Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, January 31, 2023

214 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $174.00/cwt ≈ $1,442/hd at 829 lb · 61 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.49/cwt ≈ $962/hd at 635 lb · 14 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $158.50/cwt ≈ $1,081/hd at 682 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	214	252	207
Feeder cattle	214	252	207

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 116, Heifers 89, Bulls 9) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
829 value added	829	61	174.00	$174.00	$1,442	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	161.00	$161.00	$491	—
390	390	1	177.00	$177.00	$690	—
465	465	4	200.00	$200.00	$930	-4.43
577	577	5	196.00	$196.00	$1,131	+13.00
600	600	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,056	—
628 value added	628	3	187.00	$187.00	$1,174	—
663 value added	663	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,260	—
655–695	669	7	174.00–193.00	$184.93	$1,237	-4.07
759 value added	759	4	176.00	$176.00	$1,336	+7.00
765	765	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,300	+13.00
820	820	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,205	+26.00
1070	1070	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,498	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	191.00	$191.00	$869	—
505	505	1	157.00	$157.00	$793	—
573	573	5	187.00	$187.00	$1,072	+69.00
735	735	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,110	—
785	785	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,138	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	136.00	$136.00	$585	—
570	570	1	134.00	$134.00	$764	—
860	860	1	98.00	$98.00	$843	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–475	468	2	119.00–132.00	$125.40	$587	—
705	705	1	110.00	$110.00	$776	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–460	458	2	136.00–147.00	$141.53	$648	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
449	449	5	159.50	$159.50	$716	—
490	490	1	154.00	$154.00	$755	±0.00
515	515	1	158.00	$158.00	$814	—
559	559	8	160.00	$160.00	$894	+1.50
610–648	635	14	146.00–153.00	$151.49	$962	—
732	732	6	135.50	$135.50	$992	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
599 value added	599	10	160.00	$160.00	$958	—
682 value added	682	12	158.50	$158.50	$1,081	—
989 value added	989	5	114.00	$114.00	$1,127	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532 value added	532	3	164.00	$164.00	$872	—
546	546	7	156.00	$156.00	$852	—
625	625	1	147.00	$147.00	$919	—
755	755	2	135.00	$135.00	$1,019	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	100.00–108.00	$104.00	$499	—
585	585	2	121.00	$121.00	$708	—
610	610	1	95.00	$95.00	$580	—
678	678	2	116.00	$116.00	$786	—
765	765	1	86.00	$86.00	$658	-20.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	129.00	$129.00	$587	—
610	610	1	96.00	$96.00	$586	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	122.00	$122.00	$421	—
580	580	1	104.00	$104.00	$603	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	2	178.00	$178.00	$806	—
520	520	1	155.00	$155.00	$806	-4.00
700	700	1	131.00	$131.00	$917	+9.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	159.00	$159.00	$620	-2.00
498	498	2	137.00	$137.00	$682	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	126.00	$126.00	$819	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	1	71.00	$71.00	$561	—

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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.