Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, December 10, 2024

258 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $186.00/cwt ≈ $1,739/hd at 935 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $312.00/cwt +19.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,688/hd at 541 lb · 22 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $250.00/cwt ≈ $1,368/hd at 547 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	258	395	245
Feeder cattle	258	395	245

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 159, Heifers 79, Bulls 20) Value Added 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
280	280	1	293.00	$293.00	$820	—
483	483	2	321.00	$321.00	$1,550	+3.00
488	488	3	314.00	$314.00	$1,532	-4.00
541	541	22	312.00	$312.00	$1,688	+19.00
650	650	2	271.00	$271.00	$1,762	+1.00
733	733	2	242.00	$242.00	$1,774	+2.00
782 value added	782	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,877	—
825	825	3	222.00	$222.00	$1,832	+57.00
883	883	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,943	-10.00
973 value added	973	8	219.00	$219.00	$2,131	—
1156 value added	1156	43	217.50	$217.50	$2,514	—
1343 value added	1343	37	195.00	$195.00	$2,619	—
1420 value added	1420	1	186.00	$186.00	$2,641	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481	481	6	320.00	$320.00	$1,539	—
557	557	10	300.00	$300.00	$1,671	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,209	+10.00
525 fancy	525	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,221	—
610–630	620	3	180.00–255.00	$223.63	$1,387	—
940	940	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,175	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	290.00	$290.00	$928	-33.00
643	643	2	262.00	$262.00	$1,685	—
670–680	675	2	190.00–195.00	$192.48	$1,299	-76.52

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,135	-2.46
476–480	476	9	259.00–261.00	$259.22	$1,234	+0.22
563–595	567	9	240.00–250.00	$248.83	$1,411	+3.83
665	665	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,396	—
730	730	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,533	+4.00
935 value added	935	25	186.00	$186.00	$1,739	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	225.00	$225.00	$585	—
300	300	1	135.00	$135.00	$405	—
437	437	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,136	—
490	490	1	145.00	$145.00	$710	-106.00
547	547	10	250.00	$250.00	$1,368	—
648	648	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,497	—
690	690	2	127.50	$127.50	$880	-91.50
903	903	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,309	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	226.00	$226.00	$881	—
445	445	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,001	—
545	545	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,172	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	315	2	125.00–135.00	$130.08	$410	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
527	527	3	282.00	$282.00	$1,486	+26.00
669	669	5	244.00	$244.00	$1,632	—
835	835	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,503	-15.00
950	950	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,796	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	286.00	$286.00	$1,115	-38.00
538	538	3	283.00	$283.00	$1,523	+45.00
735	735	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,250	—
850	850	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,148	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	180.00	$180.00	$540	—
700	700	1	125.00	$125.00	$875	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	216.00	$216.00	$918	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,225	—

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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.