Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, November 1, 2022

403 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $170.00/cwt +6.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,124/hd at 661 lb · 42 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $157.95/cwt +2.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,170/hd at 741 lb · 37 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $170.87/cwt +10.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,050/hd at 614 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	403	392	585
Feeder cattle	403	392	585

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 195, Heifers 154, Bulls 54) 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
487	487	5	185.00	$185.00	$901	±0.00
555–590	570	24	109.00–177.00	$170.03	$969	-3.74
611	611	23	176.00	$176.00	$1,075	+16.00
600–635	625	7	125.00–165.00	$154.03	$963	-5.97
658	658	30	170.00	$170.00	$1,119	+6.00
669	669	12	170.00	$170.00	$1,137	+6.00
726	726	7	162.00	$162.00	$1,176	+8.99
742–746	744	30	154.00–159.00	$157.01	$1,168	+4.00
778 value added	778	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,214	—
780	780	1	123.00	$123.00	$959	—
825	825	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,270	+1.00
890 value added	890	4	137.00	$137.00	$1,219	-3.00
1060	1060	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,166	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	5	176.00	$176.00	$831	—
552	552	9	178.00	$178.00	$983	—
610	610	6	171.00	$171.00	$1,043	—
711 value added	711	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,173	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	4	154.00	$154.00	$867	-4.00
656	656	5	157.00	$157.00	$1,030	—
715–735	725	2	111.00–121.00	$116.07	$842	—
875	875	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,260	—
950	950	2	121.00	$121.00	$1,150	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	130.00	$130.00	$474	—
480	480	1	131.00	$131.00	$629	+21.00
675	675	1	127.00	$127.00	$857	-3.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	119.00	$119.00	$768	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	146.00	$146.00	$723	+22.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	136.00	$136.00	$435	—
400–443	434	5	131.00–145.00	$142.42	$618	+5.42
468	468	11	144.00	$144.00	$674	+4.00
535	535	1	123.00	$123.00	$658	—
556	556	29	146.50	$146.50	$815	+5.50
644	644	10	133.00	$133.00	$857	—
655	655	1	110.00	$110.00	$720	-33.00
662–698 value added	676	8	131.00–138.00	$133.71	$904	—
740–742	742	4	125.00–126.00	$125.75	$933	—
755	755	1	106.00	$106.00	$800	-32.00
1165	1165	1	85.00	$85.00	$990	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
589 value added	589	6	141.00	$141.00	$830	—
696 value added	696	8	140.00	$140.00	$974	—
744 value added	744	6	140.50	$140.50	$1,045	—
864 value added	864	5	135.50	$135.50	$1,171	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	138.00	$138.00	$469	—
450	450	3	136.00	$136.00	$612	+10.89
550	550	4	116.00–140.00	$134.00	$737	-10.50
651	651	12	131.00	$131.00	$853	-4.00
760	760	2	130.00	$130.00	$988	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
227	227	7	107.00	$107.00	$243	—
297	297	3	95.00	$95.00	$282	—
390	390	6	119.00	$119.00	$464	—
598	598	2	95.00	$95.00	$568	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	113.00	$113.00	$497	—
485	485	1	122.00	$122.00	$592	±0.00
533	533	2	118.00	$118.00	$629	—
618	618	2	116.00	$116.00	$717	+3.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
557	557	3	117.00	$117.00	$652	+16.00
625	625	1	92.00	$92.00	$575	-12.17

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	108.00	$108.00	$346	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	107.00	$107.00	$439	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–266	261	8	95.00–108.00	$99.72	$260	—
350	350	10	93.00–136.00	$118.80	$416	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	3	160.00	$160.00	$573	—
666	666	6	135.50	$135.50	$902	+6.30
853	853	4	101.00	$101.00	$862	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	140.00	$140.00	$371	—
375	375	1	139.00	$139.00	$521	—
415	415	1	168.00	$168.00	$697	+8.00
538	538	4	150.00	$150.00	$807	+8.05
783	783	3	112.00	$112.00	$877	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	127.00	$127.00	$305	—
435	435	2	168.00	$168.00	$731	+37.00
465	465	1	163.00	$163.00	$758	—
1080	1080	1	70.00	$70.00	$756	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	113.00	$113.00	$542	—
570	570	1	126.00	$126.00	$718	—
645	645	1	122.00	$122.00	$787	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	101.00	$101.00	$515	—
670	670	1	90.00	$90.00	$603	—
745	745	1	85.00	$85.00	$633	—

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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.