Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, September 26, 2023

266 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $238.06/cwt +1.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,723/hd at 724 lb · 50 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $255.64/cwt +2.72 vs last sale · ≈ $1,481/hd at 579 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $233.50/cwt +11.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,201/hd at 514 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	266	313	441
Feeder cattle	266	313	441

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 138, Heifers 114, Bulls 14) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	418	2	246.00–261.00	$253.81	$1,061	—
470	470	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,175	-16.00
550–588	577	18	170.00–268.00	$256.82	$1,482	-6.18
584	584	8	253.00	$253.00	$1,478	-10.00
638	638	11	251.00	$251.00	$1,601	+10.00
660	660	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,511	—
701–738	720	32	239.00–243.00	$240.95	$1,735	+7.95
724–744	731	18	225.00–237.00	$232.93	$1,703	-0.07
780	780	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,794	+37.50
868	868	3	236.00	$236.00	$2,048	-4.00
1030	1030	1	201.00	$201.00	$2,070	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	8	270.00	$270.00	$1,620	+18.00
800 value added	800	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,920	—
916	916	4	230.00	$230.00	$2,107	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	4	258.00	$258.00	$1,207	—
564	564	5	263.00	$263.00	$1,483	+28.00
605–643	630	3	218.00–244.00	$235.68	$1,485	-4.32
745	745	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,527	—
815	815	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,874	—
1165	1165	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,468	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	172.50	$172.50	$897	+22.50
600–640	620	2	197.50–200.00	$198.79	$1,232	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	157.50	$157.50	$559	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483–485	484	4	216.00–233.00	$228.74	$1,107	-1.26
551	551	13	232.00	$232.00	$1,278	+3.50
615	615	1	110.00	$110.00	$676	-113.00
626	626	9	224.00	$224.00	$1,402	+1.00
653–658	655	16	221.00–224.00	$222.32	$1,456	+42.32
720–749	743	5	190.00–195.00	$190.97	$1,419	—
840	840	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,604	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506	506	18	236.00	$236.00	$1,194	+14.00
540	540	6	226.00	$226.00	$1,220	—
760	760	4	212.00	$212.00	$1,611	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	210.00	$210.00	$788	—
440–448	446	4	141.00–230.00	$208.05	$928	-1.95
547	547	8	227.00	$227.00	$1,242	—
560	560	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,165	-20.00
618	618	2	207.00	$207.00	$1,279	—
775	775	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,511	-10.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	165.00	$165.00	$652	—
455	455	2	147.50	$147.50	$671	—
555–558	557	3	120.00–179.00	$159.40	$888	—
620–625	623	2	112.50–177.50	$144.87	$903	-22.63

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552	552	5	180.00	$180.00	$994	—
605	605	1	130.00	$130.00	$786	—
695	695	1	120.00	$120.00	$834	—
1030	1030	1	95.00	$95.00	$978	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	152.50	$152.50	$580	—
510	510	1	130.00	$130.00	$663	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
536	536	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,286	+97.50
628	628	2	202.00	$202.00	$1,269	—
715	715	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,216	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
747	747	3	187.50	$187.50	$1,401	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	2	125.00	$125.00	$844	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,028	+28.33

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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.