Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 9, 2024

508 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $271.26/cwt +6.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,742/hd at 642 lb · 49 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $206.20/cwt ≈ $1,758/hd at 853 lb · 40 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $300.19/cwt -3.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,702/hd at 567 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	508	92	548
Feeder cattle	508	92	548

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 184, Heifers 273, Bulls 51) Value Added 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
375	375	2	296.00	$296.00	$1,110	—
466	466	7	294.00	$294.00	$1,370	-19.00
563–567	567	31	281.00–301.50	$300.19	$1,702	-3.81
608–635 value added	620	9	270.00–275.00	$272.72	$1,691	—
645–647	647	40	270.00–271.00	$270.93	$1,753	+5.93
725	725	1	118.00	$118.00	$856	—
817 value added	817	3	216.00	$216.00	$1,765	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
604 value added	604	8	270.00	$270.00	$1,631	—
695 value added	695	16	255.00	$255.00	$1,772	—
701–736 value added	724	20	257.00–265.00	$262.29	$1,899	—
775 value added	775	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,899	—
847 value added	847	21	230.50	$230.50	$1,952	—
920	920	2	201.00	$201.00	$1,849	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	271.00	$271.00	$894	—
410–430	423	3	130.00–250.00	$168.74	$714	-118.26
468	468	2	258.00	$258.00	$1,207	—
547	547	3	278.00	$278.00	$1,521	+103.00
550	550	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,320	—
652–665	656	5	226.00–254.00	$245.53	$1,611	—
885	885	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,805	—
950	950	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,710	—
1195	1195	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,434	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,744	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,462	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	180.00	$180.00	$963	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
574 value added	574	15	245.50	$245.50	$1,409	—
715–744 value added	738	18	177.50–218.50	$209.67	$1,547	—
761–766	765	17	216.00–219.00	$218.30	$1,670	—
847 value added	847	14	205.00	$205.00	$1,736	—
852	852	32	210.00	$210.00	$1,789	—
856 value added	856	8	191.00	$191.00	$1,635	—
949	949	29	205.00	$205.00	$1,945	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	7	255.00	$255.00	$1,076	—
479	479	11	249.50	$249.50	$1,195	-0.50
553	553	16	245.00	$245.00	$1,355	—
652	652	13	231.00	$231.00	$1,506	—
745	745	2	201.00	$201.00	$1,497	-1.00
831	831	5	180.00	$180.00	$1,496	—
860–878	872	3	185.00–196.00	$188.62	$1,645	—
950	950	1	65.00	$65.00	$618	—
1061	1061	16	191.00	$191.00	$2,027	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	232.50	$232.50	$523	—
368	368	4	255.00	$255.00	$938	—
433	433	6	248.00	$248.00	$1,074	-2.00
479	479	4	245.00	$245.00	$1,174	—
556	556	7	242.50	$242.50	$1,348	—
647	647	9	225.00	$225.00	$1,456	—
745	745	1	130.00	$130.00	$968	—
768–770	769	4	160.00–215.00	$201.22	$1,547	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–380	375	2	170.00–220.00	$194.67	$730	—
400	400	1	175.00	$175.00	$700	—
480	480	3	202.00	$202.00	$970	—
546	546	4	211.00	$211.00	$1,152	—
680	680	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,224	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	9	256.00	$256.00	$1,201	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	195.00	$195.00	$956	—
620	620	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,240	—
760	760	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,330	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	205.00	$205.00	$564	—
580	580	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,102	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	135.00	$135.00	$594	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,253	±0.00
559	559	13	259.00	$259.00	$1,448	+34.00
651	651	7	237.00	$237.00	$1,543	—
701–720	705	5	207.50–209.00	$208.69	$1,471	—
930	930	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,534	—
1015	1015	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,421	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	204.00	$204.00	$571	—
341	341	4	261.00	$261.00	$890	—
482–487	484	8	247.00–253.00	$249.26	$1,206	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	3	241.00	$241.00	$788	-4.00
450	450	1	165.00	$165.00	$742	—
645	645	1	237.50	$237.50	$1,532	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	187.50	$187.50	$919	—
550–570	560	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,204	—
670	670	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,524	—

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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.