Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, July 12, 2022

401 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $171.53/cwt +1.36 vs last sale · ≈ $1,130/hd at 659 lb · 47 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $180.50/cwt +56.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,023/hd at 567 lb · 25 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.50/cwt +5.00 vs last sale · ≈ $813/hd at 555 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	401	202	456
Feeder cattle	401	202	456

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 224, Heifers 142, Bulls 35) Value Added and most 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
510	510	1	101.00	$101.00	$515	—
567	567	25	180.50	$180.50	$1,023	+56.50
625–645	633	4	130.00–169.00	$146.70	$929	—
650–678	659	47	145.00–174.00	$171.53	$1,130	+1.77
725–748	744	20	130.00–162.00	$157.20	$1,170	—
780	780	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,131	—
810	810	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,053	—
841 value added	841	4	150.50	$150.50	$1,266	—
850	850	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,224	—
945	945	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,096	—
995	995	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,134	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	2	173.00	$173.00	$671	—
452–455	453	11	133.00–167.00	$160.78	$728	-8.22
559	559	17	165.00	$165.00	$922	-4.00
636	636	10	164.00	$164.00	$1,043	+33.00
676	676	4	125.00	$125.00	$845	-35.00
681 value added	681	6	134.00	$134.00	$913	—
708–742	734	11	95.00–158.00	$142.61	$1,047	—
870	870	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,227	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	4	123.00	$123.00	$442	—
644	644	17	177.00	$177.00	$1,140	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586–588	587	6	164.00–171.00	$166.34	$976	—
688	688	7	170.00	$170.00	$1,170	-1.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	3	119.00	$119.00	$557	—
552	552	6	141.00	$141.00	$778	—
628	628	2	125.00	$125.00	$785	±0.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	2	131.00	$131.00	$681	—
575	575	1	121.00	$121.00	$696	+18.00
665	665	1	105.00	$105.00	$698	—
740–745	743	2	113.00–120.00	$116.49	$866	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	128.00	$128.00	$755	—
735	735	1	75.00	$75.00	$551	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	114.00	$114.00	$764	—

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Feeder Heifers

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	—
495	495	3	141.00	$141.00	$698	—
548	548	2	133.00	$133.00	$729	—
555	555	22	146.50	$146.50	$813	+5.00
630	630	1	131.00	$131.00	$825	+6.98
655	655	19	140.00	$140.00	$917	+19.00
744	744	7	120.00	$120.00	$893	-10.00
820	820	1	118.00	$118.00	$968	—
1000	1000	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,010	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	5	146.00	$146.00	$647	—
489	489	8	143.00	$143.00	$699	—
571	571	14	144.00	$144.00	$822	+5.50
657	657	9	135.00	$135.00	$887	—
730	730	3	120.00	$120.00	$876	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
621	621	20	151.00	$151.00	$938	+11.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	110.00	$110.00	$368	—
465	465	1	117.00	$117.00	$544	—
555	555	4	116.00	$116.00	$644	—
600	600	1	123.00	$123.00	$738	—
650	650	1	104.00	$104.00	$676	—
720	720	1	103.00	$103.00	$742	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	129.00	$129.00	$471	—
557–595	567	4	91.00–124.00	$115.33	$654	—
605	605	1	117.00	$117.00	$708	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	4	135.00	$135.00	$720	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	107.00	$107.00	$712	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	106.00	$106.00	$450	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	97.00	$97.00	$340	—

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Feeder Bulls

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–490	465	3	127.00–129.00	$128.30	$597	+6.30
520–545	526	4	118.00–126.00	$123.93	$652	—
695	695	1	109.00	$109.00	$758	—
730–740	733	4	74.00–111.00	$101.66	$745	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	125.00	$125.00	$619	—
593	593	2	140.00	$140.00	$830	+5.00
678	678	3	133.00	$133.00	$902	-7.00
825	825	1	120.00	$120.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	135.00	$135.00	$594	-22.00
540	540	1	135.00	$135.00	$729	—
718	718	2	132.00	$132.00	$948	—
770	770	1	115.00	$115.00	$886	—
810	810	1	119.00	$119.00	$964	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	81.00	$81.00	$247	—
405–415	410	2	107.00–123.00	$114.90	$471	—
480	480	1	108.00	$108.00	$518	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	3	150.00	$150.00	$708	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	120.00	$120.00	$876	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	126.00	$126.00	$624	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	84.00	$84.00	$428	—

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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.