Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, October 8, 2024

342 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $230.00/cwt ≈ $1,960/hd at 852 lb · 45 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $233.00/cwt +4.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,305/hd at 560 lb · 39 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $224.80/cwt +1.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,468/hd at 653 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	342	132	244
Feeder cattle	342	132	244

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 172, Heifers 134, Bulls 36) 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
300	300	1	230.00	$230.00	$690	—
448	448	7	290.00	$290.00	$1,299	—
465	465	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,070	-52.00
550	550	20	259.00–265.00	$264.70	$1,456	+1.13
637	637	18	245.00	$245.00	$1,561	—
660 value added	660	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,650	—
729	729	4	236.00	$236.00	$1,720	—
840 value added	840	5	223.00	$223.00	$1,873	—
855	855	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,770	—
958 value added	958	6	215.00	$215.00	$2,060	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,040	—
493 value added	493	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,035	—
675	675	14	248.00	$248.00	$1,674	—
852 value added	852	45	230.00	$230.00	$1,960	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	360	4	145.00–255.00	$205.83	$741	—
435	435	1	221.00	$221.00	$961	—
471	471	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,295	—
563–568	566	4	240.00–255.00	$247.53	$1,401	—
637	637	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,522	—
665	665	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,130	—
785	785	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,334	—
825	825	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,444	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
531 value added	531	7	208.00	$208.00	$1,104	—
763	763	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,373	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,078	—
500–534	527	5	210.00	$210.00	$1,107	—
715	715	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,072	—
850	850	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,402	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880	880	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,364	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–481	481	10	235.00–242.00	$240.60	$1,157	+8.60
560	560	39	233.00	$233.00	$1,305	+4.00
615	615	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,316	—
640 value added	640	2	172.50	$172.50	$1,104	—
652–670	653	26	220.00–225.00	$224.80	$1,468	+1.80
703 value added	703	3	212.00	$212.00	$1,490	—
728	728	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,529	-10.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	2	233.00	$233.00	$869	—
420–425	421	7	177.50–233.00	$223.21	$940	-9.79
460–480	472	12	217.50–240.50	$231.92	$1,095	+5.92
525	525	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,150	—
555–583	564	6	192.50–228.00	$215.78	$1,217	-9.22
687	687	6	215.00	$215.00	$1,477	—
923	923	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,292	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	175.00	$175.00	$586	—
513–535	520	3	170.00–197.50	$188.07	$978	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	3	197.50	$197.50	$731	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	200.00	$200.00	$750	+5.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	145.00	$145.00	$609	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	185.00	$185.00	$638	—
370	370	2	200.00	$200.00	$740	+10.00
468	468	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,147	—
560–570	567	3	225.00–230.00	$228.35	$1,295	—
755	755	2	192.50	$192.50	$1,453	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	205.00	$205.00	$718	—
425	425	1	230.00	$230.00	$978	+10.00
460	460	4	253.00	$253.00	$1,164	—
572	572	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,344	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	157.50	$157.50	$709	-27.50
563	563	2	177.50	$177.50	$999	—
635	635	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,016	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
648	648	3	224.00	$224.00	$1,452	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	251.00	$251.00	$979	—
535	535	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,097	—
755	755	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,246	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	125.00	$125.00	$525	-5.00
545	545	1	175.00	$175.00	$954	—

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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.