Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, December 17, 2024

184 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $321.71/cwt +9.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,695/hd at 527 lb · 55 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $259.11/cwt +10.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,454/hd at 561 lb · 37 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $266.00/cwt +6.78 vs last sale · ≈ $1,250/hd at 470 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	184	258	178
Feeder cattle	184	258	178

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 79, Heifers 76, Bulls 29) 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
380	380	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,178	—
400	400	2	316.00	$316.00	$1,264	—
443	443	3	317.00	$317.00	$1,404	—
508–543	524	45	324.00–325.00	$324.54	$1,701	+12.54
540	540	10	309.00	$309.00	$1,669	-3.00
648	648	5	282.00	$282.00	$1,827	—
658	658	11	287.00	$287.00	$1,888	+16.00
820	820	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,771	-6.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	1	204.00	$204.00	$1,622	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	267.00	$267.00	$828	—
370	370	1	230.00	$230.00	$851	—
381	381	5	269.00	$269.00	$1,025	—
420	420	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,008	-15.00
466	466	5	266.00	$266.00	$1,240	+6.78
473	473	7	266.00	$266.00	$1,258	+6.78
561	561	7	251.00	$251.00	$1,408	+2.17
561	561	30	261.00	$261.00	$1,464	+12.17
637	637	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,535	—
865	865	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,600	—
928	928	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,856	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	125.00	$125.00	$288	—
528	528	3	192.50	$192.50	$1,016	—
805	805	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,368	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568 value added	568	3	254.00	$254.00	$1,443	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,469	+4.00
720	720	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,541	—
820	820	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,599	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,197	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	105.00	$105.00	$630	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
641	641	9	230.00	$230.00	$1,474	—
751	751	4	209.00	$209.00	$1,570	—
815	815	3	161.00	$161.00	$1,312	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	2	271.00	$271.00	$1,580	—
980	980	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,176	—
1030	1030	2	101.00	$101.00	$1,040	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	2	292.00	$292.00	$1,372	—
570	570	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,596	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	170.00	$170.00	$858	—
560	560	1	170.00	$170.00	$952	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905	905	1	100.00	$100.00	$905	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	75.00	$75.00	$488	—

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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.