Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, October 11, 2022

660 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $163.17/cwt +3.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,392/hd at 853 lb · 81 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $164.75/cwt ≈ $1,572/hd at 954 lb · 53 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $172.00/cwt ≈ $1,115/hd at 648 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	660	257	617
Feeder cattle	660	257	617

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 419, Heifers 193, Bulls 48) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
539 value added	539	12	161.00	$161.00	$868	—
795 value added	795	6	150.00	$150.00	$1,192	—
805–812 value added	810	13	154.00–155.00	$154.69	$1,253	—
850–867 value added	853	81	155.00–165.50	$163.17	$1,392	—
954 value added	954	53	164.75	$164.75	$1,572	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	191.00	$191.00	$716	—
456	456	7	192.00	$192.00	$876	+5.00
500–530	515	2	115.00–160.00	$138.16	$712	-25.56
566–590	567	28	121.00–180.00	$176.76	$1,002	-5.24
648	648	21	171.00	$171.00	$1,108	—
649	649	21	173.00	$173.00	$1,123	—
655–685	663	6	127.00–161.00	$145.66	$966	-19.54
670–679 value added	674	9	166.00–171.00	$168.76	$1,137	—
724 value added	724	14	158.00	$158.00	$1,144	-5.00
765	765	10	154.00	$154.00	$1,178	-5.00
846 value added	846	5	152.00	$152.00	$1,286	—
848	848	4	142.00	$142.00	$1,204	-6.69
863 value added	863	6	158.00	$158.00	$1,364	-8.92
855–880	868	2	100.00–109.00	$104.44	$907	—
878	878	7	145.00	$145.00	$1,273	—
930 value added	930	8	145.00	$145.00	$1,348	—
935	935	1	91.00	$91.00	$851	—
1440	1440	1	98.00	$98.00	$1,411	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	2	182.00	$182.00	$615	-8.00
360	360	1	165.00	$165.00	$594	-25.00
425	425	1	102.00	$102.00	$434	—
461	461	11	179.00	$179.00	$825	-6.00
520–530	525	2	121.00–126.00	$123.52	$648	-48.48
558	558	5	166.00	$166.00	$926	—
650–690	661	9	124.00–161.00	$153.53	$1,015	—
720	720	1	67.00	$67.00	$482	—
750	750	4	123.00	$123.00	$922	-33.00
820	820	1	120.00	$120.00	$984	-18.00
925	925	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,147	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–333	330	4	131.00–151.00	$146.15	$482	—
465–490	478	4	101.00–105.00	$102.95	$492	—
530–545	542	5	125.00–126.00	$125.20	$679	—
555	555	1	99.00	$99.00	$549	—
633 value added	633	3	127.00	$127.00	$804	—
680–690	687	3	104.00–111.00	$108.69	$747	—
830	830	1	100.00	$100.00	$830	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	4	109.00	$109.00	$368	—
401	401	7	80.00	$80.00	$321	—
775	775	1	82.00	$82.00	$636	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
728 value added	728	9	134.00	$134.00	$976	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535 value added	535	9	110.00	$110.00	$588	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	3	110.00	$110.00	$493	—
463 value added	463	2	141.00	$141.00	$653	—
505	505	2	121.00	$121.00	$611	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	90.00	$90.00	$396	—
476	476	10	146.00	$146.00	$695	—
570	570	26	142.00	$142.00	$809	-1.00
648	648	2	129.00	$129.00	$836	—
658–690	660	19	125.00–131.00	$130.67	$862	-5.33
710	710	1	91.00	$91.00	$646	—
751	751	11	126.00	$126.00	$946	+11.00
858 value added	858	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,158	—
866	866	5	127.00	$127.00	$1,100	—
955	955	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,060	—
1060	1060	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,092	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	81.00	$81.00	$275	—
433	433	10	143.00	$143.00	$619	-2.00
489	489	8	141.00	$141.00	$689	—
509 value added	509	4	123.00	$123.00	$626	—
546	546	13	138.00	$138.00	$753	-1.43
585	585	1	81.00	$81.00	$474	—
649	649	5	125.00	$125.00	$811	—
670	670	1	119.00	$119.00	$797	-15.00
700	700	1	67.00	$67.00	$469	—
755	755	6	129.00	$129.00	$974	+21.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	5	151.00	$151.00	$568	-7.00
465	465	3	141.00	$141.00	$656	—
718 value added	718	9	133.00	$133.00	$955	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	3	110.00	$110.00	$383	-15.00
420	420	1	71.00	$71.00	$298	-43.00
485	485	4	112.00	$112.00	$543	+31.00
525	525	1	101.00	$101.00	$530	—
565	565	6	109.50	$109.50	$619	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	65.00	$65.00	$182	-2.00
352	352	3	71.00	$71.00	$250	—
371 value added	371	4	61.00	$61.00	$226	—
738	738	3	79.00	$79.00	$583	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	51.00	$51.00	$161	—
455 value added	455	2	110.00	$110.00	$500	—
530	530	2	94.00	$94.00	$498	—
550	550	1	98.00	$98.00	$539	—
628	628	2	90.00	$90.00	$565	—
840	840	1	100.00	$100.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
424 value added	424	8	103.00	$103.00	$437	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368 value added	368	3	108.00	$108.00	$397	-21.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	4	155.00	$155.00	$691	—
579	579	6	138.00	$138.00	$799	—
660	660	1	95.00	$95.00	$627	—
830–832	832	4	81.00–91.00	$88.50	$736	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	71.00	$71.00	$302	—
480 value added	480	7	100.00	$100.00	$480	—
515	515	1	96.00	$96.00	$494	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	2	125.00	$125.00	$838	—
757	757	3	115.00	$115.00	$871	-1.00
845	845	2	113.00	$113.00	$955	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	100.00	$100.00	$295	—
390	390	1	109.00	$109.00	$425	—
425	425	1	111.00	$111.00	$472	—
540	540	1	120.00	$120.00	$648	—
630	630	2	120.00	$120.00	$756	—
680	680	1	115.00	$115.00	$782	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–530	525	2	137.00–144.00	$140.53	$738	-26.47
638	638	3	122.00	$122.00	$778	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	46.00	$46.00	$138	—
418	418	2	51.00	$51.00	$213	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	94.00	$94.00	$564	—
710	710	1	97.00	$97.00	$689	—

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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.