Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 26, 2022

322 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $169.62/cwt +4.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,132/hd at 667 lb · 24 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $147.70/cwt +5.51 vs last sale · ≈ $832/hd at 563 lb · 23 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.50/cwt +0.50 vs last sale · ≈ $843/hd at 560 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	322	269	275
Feeder cattle	322	269	275

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 110, Heifers 180, Bulls 32) Value Added and Natural 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
385	385	1	173.00	$173.00	$666	—
463	463	10	192.00	$192.00	$889	-4.00
540	540	1	163.00	$163.00	$880	—
557	557	16	187.00	$187.00	$1,042	+1.00
625–640	633	2	160.00–171.00	$165.43	$1,047	+55.43
665	665	21	170.00	$170.00	$1,130	+5.00
682 value added	682	3	167.00	$167.00	$1,139	—
743 value added	743	8	147.00	$147.00	$1,092	—
764	764	11	152.00	$152.00	$1,161	-17.00
837	837	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	7	175.00	$175.00	$819	+3.00
565–593	579	10	170.00–179.00	$174.61	$1,011	—
636	636	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,018	+7.00
665	665	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,071	+38.00
850	850	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,105	—
930	930	1	105.00	$105.00	$976	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	150.00	$150.00	$428	—
320	320	1	141.00	$141.00	$451	—
530	530	1	144.00	$144.00	$763	—
555	555	1	98.00	$98.00	$544	—
620	620	1	134.00	$134.00	$831	—
680	680	1	134.00	$134.00	$911	+11.67
850	850	1	106.00	$106.00	$901	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	2	143.00	$143.00	$794	-5.00
840	840	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,050	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	2	142.00	$142.00	$447	—
425–445	437	5	118.00–150.00	$143.57	$627	—
489	489	5	157.00	$157.00	$768	—
525–540	533	2	120.00–138.00	$129.13	$688	—
562–575	563	23	119.00–150.50	$147.70	$832	+5.51
603–625	605	12	123.00–132.00	$131.22	$794	—
650	650	11	130.00	$130.00	$845	—
743	743	6	125.50	$125.50	$932	+5.50
765	765	1	116.00	$116.00	$887	—
930	930	1	101.00	$101.00	$939	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	146.00	$146.00	$548	—
468–475	469	13	146.00–157.00	$155.07	$727	+4.07
560	560	17	150.50	$150.50	$843	+0.50
655–657	657	15	125.00–130.00	$129.67	$852	-10.33
735 value added	735	4	129.00	$129.00	$948	—
739	739	5	125.00	$125.00	$924	+2.00
836	836	4	119.00	$119.00	$995	—
873 value added	873	5	126.00	$126.00	$1,100	—
990	990	1	98.00	$98.00	$970	—
1045	1045	1	94.00	$94.00	$982	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670 value added	670	5	130.00	$130.00	$871	—
709–721 value added	718	14	116.00–128.00	$124.61	$895	—
883	883	11	129.00	$129.00	$1,139	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	130.00	$130.00	$364	—
458	458	3	129.00	$129.00	$591	-4.00
533	533	2	120.00	$120.00	$640	+2.00
600–635	618	2	110.00–133.00	$121.83	$753	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	118.00	$118.00	$460	—
580	580	1	109.00	$109.00	$632	-10.00
625	625	2	100.00	$100.00	$625	—
742	742	3	106.00	$106.00	$787	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	3	171.00	$171.00	$646	—
561	561	9	146.00	$146.00	$819	—
743	743	2	120.00	$120.00	$892	+6.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	160.00	$160.00	$728	—
641	641	8	143.00	$143.00	$917	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459	459	4	151.00	$151.00	$693	±0.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	83.00	$83.00	$544	—
995	995	1	81.00	$81.00	$806	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	136.00	$136.00	$524	—
515	515	1	126.00	$126.00	$649	—

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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.