Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, November 29, 2022

302 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.00/cwt +4.00 vs last sale · ≈ $832/hd at 562 lb · 21 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $170.00/cwt ≈ $1,158/hd at 681 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2-3 heifers $160.50/cwt ≈ $899/hd at 560 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	302	343	359
Feeder cattle	302	343	359

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 133, Heifers 144, Bulls 25) 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
446	446	7	200.00	$200.00	$892	—
525–545	535	2	114.00–168.00	$140.50	$752	—
584	584	4	184.00	$184.00	$1,075	+11.00
655–675	657	13	145.00–168.00	$166.18	$1,092	+7.18
705 value added	705	2	159.00	$159.00	$1,121	—
700–748	727	4	145.00–156.00	$150.22	$1,092	—
771 value added	771	6	163.00	$163.00	$1,257	+2.00
830–848	842	3	118.00–147.00	$137.47	$1,157	—
852 value added	852	7	157.50	$157.50	$1,342	+7.68
863–895	871	4	119.00–142.00	$136.09	$1,185	—
945	945	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,106	-13.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	4	196.00	$196.00	$708	—
553	553	8	188.00	$188.00	$1,040	—
681	681	17	170.00	$170.00	$1,158	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	176.00	$176.00	$616	—
460	460	7	167.00	$167.00	$768	+16.00
535	535	2	165.00	$165.00	$883	+3.00
635	635	1	151.00	$151.00	$959	-1.00
725 value added	725	4	154.00	$154.00	$1,116	—
735	735	1	86.00	$86.00	$632	—
768–785	774	3	85.00–147.00	$126.03	$975	+17.03
805	805	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,055	+12.00
965	965	1	93.00	$93.00	$897	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408 value added	408	3	100.00	$100.00	$408	—
430–435	433	2	93.00–97.00	$95.01	$411	—
500	500	1	125.00	$125.00	$625	—
548 value added	548	4	89.00	$89.00	$488	—
650	650	1	143.00	$143.00	$930	—
1215	1215	1	70.00	$70.00	$850	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	119.00	$119.00	$577	+8.00
520	520	1	110.00	$110.00	$572	+7.00
560	560	1	99.00	$99.00	$554	—
605	605	1	101.00	$101.00	$611	—
715–720	717	3	106.00–109.00	$108.00	$774	-7.00
845	845	1	71.00	$71.00	$600	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	2	117.00	$117.00	$526	—
540	540	1	95.00	$95.00	$513	—
558	558	2	117.00	$117.00	$653	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115	115	1	112.50	$112.50	$129	—
250	250	1	95.00	$95.00	$238	+19.00
310	310	1	62.50	$62.50	$194	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	121.00	$121.00	$327	—
320	320	1	144.00	$144.00	$461	—
380	380	1	149.00	$149.00	$566	—
420	420	1	148.00	$148.00	$622	—
458	458	8	150.00	$150.00	$687	+1.00
562	562	21	148.00	$148.00	$832	+4.00
643	643	12	137.00	$137.00	$881	+5.00
725–730	729	4	102.00–115.00	$111.77	$815	—
747	747	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	1	95.00	$95.00	$238	—
432	432	3	148.00	$148.00	$639	—
461	461	8	160.50	$160.50	$740	+50.47
483	483	5	149.00	$149.00	$720	+38.97
541	541	6	144.00	$144.00	$779	+34.00
550	550	2	120.00	$120.00	$660	-1.95
563 value added	563	4	130.00	$130.00	$732	-5.00
645	645	3	115.00	$115.00	$742	-14.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	14	160.50	$160.50	$899	—
759 value added	759	5	112.00	$112.00	$850	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
674	674	10	149.00	$149.00	$1,004	—
828 value added	828	2	115.00	$115.00	$952	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	108.00	$108.00	$427	+14.00
475	475	2	121.00	$121.00	$575	+11.00
560	560	4	116.00	$116.00	$650	+25.00
683	683	2	107.00	$107.00	$731	—
725	725	1	89.00	$89.00	$645	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	2	124.00	$124.00	$463	+23.00
490	490	1	130.00	$130.00	$637	—
513	513	2	119.00	$119.00	$610	—
595	595	1	103.00	$103.00	$613	—
658	658	2	109.00	$109.00	$717	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635 value added	635	3	121.00	$121.00	$768	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	99.00	$99.00	$366	—
415	415	1	81.00	$81.00	$336	+16.00
515	515	1	81.00	$81.00	$417	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
135	135	1	38.00	$38.00	$51	—
250	250	1	51.00	$51.00	$128	-20.00
355	355	1	55.00	$55.00	$195	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	171.00	$171.00	$479	—
370–380	375	2	171.00–186.00	$178.60	$670	—
415	415	1	178.00	$178.00	$739	—
560	560	3	157.00	$157.00	$879	+1.95
646	646	4	141.00	$141.00	$911	—
945	945	2	81.00	$81.00	$765	—
995	995	1	82.00	$82.00	$816	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	119.00	$119.00	$524	+29.00
475	475	1	30.00	$30.00	$142	—
505	505	1	98.00	$98.00	$495	+17.00
615	615	1	84.00	$84.00	$517	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	3	183.00	$183.00	$891	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	85.00	$85.00	$416	—
765	765	1	74.00	$74.00	$566	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	151.00	$151.00	$815	-16.50

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	57.00	$57.00	$328	—

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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.