Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, July 30, 2024

277 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $271.92/cwt +1.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,805/hd at 664 lb · 49 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $240.82/cwt -5.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,553/hd at 645 lb · 27 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $252.78/cwt -2.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,436/hd at 568 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	277	267	331
Feeder cattle	277	267	331

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 121, Bulls 15) Natural cattle are Vaccinated, some Weaned

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	4	295.00	$295.00	$1,443	-5.00
540	540	1	281.00	$281.00	$1,517	—
560	560	17	300.00	$300.00	$1,680	+10.00
600	600	6	287.00	$287.00	$1,722	—
650–656	655	29	264.00–272.00	$271.18	$1,776	+1.18
675–682	677	20	270.00–274.00	$272.99	$1,848	+2.99
752–755	752	16	221.00–246.00	$242.86	$1,826	+1.86
870	870	1	196.00	$196.00	$1,705	-25.00
1030	1030	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,967	—
1165	1165	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,876	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	291.00	$291.00	$989	—
380	380	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,102	—
450–476	472	7	195.00–274.00	$263.25	$1,243	-21.75
586	586	4	281.00	$281.00	$1,647	+27.81
672	672	3	265.00	$265.00	$1,781	—
749	749	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,760	+27.00
1043	1043	3	173.00	$173.00	$1,804	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	2	261.00	$261.00	$1,182	—
501–545	527	10	305.00	$305.00	$1,607	—
840	840	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,974	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,156	—
565	565	2	221.00	$221.00	$1,249	+4.00

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	60.00	$60.00	$246	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	250.00	$250.00	$988	—
445	445	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,072	—
488–495	489	8	251.00–261.00	$259.73	$1,270	+15.73
560–578	568	19	245.00–254.00	$252.78	$1,436	-2.22
640–646	645	27	240.00–241.00	$240.82	$1,553	-4.68
682	682	3	259.00	$259.00	$1,766	+19.00
730–743	739	6	221.00–227.00	$222.98	$1,648	+2.98
863	863	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,899	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	165.00	$165.00	$693	—
483	483	6	260.00	$260.00	$1,256	+19.00
546	546	8	251.00	$251.00	$1,370	—
657	657	10	238.00	$238.00	$1,564	+78.00
710–730	725	4	220.00–229.00	$226.80	$1,644	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
577	577	6	276.00	$276.00	$1,593	—
645	645	6	246.00	$246.00	$1,587	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	215.00	$215.00	$613	+20.00
495	495	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,015	+5.00
570	570	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,311	—
660	660	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,465	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
718	718	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,687	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	175.00	$175.00	$648	-22.50
495	495	1	135.00	$135.00	$668	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	170.00	$170.00	$765	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	150.00	$150.00	$458	—
370	370	1	261.00	$261.00	$966	—
445	445	1	254.00	$254.00	$1,130	—
565	565	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,418	+19.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	135.00	$135.00	$547	—
475	475	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,164	—
540	540	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,247	—
710	710	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,406	+2.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	2	190.00–195.00	$192.50	$943	—
595	595	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,071	—
650	650	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,398	—
770	770	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,232	—

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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.