Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, September 24, 2024

451 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $229.79/cwt -0.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,285/hd at 559 lb · 43 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $275.00/cwt +1.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,540/hd at 560 lb · 42 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $226.00/cwt ≈ $1,483/hd at 656 lb · 35 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	451	505	266
Feeder cattle	451	505	266

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 183, Heifers 193, Bulls 75) Value Added and Natural 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
345	345	1	285.00	$285.00	$983	—
400	400	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,100	—
468	468	15	290.00	$290.00	$1,357	-2.21
515–540	528	2	225.00–268.00	$247.01	$1,304	—
560	560	42	275.00	$275.00	$1,540	-6.00
649	649	26	251.00	$251.00	$1,629	-4.00
740	740	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,702	—
873	873	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,851	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	10	281.00	$281.00	$1,295	+20.43
475 value added	475	3	180.00	$180.00	$855	—
484	484	17	285.00	$285.00	$1,379	+24.43
556	556	11	267.00	$267.00	$1,485	+15.05
566 value added	566	7	224.00	$224.00	$1,268	-11.00
655	655	4	233.00	$233.00	$1,526	+88.00
769	769	4	226.00	$226.00	$1,738	—
833	833	3	206.00	$206.00	$1,716	—
910	910	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,820	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	200.00	$200.00	$780	—
440	440	3	205.00	$205.00	$902	—
548	548	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,288	-25.00
628	628	2	182.50	$182.50	$1,146	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	6	254.00	$254.00	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,310	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	3	205.00	$205.00	$662	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	175.00	$175.00	$700	-20.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	3	236.00	$236.00	$802	—
427	427	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,029	-4.00
484	484	7	239.00	$239.00	$1,157	+2.00
559–570	559	43	221.00–230.00	$229.79	$1,285	-0.40
656	656	35	226.00	$226.00	$1,483	—
715–747	744	11	200.00	$200.00	$1,488	-4.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	170.00	$170.00	$552	—
430	430	12	240.00	$240.00	$1,032	-1.00
468	468	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,119	+7.00
510–530	520	2	215.00–220.00	$217.55	$1,131	-8.45
553–565	554	9	215.00–225.00	$223.87	$1,240	—
637–640	638	6	165.00–214.00	$205.80	$1,313	-9.18
758	758	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,440	-21.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	4	230.00	$230.00	$892	-19.00
506–530 value added	512	8	200.00–235.00	$225.94	$1,157	—
675 value added	675	7	230.00	$230.00	$1,552	—
730 value added	730	3	214.00	$214.00	$1,562	—
751 value added	751	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,652	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441	441	5	210.00	$210.00	$926	—
578	578	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,069	-14.96
698	698	2	147.50	$147.50	$1,030	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	6	202.00	$202.00	$915	+7.00
547	547	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	2	145.00	$145.00	$942	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	155.00	$155.00	$542	+5.00

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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	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,256	—
550	550	17	255.50	$255.50	$1,405	+40.82
670	670	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,457	-6.50
752	752	3	187.50	$187.50	$1,410	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,031	+75.00
458	458	14	263.00	$263.00	$1,205	—
557	557	7	231.00	$231.00	$1,287	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
647	647	7	228.00	$228.00	$1,475	-2.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	2	170.00	$170.00	$830	—
510	510	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,096	—
570–575	574	4	160.00–218.00	$203.59	$1,169	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	200.00	$200.00	$990	+10.54
1070	1070	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,348	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683	683	3	165.00	$165.00	$1,127	+25.00

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	2	125.00–150.00	$137.50	$646	—
515	515	1	190.00	$190.00	$978	—

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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.