Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 22, 2022

322 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.00/cwt ≈ $1,156/hd at 856 lb · 15 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $149.37/cwt -2.63 vs last sale · ≈ $1,108/hd at 742 lb · 12 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $144.00/cwt +19.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,236/hd at 858 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	322	127	425
Feeder cattle	322	127	425

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (141, Heifers, 130, Bulls 51) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	151.00	$151.00	$536	—
444	444	9	175.00	$175.00	$777	-3.00
483	483	2	151.00	$151.00	$729	-31.00
568–590	572	10	153.00–170.00	$166.50	$952	-8.00
621	621	4	163.00	$163.00	$1,012	—
698 value added	698	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,117	—
738–745	740	3	138.00–150.00	$145.97	$1,080	-6.03
742	742	9	150.50	$150.50	$1,117	-1.50
835	835	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,119	+34.00
858 value added	858	12	144.00	$144.00	$1,236	—
1010	1010	1	92.00	$92.00	$929	—
1090 value added	1090	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,254	—
1270	1270	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,105	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–390	385	2	150.00–152.00	$150.99	$581	—
467	467	5	161.00	$161.00	$752	-15.00
527 value added	527	6	176.00	$176.00	$928	—
563	563	6	166.00	$166.00	$935	+5.00
651	651	5	159.00	$159.00	$1,035	—
740–745	743	3	118.00–146.50	$137.04	$1,018	—
795	795	1	109.00	$109.00	$867	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	6	172.00	$172.00	$832	—
578 value added	578	12	172.00	$172.00	$994	—
708 value added	708	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,104	+3.00
800 value added	800	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,160	—
887 value added	887	3	137.00	$137.00	$1,215	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355 value added	355	5	175.00	$175.00	$621	—
460 value added	460	5	175.00	$175.00	$805	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	135.00	$135.00	$796	+6.00
620	620	1	128.00	$128.00	$794	—
695	695	1	120.00	$120.00	$834	-7.00
750	750	1	118.00	$118.00	$885	—
865–890	878	2	99.00–105.00	$101.96	$895	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	129.00	$129.00	$561	—
450	450	1	125.00	$125.00	$562	—
545	545	1	63.00	$63.00	$343	—
655	655	1	130.00	$130.00	$852	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	1	91.00	$91.00	$846	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	129.00	$129.00	$374	—
363	363	4	138.00	$138.00	$501	-12.00
481–495	484	5	138.00–139.00	$138.20	$669	-8.80
550	550	8	145.50	$145.50	$800	—
610	610	1	129.00	$129.00	$787	-1.00
654	654	6	137.00	$137.00	$896	—
755–767	761	6	102.00–121.00	$111.43	$848	—
840	840	3	124.00	$124.00	$1,042	—
856	856	15	135.00	$135.00	$1,156	—
945	945	3	104.00	$104.00	$983	—
955	955	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,146	—
964	964	8	126.00	$126.00	$1,215	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	5	136.00	$136.00	$438	—
374	374	5	138.00	$138.00	$516	—
420–423	421	10	134.00–143.00	$141.19	$594	—
514	514	5	143.00	$143.00	$735	—
572	572	5	148.00	$148.00	$847	—
650 value added	650	5	139.00	$139.00	$904	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	136.00	$136.00	$367	-2.00
463–490	475	4	99.00–137.00	$122.67	$583	—
510	510	2	100.00–140.00	$120.00	$612	-18.00
559	559	7	152.00	$152.00	$850	—
655	655	3	135.00	$135.00	$884	—
753	753	2	120.00	$120.00	$904	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–443	424	4	119.00–133.00	$125.69	$533	+8.66
552	552	3	139.00	$139.00	$767	—
725	725	1	108.00	$108.00	$783	-22.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	129.00	$129.00	$510	—
468	468	3	124.00	$124.00	$580	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253	253	2	124.00	$124.00	$314	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	120.00	$120.00	$648	+30.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	139.00	$139.00	$403	—
338	338	2	146.00	$146.00	$493	—
366	366	6	155.00	$155.00	$567	—
431	431	4	130.00	$130.00	$560	—
485	485	4	142.00	$142.00	$689	—
500–523	515	3	133.00	$133.00	$685	—
555–566	564	5	133.00–137.00	$136.21	$768	-28.79
625	625	1	122.00	$122.00	$762	—
1140	1140	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,026	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	2	151.00	$151.00	$510	—
485	485	3	131.00	$131.00	$635	-24.00
526	526	4	133.00	$133.00	$700	—
562	562	3	135.00	$135.00	$759	—
623	623	2	124.00	$124.00	$773	—
765	765	2	120.50	$120.50	$922	—
1055	1055	1	90.00	$90.00	$950	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	135.00	$135.00	$506	-26.00
725	725	1	103.00	$103.00	$747	—
855	855	1	91.00	$91.00	$778	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	121.00	$121.00	$720	—
910	910	1	85.00	$85.00	$774	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	117.00	$117.00	$567	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975	975	1	77.00	$77.00	$751	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	1	76.00	$76.00	$543	—

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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.