Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, February 18, 2025

349 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $261.69/cwt ≈ $1,641/hd at 627 lb · 48 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $268.73/cwt +21.23 vs last sale · ≈ $2,048/hd at 762 lb · 41 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $319.00/cwt ≈ $2,061/hd at 646 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	349	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	6	355.00	$355.00	$1,590	—
480	480	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,560	-45.00
563	563	17	305.00	$305.00	$1,717	-5.00
606	606	5	319.00	$319.00	$1,933	—
648	648	8	270.00	$270.00	$1,750	—
674–686	677	30	266.00–308.00	$298.07	$2,018	—
735	735	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,948	—
748 value added	748	5	271.00	$271.00	$2,027	—
760	760	13	266.00	$266.00	$2,022	+18.50
760–764	763	28	270.00	$270.00	$2,060	+22.50
871 value added	871	13	240.00	$240.00	$2,090	—
913 value added	913	2	235.00	$235.00	$2,146	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558	558	11	330.00	$330.00	$1,841	—
646	646	40	319.00	$319.00	$2,061	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	265.00	$265.00	$861	—
456–480	459	8	250.00–340.00	$328.24	$1,507	+37.29
573	573	5	294.00	$294.00	$1,685	—
765	765	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,989	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,188	—
495	495	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,188	-10.00
522	522	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,279	+20.00
760	760	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,672	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	265.00	$265.00	$782	—
420	420	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,029	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	2	255.00	$255.00	$900	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,083	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,015	—
488	488	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,391	—
521	521	6	276.00	$276.00	$1,438	—
567	567	9	264.00	$264.00	$1,497	+3.00
625	625	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,506	—
607–643	627	47	261.00–263.00	$262.13	$1,644	—
658	658	8	246.00	$246.00	$1,619	+6.00
740 value added	740	12	240.00	$240.00	$1,776	—
743	743	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,672	—
897 value added	897	3	216.00	$216.00	$1,938	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
517	517	6	270.00	$270.00	$1,396	—
593	593	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,482	—
679	679	6	245.00	$245.00	$1,664	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	100.00	$100.00	$430	—
465	465	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,302	—
520–528	525	3	250.00–256.00	$254.02	$1,334	-0.98
630	630	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,518	—
733	733	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,693	—
1040	1040	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,456	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,049	-7.50
630	630	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,292	—
710	710	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,100	-42.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	225.00	$225.00	$574	—
415–420	418	2	230.00–235.00	$232.49	$972	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	235.00	$235.00	$799	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
543	543	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,385	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,078	—
730	730	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,278	—
810	810	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,296	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	245.00	$245.00	$894	—
635	635	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,334	—

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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.