Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, July 9, 2024

625 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 steers $239.00/cwt ≈ $2,218/hd at 928 lb · 56 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $258.24/cwt -2.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,425/hd at 552 lb · 54 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $304.30/cwt ≈ $1,788/hd at 588 lb · 53 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	625	291	489
Feeder cattle	625	291	489

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 327, Heifers 267, Bulls 31) Value Added and 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
372	372	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,153	—
485 value added	485	4	286.00	$286.00	$1,387	—
507	507	6	294.00	$294.00	$1,491	—
520 value added	520	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,534	—
581 value added	581	9	308.00	$308.00	$1,789	—
578–597	589	44	301.00–307.00	$303.54	$1,788	—
684	684	21	287.00	$287.00	$1,963	—
708 value added	708	2	138.00	$138.00	$977	—
919–938 value added	928	56	239.00	$239.00	$2,218	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–490	466	16	280.00–312.00	$306.58	$1,429	-6.42
561	561	31	300.50	$300.50	$1,686	+23.50
655–660	655	35	276.00–277.00	$276.91	$1,814	-1.11
742	742	9	256.00	$256.00	$1,900	+5.80
744 value added	744	8	260.00	$260.00	$1,934	—
830	830	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,843	—
870	870	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,914	—
985 value added	985	5	226.00	$226.00	$2,226	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	13	291.00	$291.00	$1,272	—
480	480	1	200.00	$200.00	$960	-96.00
515–548	546	17	281.00–283.00	$282.89	$1,545	—
618–640	631	11	190.00–269.00	$252.78	$1,595	-2.42
800	800	1	223.00	$223.00	$1,784	—
865 value added	865	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,903	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	429	4	190.00–250.00	$232.80	$999	+7.80
530	530	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,352	—
638	638	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,212	—
700	700	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,232	-4.00
840 value added	840	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,890	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358	358	2	220.00	$220.00	$788	—
473	473	3	205.00	$205.00	$970	-0.72
575	575	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,208	—
815	815	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,467	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	150.00	$150.00	$802	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,062	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–484	481	8	190.00–270.00	$260.44	$1,253	+10.82
551–565	552	54	249.00–259.00	$258.24	$1,425	-2.76
642	642	20	236.00	$236.00	$1,515	-5.00
670	670	2	229.00	$229.00	$1,534	—
775	775	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,356	—
800	800	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,540	+22.50
900	900	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,440	—
1008 value added	1008	3	225.00	$225.00	$2,268	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
386	386	6	261.00	$261.00	$1,007	—
430	430	13	271.00	$271.00	$1,165	—
582	582	33	265.00	$265.00	$1,542	—
618	618	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,514	—
678	678	9	245.50	$245.50	$1,664	—
690	690	17	250.00	$250.00	$1,725	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–474	469	9	192.50–260.00	$245.60	$1,152	-11.83
530–545	540	5	190.00–243.00	$229.37	$1,239	—
553–570	554	24	235.00–254.00	$253.19	$1,403	-1.81
600	600	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,050	-68.00
652	652	8	231.00	$231.00	$1,506	—
768	768	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,728	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	14	261.00	$261.00	$1,190	—
600 value added	600	3	144.00	$144.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	2	250.00	$250.00	$782	+10.00
445	445	5	215.00	$215.00	$957	—
555	555	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,082	—
650	650	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,072	—
750	750	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,012	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	380	2	200.00–204.00	$202.05	$768	—
400–445	430	3	170.00–175.00	$173.45	$746	—
518	518	2	180.00	$180.00	$932	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	185.00	$185.00	$684	—
448	448	3	115.00	$115.00	$515	—
660	660	1	75.00	$75.00	$495	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	55.00	$55.00	$160	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
528	528	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,193	—
658	658	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,448	-1.00
720	720	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,426	—
790	790	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,169	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	225.00	$225.00	$720	—
360	360	1	215.00	$215.00	$774	—
450	450	1	190.00	$190.00	$855	—
535–545	540	2	150.00–175.00	$162.38	$877	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	290.00	$290.00	$986	—
625	625	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,312	—
828	828	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,524	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,063	—
590	590	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,032	—
740	740	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,369	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	185.00	$185.00	$722	—
445	445	3	210.00	$210.00	$934	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	110.00	$110.00	$490	—
490	490	1	165.00	$165.00	$808	-25.00
525	525	1	160.00	$160.00	$840	—
555	555	1	165.00	$165.00	$916	—

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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.