Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, December 19, 2023

178 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $228.00/cwt ≈ $1,053/hd at 462 lb · 19 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $260.00/cwt ≈ $1,433/hd at 551 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $231.00/cwt ≈ $1,280/hd at 554 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	178	245	431
Feeder cattle	178	245	431

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 83, Heifers 85, Bulls 10) Natural cattle are Weaned, some 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
445	445	16	270.00	$270.00	$1,202	+24.00
551	551	17	260.00	$260.00	$1,433	—
649	649	8	241.00	$241.00	$1,564	—
661	661	11	230.00	$230.00	$1,520	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	231.00	$231.00	$924	—
550	550	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,320	-2.00
631	631	7	225.00	$225.00	$1,420	+9.00
710	710	2	207.00	$207.00	$1,470	-28.12
777	777	7	200.00	$200.00	$1,554	+8.34

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,000	—
425	425	1	247.00	$247.00	$1,050	—
480	480	1	201.00	$201.00	$965	—
555	555	3	249.00	$249.00	$1,382	+28.79
665	665	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,337	-5.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	75.00	$75.00	$206	—
368	368	2	50.00	$50.00	$184	-72.75
440	440	1	135.00	$135.00	$594	—
460	460	1	50.00	$50.00	$230	-90.00
630	630	1	80.00	$80.00	$504	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	19	228.00	$228.00	$1,053	—
554	554	16	231.00	$231.00	$1,280	—
631	631	14	218.00	$218.00	$1,376	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	217.00	$217.00	$770	—
483	483	3	222.00	$222.00	$1,072	—
571	571	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,199	+10.00
640	640	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,280	—
645	645	5	218.00	$218.00	$1,406	—
660	660	11	203.00	$203.00	$1,340	+8.00
713	713	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,426	—
945	945	2	122.50	$122.50	$1,158	—
1065	1065	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	213.00	$213.00	$777	—
535	535	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,091	+4.00
585	585	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,199	+130.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	1	80.00	$80.00	$604	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	219.00	$219.00	$898	—
565	565	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,186	+19.11
635	635	1	150.00	$150.00	$952	—
845	845	1	95.00	$95.00	$803	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
553	553	2	60.00	$60.00	$332	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–705	703	2	60.00–100.00	$80.07	$563	—

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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.