	—
464	464	5	140.50	$140.50	$652	-11.50
520	520	1	139.00	$139.00	$723	—
551–553	551	17	126.00–141.00	$139.23	$767	-14.27
639	639	4	130.00	$130.00	$831	-4.00
725	725	2	120.00	$120.00	$870	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	131.00	$131.00	$576	—
653	653	18	143.00	$143.00	$934	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	124.00	$124.00	$353	—
350	350	1	118.00	$118.00	$413	—
482	482	3	115.00	$115.00	$554	—
566	566	4	120.00	$120.00	$679	-11.00
642	642	6	121.00	$121.00	$777	—
765	765	2	87.00–117.00	$102.00	$780	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	130.00	$130.00	$266	—
360–365	363	2	120.00	$120.00	$436	—
458	458	3	121.00	$121.00	$554	—
556	556	4	127.00	$127.00	$706	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	89.00	$89.00	$445	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	5	169.00	$169.00	$590	—
462	462	13	178.00	$178.00	$822	—
546	546	11	167.00	$167.00	$912	+7.00
835	835	1	105.00	$105.00	$877	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	8	174.00	$174.00	$762	—
561	561	4	161.00	$161.00	$903	—
695	695	1	129.00	$129.00	$897	—
750	750	1	121.00	$121.00	$908	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	2	150.00	$150.00	$544	—
490	490	3	123.00	$123.00	$603	—
520	520	1	116.00	$116.00	$603	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
648	648	5	139.00	$139.00	$901	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	150.00	$150.00	$375	—
665	665	1	69.00	$69.00	$459	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	4	60.00	$60.00	$344	—
765	765	4	94.00	$94.00	$719	—

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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.