Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, October 15, 2024

244 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $231.00/cwt -2.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,289/hd at 558 lb · 28 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $240.02/cwt ≈ $1,332/hd at 555 lb · 28 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $267.00/cwt +2.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,468/hd at 550 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	244	342	629
Feeder cattle	244	342	629

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 87, Dairy Steers 3, Heifers 123, Bulls 31) 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
425	425	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,105	-30.00
478	478	9	280.00	$280.00	$1,338	+50.00
505	505	1	180.00	$180.00	$909	—
550	550	27	267.00	$267.00	$1,468	+2.30
606	606	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,515	+5.00
654–675	658	5	200.00–247.00	$237.36	$1,562	—
816 value added	816	9	230.00	$230.00	$1,877	+7.00
820	820	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,681	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	3	277.00	$277.00	$1,385	—
579	579	7	205.00	$205.00	$1,187	—
716	716	4	232.00	$232.00	$1,661	—
913	913	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,461	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	274.00	$274.00	$1,000	+68.17
468	468	4	261.00	$261.00	$1,221	-14.00
520	520	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,326	—
735	735	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,231	—
760	760	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,558	+35.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	145.00	$145.00	$856	—
725	725	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,378	—
845	845	1	115.00	$115.00	$972	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
477	477	5	237.00	$237.00	$1,130	-3.60
548	548	5	233.00	$233.00	$1,277	—
558	558	28	231.00	$231.00	$1,289	-2.00
639	639	10	223.00	$223.00	$1,425	+9.00
675	675	8	221.00	$221.00	$1,492	-3.80
775–778	777	5	175.00–185.00	$183.01	$1,422	—
900	900	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,418	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	2	217.00	$217.00	$831	—
428	428	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,006	—
550–578	555	28	227.00–243.00	$240.02	$1,332	—
753	753	3	160.00	$160.00	$1,205	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	2	229.00	$229.00	$1,083	-2.92
550	550	6	227.00	$227.00	$1,248	+11.22
655–668	664	3	180.00–210.00	$200.13	$1,329	-14.87
743	743	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,486	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,064	+11.93
640	640	1	140.00	$140.00	$896	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
693	693	3	201.00	$201.00	$1,393	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	200.00	$200.00	$910	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	80.00	$80.00	$416	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	225.00	$225.00	$832	+25.00
493	493	4	244.00	$244.00	$1,203	-1.00
566	566	5	207.00	$207.00	$1,172	-21.35
730	730	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,387	—
965	965	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,351	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
661	661	8	219.00	$219.00	$1,448	—
840	840	2	187.50	$187.50	$1,575	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,209	+7.00
542–545	543	4	170.00–246.00	$226.92	$1,232	—
650	650	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,424	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	160.00	$160.00	$888	-17.50
645	645	1	100.00	$100.00	$645	-60.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	144.00	$144.00	$598	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	140.00	$140.00	$735	—

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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.