Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, October 17, 2023

629 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $229.42/cwt +5.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,507/hd at 657 lb · 60 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $226.95/cwt ≈ $1,287/hd at 567 lb · 60 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $230.00/cwt ≈ $2,052/hd at 892 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	629	244	442
Feeder cattle	629	244	442

Market comments — USDA reporter

**Correction: 5.00/cwt feeder heifer deleted. 5645lb Feeder Heifer deleted** State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 289, Heifers 311, Bulls 29) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Natural cattle are Weaned, mostly 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
552	552	14	260.00	$260.00	$1,435	—
628	628	8	254.00	$254.00	$1,595	—
662	662	9	253.00	$253.00	$1,675	—
657–697	668	32	247.00–250.00	$247.88	$1,656	—
753	753	16	241.00	$241.00	$1,815	—
761–780 value added	768	14	234.00–240.00	$237.82	$1,826	—
788	788	14	245.00	$245.00	$1,931	—
892 value added	892	46	230.00	$230.00	$2,052	—
917	917	3	233.00	$233.00	$2,137	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	268.00	$268.00	$1,045	-14.00
440	440	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,104	—
463	463	12	268.00	$268.00	$1,241	-2.00
540	540	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,193	-39.00
553–598	558	18	247.00–256.00	$254.93	$1,423	-8.07
580 value added	580	6	265.00	$265.00	$1,537	—
650–665	657	32	241.00	$241.00	$1,583	+6.00
700 value added	700	4	162.50	$162.50	$1,138	—
758	758	9	232.00	$232.00	$1,759	+5.00
815–843	836	4	152.50–223.00	$205.82	$1,721	—
866	866	4	229.00	$229.00	$1,983	—
1228	1228	2	142.50	$142.50	$1,750	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	4	262.00	$262.00	$964	+2.00
467	467	8	255.00	$255.00	$1,191	—
530	530	1	132.50	$132.50	$702	—
561	561	6	249.00	$249.00	$1,397	—
575 value added	575	3	264.00	$264.00	$1,518	—
665	665	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,430	—
675 value added	675	2	203.00	$203.00	$1,370	—
730	730	1	239.00	$239.00	$1,745	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481	481	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,111	—
625	625	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,381	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	167.50	$167.50	$729	—
670	670	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,394	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	115.00	$115.00	$460	+15.00

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	115.00	$115.00	$305	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–426	424	7	227.00–230.00	$229.59	$973	-9.41
484–490	485	12	218.00–230.00	$228.99	$1,111	-3.01
535	535	1	100.00	$100.00	$535	-129.00
560	560	34	226.00	$226.00	$1,266	-2.61
630–646	645	16	200.00–210.00	$209.39	$1,351	—
651	651	10	215.00	$215.00	$1,400	-8.52
658 value added	658	49	233.00	$233.00	$1,533	—
665	665	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,317	-25.52
713	713	2	194.00	$194.00	$1,383	-7.00
720	720	13	220.00	$220.00	$1,584	+19.00
765	765	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,561	—
834–838	835	6	186.00–194.00	$188.68	$1,575	—
945	945	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,616	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	228.00	$228.00	$782	—
378–396	391	7	226.00–231.00	$229.62	$898	—
497	497	6	226.00	$226.00	$1,123	—
538	538	3	222.00	$222.00	$1,194	—
553	553	19	228.00	$228.00	$1,261	—
570–573 value added	572	34	226.00–228.00	$226.76	$1,297	—
581	581	7	225.00	$225.00	$1,307	—
616–617	616	18	204.00–223.00	$219.83	$1,354	—
662	662	16	220.00	$220.00	$1,456	—
713	713	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,462	—
848	848	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,696	+45.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–420	416	4	100.00–226.00	$195.35	$813	-40.65
485	485	4	228.00	$228.00	$1,106	-2.00
515	515	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,082	—
559	559	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,230	-6.00
603 value added	603	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,206	—
625	625	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,250	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	210.00	$210.00	$746	—
470	470	3	174.00	$174.00	$818	-26.00
645	645	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,226	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	2	147.50	$147.50	$720	—
540	540	1	206.00	$206.00	$1,112	—
683	683	2	137.50	$137.50	$939	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	2	137.50	$137.50	$595	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	250.00	$250.00	$838	—
558	558	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,228	+5.00
948	948	2	127.50	$127.50	$1,209	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
649	649	7	187.00	$187.00	$1,214	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,049	—
549	549	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,153	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	157.50	$157.50	$717	—
645	645	3	162.50	$162.50	$1,048	—
673	673	2	145.00	$145.00	$976	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	2	148.00	$148.00	$841	—

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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.