Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, December 13, 2022

431 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $165.41/cwt +18.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,093/hd at 661 lb · 25 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.96/cwt -3.04 vs last sale · ≈ $756/hd at 552 lb · 24 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $201.00/cwt ≈ $985/hd at 490 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	431	469	277
Feeder cattle	431	469	277

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 153, Heifers 209, Bulls 69) 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
355	355	1	110.00	$110.00	$390	—
449	449	5	197.00	$197.00	$885	+21.00
561	561	15	183.00	$183.00	$1,027	±0.00
650–658	657	20	154.00–164.00	$163.01	$1,071	+15.60
676 value added	676	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,183	—
722	722	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,061	-9.37
764	764	9	154.00	$154.00	$1,177	—
803 value added	803	3	131.00	$131.00	$1,052	—
830	830	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,120	-8.00
895	895	1	90.00	$90.00	$806	—
908 value added	908	4	143.50	$143.50	$1,303	—
1000	1000	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,300	—
1115	1115	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,126	—
1250	1250	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,188	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	22	201.00	$201.00	$985	—
575	575	3	181.00	$181.00	$1,041	—
642 value added	642	12	171.00	$171.00	$1,098	-12.00
966 value added	966	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,352	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	165.00	$165.00	$627	—
430	430	1	91.00	$91.00	$391	-85.00
451	451	7	187.00	$187.00	$843	—
543	543	6	171.00	$171.00	$929	±0.00
655–680	668	2	136.00–142.00	$139.06	$929	+0.06
765	765	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,071	+10.00
810	810	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,077	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–370	357	3	110.00–139.00	$120.03	$429	—
525	525	1	108.00	$108.00	$567	—
663	663	2	120.00	$120.00	$796	-12.00
725	725	1	90.00	$90.00	$652	—
770	770	1	98.00	$98.00	$755	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	132.00	$132.00	$521	+11.00
468–485	474	3	110.00–115.00	$113.29	$537	—
618	618	2	129.00	$129.00	$797	+1.00
850	850	1	90.00	$90.00	$765	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	135.00	$135.00	$634	—
540	540	1	108.00	$108.00	$583	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	2	100.00	$100.00	$368	—
426–440	429	5	125.00–130.00	$128.97	$553	-8.03
475	475	10	134.00	$134.00	$636	-5.00
550–595	552	24	136.00–137.00	$136.96	$756	-3.04
646	646	14	145.00	$145.00	$937	—
660 value added	660	21	156.00	$156.00	$1,030	—
736	736	5	120.00	$120.00	$883	-6.00
750 value added	750	6	136.00	$136.00	$1,020	—
868	868	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,076	—
895 value added	895	2	106.00	$106.00	$949	—
1085	1085	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,107	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	101.00	$101.00	$258	—
425	425	12	130.00	$130.00	$552	-1.00
475	475	6	130.00	$130.00	$618	-3.00
510–535	523	2	81.00–125.00	$103.53	$541	—
552	552	9	136.00	$136.00	$751	+11.00
610	610	1	103.00	$103.00	$628	—
613 value added	613	6	148.01	$148.01	$907	—
665	665	5	125.00	$125.00	$831	-8.00
753	753	4	124.00	$124.00	$934	-5.00
865	865	3	123.00	$123.00	$1,064	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	5	131.00	$131.00	$427	—
375–386	383	8	115.00–130.00	$126.33	$484	-4.67
602 value added	602	17	148.50	$148.50	$894	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–367	366	9	110.00–120.00	$115.57	$423	-5.43
452	452	5	115.00	$115.00	$520	+4.00
535	535	4	122.00	$122.00	$653	—
668	668	3	109.00	$109.00	$728	-8.00
730	730	1	93.00	$93.00	$679	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	5	105.00	$105.00	$392	—
525	525	1	75.00	$75.00	$394	—
630	630	1	85.00	$85.00	$536	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	98.00	$98.00	$343	—
508	508	2	116.00	$116.00	$589	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	87.00	$87.00	$387	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–390	387	3	95.00–163.00	$140.72	$545	-6.28
435	435	1	151.00	$151.00	$657	-9.00
453	453	5	174.00	$174.00	$788	—
553	553	8	135.00	$135.00	$747	-2.00
630	630	1	132.00	$132.00	$832	—
685–695	690	2	98.00–121.00	$109.58	$756	—
710–720	717	3	86.00–114.00	$98.60	$707	—
845	845	1	78.00	$78.00	$659	-7.00
925	925	1	83.00	$83.00	$768	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	120.00	$120.00	$330	—
363	363	6	161.00	$161.00	$584	+16.00
441	441	4	180.00	$180.00	$794	—
523	523	2	140.00	$140.00	$732	+9.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
643	643	10	136.50	$136.50	$878	—
782	782	3	115.00	$115.00	$899	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	107.00	$107.00	$369	-2.00
473	473	2	101.00	$101.00	$478	—
563–590	570	4	90.00–91.00	$90.74	$517	—
660	660	2	102.00	$102.00	$673	-24.00
705	705	1	115.00	$115.00	$811	—
970–975	973	2	69.00	$69.00	$671	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	114.00–126.00	$120.00	$336	—
560	560	1	115.00	$115.00	$644	—
885	885	1	75.00	$75.00	$664	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	50.00	$50.00	$278	—

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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.