Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 28, 2023

269 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $165.82/cwt ≈ $1,321/hd at 796 lb · 22 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $224.00/cwt -2.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,261/hd at 563 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $180.50/cwt -5.50 vs last sale · ≈ $852/hd at 472 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	269	338	263
Feeder cattle	269	338	263

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 126, Heifers 121, Bulls 22) Value Added and most 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
280	280	1	197.50	$197.50	$553	—
338	338	2	210.00	$210.00	$710	—
380	380	1	210.00	$210.00	$798	-11.00
443	443	6	241.00	$241.00	$1,068	—
454	454	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,044	-41.00
500–535	515	8	205.00–221.00	$214.57	$1,105	+19.57
563	563	16	224.00	$224.00	$1,261	-2.00
625–647	645	10	212.00–215.00	$214.71	$1,385	+6.37
745	745	4	187.00	$187.00	$1,393	+11.00
1365	1365	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,706	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
464 value added	464	10	262.00	$262.00	$1,216	—
536 value added	536	11	242.00	$242.00	$1,297	+7.00
653 value added	653	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,535	—
676	676	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,453	—
759 value added	759	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,518	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	3	210.00	$210.00	$815	—
447	447	3	214.00	$214.00	$957	—
480–487	485	4	175.00–200.00	$181.18	$879	-34.57
574–595	577	7	159.00–202.00	$195.67	$1,129	-21.33
668	668	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,416	+17.00
740	740	2	183.00	$183.00	$1,354	—
760	760	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,208	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	2	152.50	$152.50	$538	—
410	410	1	139.00	$139.00	$570	—
495	495	1	140.00	$140.00	$693	—
595	595	1	138.00	$138.00	$821	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	139.00	$139.00	$646	-51.00
563	563	2	154.00	$154.00	$867	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	100.00	$100.00	$635	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429	429	7	188.00	$188.00	$807	—
472	472	13	180.50	$180.50	$852	-5.50
539	539	5	177.00	$177.00	$954	—
570	570	1	151.00	$151.00	$861	-23.31
664	664	5	166.00	$166.00	$1,102	—
745	745	1	121.00	$121.00	$901	-14.00
765	765	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,079	—
798	798	21	167.00	$167.00	$1,333	—
978	978	4	146.00	$146.00	$1,428	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	5	190.00	$190.00	$633	—
373	373	9	190.00	$190.00	$709	+10.00
566	566	7	185.50	$185.50	$1,050	—
873	873	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,283	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	5	179.00	$179.00	$811	-1.65
525–545	532	3	108.00–119.00	$111.76	$595	—
553	553	6	177.00	$177.00	$979	+11.00
640	640	2	135.00	$135.00	$864	-31.67
652	652	7	175.00	$175.00	$1,141	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	2	155.00	$155.00	$547	-6.00
447	447	3	150.00	$150.00	$670	+2.00
530	530	4	145.00	$145.00	$768	-11.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	2	125.00	$125.00	$694	-10.00
708	708	2	130.00	$130.00	$920	—
975	975	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,219	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	200.00	$200.00	$590	—
373	373	4	200.00	$200.00	$746	+8.00
440	440	1	160.00	$160.00	$704	-31.00
460	460	3	190.00	$190.00	$874	—
524–525	524	6	160.00–181.00	$173.99	$912	—
780	780	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	200.00	$200.00	$770	+20.00
490	490	1	129.00	$129.00	$632	—
640	640	1	116.00	$116.00	$742	—
830	830	1	120.00	$120.00	$996	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
848	848	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,128	—

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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.