Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, May 23, 2023

369 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $249.61/cwt -1.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,167/hd at 467 lb · 41 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $241.48/cwt -6.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,403/hd at 581 lb · 33 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $242.30/cwt -2.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,330/hd at 549 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	369	278	455
Feeder cattle	369	278	455

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 214, Dairy Steers 1, Heifers 142, Bulls 12) 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
262	262	1	231.00	$231.00	$605	—
337	337	5	250.00	$250.00	$842	—
390	390	2	254.00	$254.00	$991	—
405–433	424	3	220.00–221.00	$220.68	$936	—
467	467	23	254.00	$254.00	$1,186	+3.00
468	468	18	244.00	$244.00	$1,142	-7.00
548–549	549	31	131.00–246.00	$242.30	$1,330	-2.70
578–591	581	32	243.00–245.00	$244.49	$1,420	+4.49
588	588	1	145.00	$145.00	$853	-95.00
644	644	12	240.00	$240.00	$1,546	+1.53
653	653	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,535	+6.00
660	660	4	239.00	$239.00	$1,577	+10.00
730	730	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,518	-12.00
800–820	810	2	185.00–191.00	$188.04	$1,523	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	12	251.00	$251.00	$1,074	—
501	501	12	245.00	$245.00	$1,227	—
564 value added	564	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,354	—
597	597	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,433	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	245.00	$245.00	$845	—
383	383	3	244.00	$244.00	$935	+38.00
459	459	11	221.00	$221.00	$1,014	-4.14
540–548	544	7	131.00–223.00	$205.36	$1,117	—
588	588	1	145.00	$145.00	$853	—
645	645	1	141.00	$141.00	$909	—
650	650	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,436	+12.25

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	150.00	$150.00	$698	-2.00
530	530	1	155.00	$155.00	$822	—
635	635	1	148.00	$148.00	$940	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262	262	1	121.00	$121.00	$317	—
470	470	1	176.00	$176.00	$827	—
535	535	1	150.00	$150.00	$802	-27.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	1	81.00	$81.00	$632	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
262	262	1	121.00	$121.00	$317	—

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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	13	209.00	$209.00	$938	—
483	483	11	200.00	$200.00	$966	+19.48
530	530	17	196.00	$196.00	$1,039	-3.43
564	564	20	190.00	$190.00	$1,072	—
643	643	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,035	—
657	657	7	175.00	$175.00	$1,150	-12.81
869 value added	869	6	166.00	$166.00	$1,443	—
940	940	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,222	—
1130	1130	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,198	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	220.00	$220.00	$759	—
376	376	8	228.00	$228.00	$857	+49.37
452	452	8	205.00	$205.00	$927	—
509	509	10	195.00	$195.00	$993	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	151.00	$151.00	$325	—
490	490	1	199.00	$199.00	$975	+19.00
558	558	7	180.00	$180.00	$1,004	—
643–646	645	5	161.00–172.00	$169.81	$1,095	+19.81
870	870	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,174	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635 value added	635	10	170.00	$170.00	$1,080	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	1	131.00	$131.00	$377	—
475	475	1	146.00	$146.00	$694	-6.68
560	560	2	135.00–140.00	$137.50	$770	-7.50
640	640	1	135.00	$135.00	$864	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	1	131.00	$131.00	$377	—
509	509	2	195.00	$195.00	$993	—
660	660	1	129.00	$129.00	$851	—
890	890	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,210	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	55.00	$55.00	$250	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	208.00	$208.00	$572	—
490	490	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,029	—
550	550	1	179.00	$179.00	$984	—
620	620	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,035	—
810	810	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,264	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	230.00	$230.00	$702	—
507	507	3	176.00	$176.00	$892	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
783	783	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,018	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	1	99.00	$99.00	$802	—

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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.