Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 4, 2025

396 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $267.58/cwt +22.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,960/hd at 732 lb · 41 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $232.26/cwt ≈ $1,776/hd at 765 lb · 30 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $246.73/cwt -10.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,623/hd at 658 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	396	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,058	—
460	460	15	347.50	$347.50	$1,598	-2.50
547	547	15	316.00	$316.00	$1,729	-4.00
556 value added	556	4	325.00	$325.00	$1,807	—
659	659	6	285.00	$285.00	$1,878	-5.00
655–677 value added	668	10	285.00–290.00	$288.04	$1,924	—
725	725	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,668	-15.00
730–733 value added	731	18	267.00–268.00	$267.17	$1,953	—
723–740	734	22	260.00–275.00	$269.63	$1,979	+24.63
753	753	4	246.00	$246.00	$1,852	—
840 value added	840	14	243.00	$243.00	$2,041	—
931 value added	931	4	214.00	$214.00	$1,992	—
955 value added	955	24	190.00	$190.00	$1,814	—
1205	1205	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,898	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,392	—
547	547	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,696	—
670	670	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,809	—
675 value added	675	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,856	-1.00
1130	1130	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,514	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
624 value added	624	4	281.00	$281.00	$1,753	-24.00
640	640	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,920	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	260.00	$260.00	$949	—
628–630	629	4	237.50–255.00	$250.61	$1,576	—
890	890	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,468	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,246	—
740	740	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,702	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	255.00	$255.00	$931	—
675	675	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,485	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	165.00	$165.00	$536	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	265.00	$265.00	$888	—
370	370	1	255.00	$255.00	$944	—
405	405	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,114	-17.00
485–486	486	14	275.00	$275.00	$1,336	-16.00
548	548	2	212.50	$212.50	$1,164	—
555–575	556	16	264.00–265.00	$264.06	$1,468	-4.94
572 value added	572	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,544	—
610	610	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,464	—
655–656	656	23	240.00–248.00	$246.96	$1,620	-10.04
672 value added	672	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,646	—
721 value added	721	4	234.00	$234.00	$1,687	—
750	750	7	221.00	$221.00	$1,658	—
768–770 value added	769	23	231.00–240.00	$235.69	$1,812	—
815–828 value added	822	6	220.00–221.00	$220.50	$1,813	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	11	270.00	$270.00	$1,304	-15.00
510	510	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,275	—
566–585	568	9	185.00–262.00	$253.19	$1,438	—
636	636	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,558	—
677 value added	677	9	245.00	$245.00	$1,659	—
740	740	2	216.00	$216.00	$1,598	—
880	880	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,593	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,012	-10.00
427	427	8	275.00	$275.00	$1,174	—
566 value added	566	8	270.00	$270.00	$1,528	—
653 value added	653	6	245.00	$245.00	$1,600	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	245.00	$245.00	$858	—
541	541	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,028	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,000	—
670	670	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,340	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,144	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	167.50	$167.50	$712	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,154	+5.00
449	449	7	300.00	$300.00	$1,347	—
539	539	5	292.00	$292.00	$1,574	+3.00
795	795	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,630	—
820	820	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,681	—
865	865	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,600	-19.00
965	965	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,496	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	2	255.00	$255.00	$918	—
443	443	2	195.00	$195.00	$864	—
555	555	2	175.00	$175.00	$971	—
720	720	2	221.00	$221.00	$1,591	—
825	825	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,072	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	300.00	$300.00	$975	—
495	495	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,238	—
545	545	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,417	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
653	653	6	242.00	$242.00	$1,580	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	240.00	$240.00	$924	—
470	470	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,128	—
585	585	1	140.00	$140.00	$819	—

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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.