Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Monday, November 4, 2024

360 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $249.00/cwt ≈ $2,014/hd at 809 lb · 43 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $241.00/cwt +6.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,962/hd at 814 lb · 38 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $228.00/cwt -12.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,281/hd at 562 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	360	395	365
Feeder cattle	360	395	365

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 191, Heifers 132, Bulls 6) 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
325	325	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,008	—
380	380	2	297.50	$297.50	$1,130	—
415	415	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,162	-8.00
461	461	6	286.00	$286.00	$1,318	—
544–545	544	20	261.00–282.00	$280.95	$1,528	—
565	565	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,526	-10.00
593 value added	593	6	276.00	$276.00	$1,637	—
650	650	10	244.00	$244.00	$1,586	-8.78
738	738	9	244.00	$244.00	$1,801	-2.00
809 value added	809	43	249.00	$249.00	$2,014	—
855	855	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,778	-12.00
1005	1005	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,658	—
1330	1330	2	154.00	$154.00	$2,048	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
653	653	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,600	-21.00
752 value added	752	10	245.00	$245.00	$1,842	+5.00
814 value added	814	38	241.00	$241.00	$1,962	+6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,215	—
515–545	541	8	205.00–261.00	$254.34	$1,376	-21.66
698	698	2	236.00	$236.00	$1,647	—
700–745	711	4	185.00–205.00	$193.85	$1,378	-40.15
714 value added	714	9	249.00	$249.00	$1,778	—
790	790	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,580	—
935	935	1	75.00	$75.00	$701	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	125.00	$125.00	$431	—
610	610	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,159	—
814 value added	814	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,962	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	60.00	$60.00	$297	—
985	985	1	97.50	$97.50	$960	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,592	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–480	479	9	220.00–231.00	$229.79	$1,101	-2.21
525	525	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,155	—
562	562	32	228.00	$228.00	$1,281	-12.00
604 value added	604	5	223.00	$223.00	$1,347	—
615–633	627	3	207.00	$207.00	$1,298	-23.00
650–655	650	22	210.00–222.00	$221.45	$1,439	—
728	728	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,529	-10.00
833	833	3	187.50	$187.50	$1,562	—
1008 value added	1008	3	157.50	$157.50	$1,588	-15.50
1345	1345	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,748	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,053	-5.00
530	530	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,140	—
550–565	552	9	190.00–225.00	$221.02	$1,220	-6.49
638	638	2	216.00	$216.00	$1,378	-12.00
710	710	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,384	-5.00
1015	1015	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,502	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	225.00	$225.00	$742	—
379	379	4	225.00	$225.00	$853	-13.00
725	725	7	210.00	$210.00	$1,522	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	165.00	$165.00	$462	—
463	463	2	195.00	$195.00	$903	+12.50
500	500	1	185.00	$185.00	$925	-7.50
565	565	4	192.50	$192.50	$1,088	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–340	333	2	205.00–210.00	$207.56	$691	—
453	453	4	197.50	$197.50	$895	—
520	520	1	140.00	$140.00	$728	-71.73

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	70.00	$70.00	$413	—
750	750	1	50.00	$50.00	$375	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	302.50	$302.50	$847	—
484–495	486	7	222.50–270.00	$263.08	$1,279	+2.08
520–540	535	9	220.00–246.00	$240.83	$1,288	—
618–640	625	3	218.00–220.00	$219.32	$1,371	-13.68

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–470	455	4	125.00–175.00	$142.86	$650	—
575	575	1	170.00	$170.00	$978	-45.00
770	770	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,040	—
885	885	1	100.00	$100.00	$885	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	310.00	$310.00	$961	+22.82
545	545	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,254	—
860	860	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,333	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	2	95.00	$95.00	$684	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	2	100.00	$100.00	$478	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,101	—

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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.