Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, October 31, 2023

365 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $235.73/cwt -0.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,522/hd at 646 lb · 30 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $243.10/cwt -6.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,371/hd at 564 lb · 21 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $213.00/cwt -6.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,186/hd at 557 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	365	508	403
Feeder cattle	365	508	403

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 188, Heifers 130, Bulls 47) Value Added and 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
390	390	2	201.00	$201.00	$784	—
470	470	6	256.00	$256.00	$1,203	+2.00
505–525	515	2	132.50–240.00	$187.29	$965	+87.29
560 value added	560	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,316	—
565	565	17	245.00	$245.00	$1,384	-4.18
639 value added	639	8	235.00	$235.00	$1,502	—
648	648	22	236.00	$236.00	$1,529	±0.00
655–658	656	5	220.00–229.00	$225.39	$1,479	—
739	739	12	201.00	$201.00	$1,485	-11.40
763–781	771	11	210.00–215.00	$212.70	$1,640	+31.70
775	775	2	186.00	$186.00	$1,442	+5.00
845	845	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,669	+14.50
865	865	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,622	+65.00
895 value added	895	2	199.00	$199.00	$1,781	—
947 value added	947	12	197.00	$197.00	$1,866	-18.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
639 value added	639	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,406	—
720–733 value added	726	16	201.00–220.00	$211.60	$1,536	-11.40
794 value added	794	15	220.00	$220.00	$1,747	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	5	179.00	$179.00	$673	-21.00
457	457	7	189.00	$189.00	$864	+54.00
565	565	3	164.00	$164.00	$927	-6.00
653	653	3	100.00	$100.00	$653	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
298	298	2	181.00	$181.00	$539	—
460	460	6	228.00	$228.00	$1,049	-20.00
633	633	6	218.00	$218.00	$1,380	+3.00
880	880	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,566	+70.50

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	140.00	$140.00	$518	—
460	460	1	147.50	$147.50	$678	—
583	583	2	160.00	$160.00	$933	—
630–632	632	4	160.00–162.50	$160.62	$1,015	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	147.50	$147.50	$575	—
433 value added	433	2	92.50	$92.50	$401	—
508 value added	508	2	125.00	$125.00	$635	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	132.50	$132.50	$272	—
485	485	2	200.00	$200.00	$970	-15.00
505–525	515	2	191.00–200.00	$195.41	$1,006	—
557	557	16	213.00	$213.00	$1,186	-6.31
649	649	13	195.00	$195.00	$1,266	-10.98
705–748	736	7	161.00–176.00	$165.11	$1,215	—
765	765	1	117.50	$117.50	$899	-49.50
832	832	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,498	+10.00
945	945	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,351	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	7	210.00	$210.00	$785	-7.00
665	665	3	172.00	$172.00	$1,144	—
786 value added	786	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,454	—
877 value added	877	6	182.00	$182.00	$1,596	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	7	191.00	$191.00	$661	—
453	453	6	144.00	$144.00	$652	—
525	525	1	107.50	$107.50	$564	-33.50
554–595	561	6	132.50–136.00	$135.38	$759	—
645	645	1	120.00	$120.00	$774	-10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	5	200.00	$200.00	$932	-8.33
541	541	5	191.00	$191.00	$1,033	—
570	570	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,032	-29.00
656	656	5	181.00	$181.00	$1,187	+71.00
755	755	4	169.00	$169.00	$1,276	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–370	365	4	110.00–135.00	$128.66	$470	—
440	440	1	130.00	$130.00	$572	—
557	557	3	138.00	$138.00	$769	—
695	695	1	120.00	$120.00	$834	—
750–780	770	3	117.50–127.50	$124.25	$957	—
820	820	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,025	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203	203	2	125.00	$125.00	$254	—
270	270	4	134.00	$134.00	$362	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915	915	1	102.50	$102.50	$938	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	119.00	$119.00	$756	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	162.50	$162.50	$512	—
420	420	1	200.00	$200.00	$840	-10.00
450–490	470	4	130.00–206.00	$155.06	$729	-69.94
577	577	3	162.50	$162.50	$938	-54.50
622	622	3	148.00	$148.00	$921	+13.00
655	655	1	150.00	$150.00	$982	-1.00
785	785	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,020	—
850–860	855	2	105.00–139.00	$121.90	$1,042	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228	228	2	155.00	$155.00	$353	—
370	370	2	150.00	$150.00	$555	—
453	453	3	161.00	$161.00	$729	—
525	525	1	150.00	$150.00	$788	-50.00
595	595	1	90.00	$90.00	$536	-125.00
745	745	1	130.00	$130.00	$968	—
790	790	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,114	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
653	653	5	163.00	$163.00	$1,064	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
269	269	5	150.00	$150.00	$404	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	150.00	$150.00	$518	—
570	570	1	152.50	$152.50	$869	—
620	620	2	142.50	$142.50	$884	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	150.00	$150.00	$555	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–485	478	2	85.00–95.00	$90.08	$431	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	147.50	$147.50	$516	—

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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.