Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, February 4, 2025

546 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $289.06/cwt +4.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,919/hd at 664 lb · 42 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $259.22/cwt +6.93 vs last sale · ≈ $2,009/hd at 775 lb · 36 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $266.00/cwt -8.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,503/hd at 565 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	546	354	444
Feeder cattle	546	354	444

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 303, Heifers 213, Bulls 30) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated Natural cattle are Vaccinated, mostly Weaned

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,435	±0.00
466	466	12	365.00	$365.00	$1,701	-10.00
495	495	5	380.00	$380.00	$1,881	—
563	563	22	325.00	$325.00	$1,830	+7.10
602–608	605	22	310.00–315.00	$312.26	$1,889	+112.26
650–662	662	27	285.00–286.00	$285.96	$1,893	+3.63
658–673	665	9	292.00–300.00	$296.40	$1,971	+14.07
670 value added	670	6	292.00	$292.00	$1,956	±0.00
709	709	9	268.00	$268.00	$1,900	—
752–765	753	14	255.00–265.00	$264.27	$1,990	+11.27
789 value added	789	22	256.00	$256.00	$2,020	—
802	802	19	252.00	$252.00	$2,021	—
857–871	864	10	241.00–245.00	$243.02	$2,100	+13.02
922 value added	922	5	235.00	$235.00	$2,167	—
940	940	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,880	—
954 value added	954	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,908	—
1290	1290	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,064	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545 value added	545	6	345.00	$345.00	$1,880	—
560	560	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,400	-72.20
603 value added	603	20	325.00	$325.00	$1,960	—
665 value added	665	23	307.00	$307.00	$2,042	—
726	726	8	274.00	$274.00	$1,989	+1.70
776 value added	776	6	246.00	$246.00	$1,909	—
915	915	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,922	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	3	355.00	$355.00	$1,537	+30.00
485	485	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,479	—
548	548	7	305.00	$305.00	$1,671	—
650	650	8	285.00	$285.00	$1,852	—
668 value added	668	2	293.00	$293.00	$1,957	—
736	736	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,914	—
790 value added	790	5	235.00	$235.00	$1,856	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	245.00	$245.00	$894	—
490	490	1	190.00	$190.00	$931	—
515	515	1	160.00	$160.00	$824	-105.00
613	613	2	157.50	$157.50	$965	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,256	—
633	633	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,329	-45.00
760	760	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,729	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	3	295.00	$295.00	$732	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,690	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	235.00	$235.00	$458	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	280.00	$280.00	$952	—
423–430	425	3	270.00–280.00	$276.63	$1,176	—
485–493	491	5	265.00–280.00	$277.04	$1,360	-4.53
525–545	537	3	200.00–255.00	$234.75	$1,261	-35.25
565	565	24	266.00	$266.00	$1,503	-8.14
600	600	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,125	—
630	630	4	256.00	$256.00	$1,613	+10.21
650	650	20	252.00	$252.00	$1,638	—
684	684	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,642	—
758	758	10	225.00	$225.00	$1,706	—
846	846	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,565	-10.00
915	915	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,624	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537 value added	537	5	212.50	$212.50	$1,141	—
544	544	4	272.00	$272.00	$1,480	—
594	594	21	295.00	$295.00	$1,752	—
672 value added	672	11	200.00	$200.00	$1,344	—
708–720 value added	713	8	220.00–221.00	$220.38	$1,571	—
761 value added	761	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,674	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,092	—
400–424	419	5	175.00–280.00	$259.96	$1,089	-15.04
442–445 value added	443	7	190.00–235.00	$222.08	$984	—
478	478	7	280.00	$280.00	$1,338	+10.00
525–543	541	8	250.00–260.00	$258.79	$1,400	+78.79
645	645	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,484	—
658	658	3	243.00	$243.00	$1,599	—
720–749	746	9	208.00–225.00	$223.18	$1,665	—
762 value added	762	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,676	—
815	815	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,610	—
930	930	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,604	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490 value added	490	7	187.50	$187.50	$919	—
578 value added	578	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,040	—
663	663	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,658	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	165.00	$165.00	$676	-55.00
500	500	1	185.00	$185.00	$925	—
615	615	1	120.00	$120.00	$738	-60.00
690	690	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,380	+22.50
763	763	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,526	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	2	195.00	$195.00	$874	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	125.00	$125.00	$369	—
615	615	1	110.00	$110.00	$676	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	235.00	$235.00	$764	—
455	455	5	335.00	$335.00	$1,524	-16.00
500–538	533	7	280.00–290.00	$281.34	$1,500	—
655–665	658	4	180.00–242.00	$226.32	$1,489	-14.68
750	750	1	234.00	$234.00	$1,755	—
850	850	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,828	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	250.00	$250.00	$862	—
495	495	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,238	-25.00
597	597	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,439	—
1048	1048	2	147.50	$147.50	$1,546	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,080	—
665	665	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,130	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,524	—

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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.