Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 30, 2024

321 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $218.21/cwt ≈ $1,946/hd at 892 lb · 62 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $244.68/cwt -5.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,407/hd at 575 lb · 26 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $266.42/cwt ≈ $1,701/hd at 638 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	321	263	158
Feeder cattle	321	263	158

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 196, Heifers 112, Bulls 13) Value Added and some Natural cattle are Weaned and 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
692	692	12	245.00	$245.00	$1,695	—
705 value added	705	4	251.00	$251.00	$1,770	+10.35
761 value added	761	9	210.00	$210.00	$1,598	—
850–898 value added	892	62	208.00–219.25	$218.21	$1,946	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	6	297.00	$297.00	$1,405	-3.00
520	520	5	302.00	$302.00	$1,570	—
562	562	20	301.00	$301.00	$1,692	+2.34
636	636	11	264.00	$264.00	$1,679	—
639–642	640	15	261.00–270.00	$268.19	$1,716	—
668	668	14	255.00	$255.00	$1,703	-10.63
670	670	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,642	-20.63
770	770	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,848	+2.00
840	840	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,688	—
870	870	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,414	-51.50
950	950	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,591	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	271.00	$271.00	$1,057	-26.00
469	469	4	285.00	$285.00	$1,337	—
515	515	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,293	—
546 value added	546	4	239.00	$239.00	$1,305	-32.00
555	555	1	125.00	$125.00	$694	-140.00
655 value added	655	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,500	—
662	662	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,490	—
715 value added	715	6	223.00	$223.00	$1,594	—
745	745	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,304	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–495	485	2	125.00–231.00	$176.91	$858	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,154	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	130.00	$130.00	$604	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,112	—
483	483	6	254.00	$254.00	$1,227	+2.00
558–575	559	12	237.00–245.00	$244.31	$1,366	-5.63
589	589	14	245.00	$245.00	$1,443	-4.94
640	640	1	130.00	$130.00	$832	-105.00
655	655	8	233.00	$233.00	$1,526	—
787	787	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,417	—
815	815	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,365	—
913	913	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,680	—
965	965	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,370	-18.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	2	256.00	$256.00	$942	+1.00
428	428	5	255.00	$255.00	$1,091	—
598 value added	598	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,226	—
650 value added	650	6	234.00	$234.00	$1,521	+5.00
722	722	8	217.00	$217.00	$1,567	+6.00
797	797	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,594	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	180.00	$180.00	$720	—
470–475	474	4	235.00–250.00	$246.28	$1,167	—
535	535	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,257	-8.00
620	620	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,376	—
672	672	3	229.00	$229.00	$1,539	±0.00
778 value added	778	4	180.00	$180.00	$1,400	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	195.00	$195.00	$575	-5.00
357	357	3	226.00	$226.00	$807	—
418	418	2	215.00	$215.00	$899	—
640	640	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,280	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
668 value added	668	6	202.00	$202.00	$1,349	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940 value added	940	3	157.50	$157.50	$1,480	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	150.00	$150.00	$885	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	115.00	$115.00	$840	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	142.50	$142.50	$684	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	266.00	$266.00	$798	—
560	560	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,294	—
620	620	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,364	—
795	795	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,352	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	160.00	$160.00	$832	—
585	585	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,141	—
755	755	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,132	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	242.00	$242.00	$799	—
430	430	1	243.00	$243.00	$1,045	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	1	75.00	$75.00	$559	—

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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.