Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, May 21, 2024

207 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $256.00/cwt +1.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,413/hd at 552 lb · 15 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $275.00/cwt +6.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,804/hd at 656 lb · 12 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $250.92/cwt +15.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,352/hd at 539 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	207	220	369
Feeder cattle	207	220	369

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 68, Heifers 103, Bulls 36) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Natural cattle are Weaned

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	10	334.00	$334.00	$1,513	—
546	546	7	306.00	$306.00	$1,671	—
611	611	7	290.00	$290.00	$1,772	+17.00
656	656	12	275.00	$275.00	$1,804	+6.03
740	740	5	246.00	$246.00	$1,820	+4.00
780	780	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,131	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	347.00	$347.00	$1,336	+157.00
475	475	4	316.00	$316.00	$1,501	—
567	567	5	285.00	$285.00	$1,616	+4.00
625	625	4	269.00	$269.00	$1,681	—
803–810	805	3	210.00–234.00	$225.95	$1,819	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,156	—
445	445	2	328.00	$328.00	$1,460	—
570	570	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,454	—
875	875	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,575	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,633	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,140	—
850	850	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,402	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479	479	7	272.00	$272.00	$1,303	+17.71
500	500	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,312	+112.50
552	552	15	256.00	$256.00	$1,413	+1.50
632	632	10	240.00	$240.00	$1,517	±0.00
809 value added	809	5	221.00	$221.00	$1,788	—
855	855	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,796	—
1110	1110	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,809	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
472	472	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,298	—
500–543	539	11	250.00–251.00	$250.92	$1,352	+15.92
617	617	5	243.00	$243.00	$1,499	—
855	855	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,710	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,140	—
438	438	6	277.50	$277.50	$1,215	—
558	558	6	245.00	$245.00	$1,367	—
680	680	5	206.00	$206.00	$1,401	—
825	825	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,072	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	2	293.00	$293.00	$1,108	—
431	431	5	287.00	$287.00	$1,237	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	5	298.00	$298.00	$1,246	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,186	—
665	665	1	150.00	$150.00	$998	—
763	763	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,297	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	185.00	$185.00	$564	+85.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,395	—
574–590	577	5	220.00–272.50	$261.77	$1,510	+17.77
610	610	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,434	—
743	743	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,412	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382–385	383	4	325.00–345.00	$339.97	$1,302	—
445	445	2	322.00	$322.00	$1,433	—
480	480	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,488	+59.00
543	543	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,276	+8.00
735	735	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,433	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
643	643	6	244.00	$244.00	$1,569	+29.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,226	—
535	535	3	206.00	$206.00	$1,102	+31.00
650	650	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,170	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
708–720	712	3	170.00–200.00	$189.89	$1,352	—

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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.