Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report, Radiant, VA

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 12, 2022

443 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $174.58/cwt -3.97 vs last sale · ≈ $992/hd at 568 lb · 46 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $129.00/cwt +20.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,107/hd at 858 lb · 39 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $124.00/cwt ≈ $1,174/hd at 947 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	443	413	1,015
Feeder cattle	443	413	1,015

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 181, Heifers 234, Bulls 28) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	2	172.00	$172.00	$633	—
480	480	14	180.00	$180.00	$864	+12.87
545	545	1	158.00	$158.00	$861	—
550–595	567	37	120.00–177.00	$174.23	$988	-2.77
572 value added	572	9	176.00	$176.00	$1,007	—
653–678	654	37	137.00–166.00	$163.81	$1,071	—
733	733	14	159.00	$159.00	$1,165	+8.64
795	795	2	137.00	$137.00	$1,089	—
845	845	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,132	—
1025 value added	1025	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,384	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329	329	4	171.00	$171.00	$563	—
444–445	444	7	139.00–146.00	$145.00	$644	—
454	454	10	167.00	$167.00	$758	+1.00
550	550	3	157.00	$157.00	$864	+6.73
630–633	632	4	132.00–153.00	$147.77	$934	-3.23
765	765	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,002	—
988	988	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,314	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	3	147.00	$147.00	$407	—
543	543	4	160.00	$160.00	$869	—
928 value added	928	6	135.00	$135.00	$1,253	+3.50

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	111.00	$111.00	$483	—
540	540	1	114.00	$114.00	$616	—
550	550	2	133.00	$133.00	$732	-2.00
690	690	1	129.00	$129.00	$890	—
738 value added	738	3	121.00	$121.00	$893	—
820	820	1	116.00	$116.00	$951	—
970	970	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,145	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	3	146.00	$146.00	$657	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	146.00	$146.00	$548	—
485	485	1	130.00	$130.00	$630	—
635	635	1	135.00	$135.00	$857	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	131.00	$131.00	$832	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	21	134.50	$134.50	$1,036	—
858	858	39	129.00	$129.00	$1,107	+20.00
947	947	39	124.00	$124.00	$1,174	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	14	152.00	$152.00	$728	+2.00
559	559	28	149.00	$149.00	$833	-3.00
654	654	19	131.00	$131.00	$857	-5.50
718–745	732	4	100.00–129.00	$118.67	$869	—
835	835	1	103.00	$103.00	$860	—
952	952	3	122.00	$122.00	$1,161	—
1030–1045	1031	23	102.00–125.00	$123.99	$1,278	+30.99
1093	1093	2	114.00	$114.00	$1,246	—
1145	1145	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,248	—
1265	1265	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,354	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	4	152.00	$152.00	$564	+13.00
432	432	6	156.00	$156.00	$674	±0.00
473–480	474	7	144.00–150.00	$149.13	$707	-0.87
535	535	1	117.00	$117.00	$626	—
556	556	6	144.00	$144.00	$801	-1.50
775	775	2	118.00	$118.00	$914	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	139.00	$139.00	$535	—
663	663	4	117.00	$117.00	$776	—
755	755	2	115.00	$115.00	$868	—
880	880	1	100.00	$100.00	$880	—
925	925	1	106.00	$106.00	$980	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	373	2	121.00–148.00	$135.32	$505	-4.68

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	81.00	$81.00	$555	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	162.00	$162.00	$567	+6.00
475	475	5	161.00	$161.00	$765	—
552	552	5	157.00	$157.00	$867	+7.00
705	705	1	109.00	$109.00	$768	—
800	800	1	105.00	$105.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–330	320	2	146.00–160.00	$153.22	$490	+3.22
413	413	2	151.00	$151.00	$624	-1.00
543	543	2	120.00	$120.00	$652	—
625	625	1	126.00	$126.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	3	130.00	$130.00	$838	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	2	124.00	$124.00	$663	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	125.00	$125.00	$525	+2.00
455	455	1	127.00	$127.00	$578	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	125.00	$125.00	$525	—

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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.