Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, August 2, 2022

453 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.45/cwt -8.55 vs last sale · ≈ $832/hd at 557 lb · 37 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $179.01/cwt -8.54 vs last sale · ≈ $1,011/hd at 565 lb · 31 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.00/cwt +2.00 vs last sale · ≈ $986/hd at 640 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	453	414	469
Feeder cattle	453	414	469

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 199, Heifers 214, Bulls 40) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	11	187.00	$187.00	$877	—
474	474	4	188.00	$188.00	$891	—
560–568	565	31	135.00–183.00	$179.01	$1,011	-2.99
628 value added	628	6	190.00	$190.00	$1,193	—
655–657	657	17	166.00–170.00	$169.77	$1,115	+1.77
701	701	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,192	+6.00
742	742	14	164.00	$164.00	$1,217	—
837	837	3	161.00	$161.00	$1,348	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471	471	7	183.00	$183.00	$862	—
564	564	7	180.00	$180.00	$1,015	-17.00
608	608	5	186.00	$186.00	$1,131	—
665	665	21	180.00	$180.00	$1,197	+5.00
681 value added	681	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,090	-15.00
711 value added	711	4	170.00	$170.00	$1,209	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	5	162.00	$162.00	$745	-24.00
515–540	528	2	85.00–97.00	$91.14	$481	—
557	557	19	172.00	$172.00	$958	-5.00
572	572	3	184.00	$184.00	$1,052	+7.00
645	645	6	174.00	$174.00	$1,122	+9.00
790	790	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,059	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	146.00	$146.00	$562	—
463	463	3	134.00	$134.00	$620	-4.00
515	515	1	122.00	$122.00	$628	-11.00
559	559	4	140.00	$140.00	$783	+70.00
622	622	3	141.00	$141.00	$877	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	106.00	$106.00	$488	—
515–545	533	3	80.00–132.00	$110.70	$590	-32.30
555	555	1	89.00	$89.00	$494	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	129.00	$129.00	$587	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	59.00	$59.00	$142	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	8	162.00	$162.00	$771	-8.00
555–560	557	37	131.00–152.00	$149.45	$832	-8.55
640	640	29	154.00	$154.00	$986	—
678	678	3	142.00	$142.00	$963	-3.00
741	741	7	121.00	$121.00	$897	-5.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	164.00	$164.00	$615	+24.83
476	476	18	163.00	$163.00	$776	—
551	551	25	148.00	$148.00	$815	-4.00
648	648	11	145.50	$145.50	$943	—
718	718	4	135.00	$135.00	$969	—
775	775	1	106.00	$106.00	$822	—
865	865	1	94.00	$94.00	$813	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	3	164.00	$164.00	$694	—
526	526	7	157.00	$157.00	$826	—
593	593	6	155.00	$155.00	$919	-3.00
618	618	18	164.00	$164.00	$1,014	—
738	738	3	125.00	$125.00	$922	-37.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	122.00	$122.00	$390	—
468	468	5	140.00	$140.00	$655	—
515	515	1	83.00	$83.00	$427	—
638	638	3	117.00	$117.00	$746	—
768	768	2	87.00	$87.00	$668	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	101.00	$101.00	$359	—
420	420	1	109.00	$109.00	$458	-14.00
455	455	3	124.00	$124.00	$564	—
593	593	2	141.00	$141.00	$836	+17.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
274	274	5	139.00	$139.00	$381	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	3	99.00	$99.00	$441	—
700	700	1	80.00	$80.00	$560	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	99.00	$99.00	$584	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	4	162.00	$162.00	$766	—
544	544	8	154.00	$154.00	$838	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	4	152.00	$152.00	$699	—
515	515	1	95.00	$95.00	$489	—
560	560	4	146.00	$146.00	$818	+6.00
565	565	1	141.00	$141.00	$797	+1.00
625	625	1	105.00	$105.00	$656	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	145.00	$145.00	$486	—
655	655	5	138.00	$138.00	$904	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	110.00	$110.00	$561	—
665–670	668	2	106.00–119.00	$112.52	$752	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	105.00	$105.00	$346	—
420	420	1	78.00	$78.00	$328	—
880	880	1	99.00	$99.00	$871	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	2	97.00	$97.00	$558	—

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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.