Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 18, 2025

89 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $302.67/cwt +92.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,668/hd at 551 lb · 12 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $265.45/cwt ≈ $1,709/hd at 644 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	89	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–415	410	3	375.00–380.00	$378.31	$1,551	—
530–540	535	2	323.00	$323.00	$1,728	—
665	665	3	311.00	$311.00	$2,068	+45.36
725	725	1	259.00	$259.00	$1,878	-6.00
821 value added	821	4	252.00	$252.00	$2,069	—
850	850	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,878	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,551	—
435	435	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,696	—
675	675	1	281.00	$281.00	$1,897	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,639	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	215.00	$215.00	$914	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	255.00	$255.00	$586	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	321.00	$321.00	$1,509	+60.51
572	572	3	300.00	$300.00	$1,716	+43.33
620	620	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,488	—
646 value added	646	10	268.00	$268.00	$1,731	—
675–698	690	3	200.00–250.00	$233.70	$1,613	-19.30
730	730	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,606	+15.00
821 value added	821	5	237.00	$237.00	$1,946	—
855	855	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,659	-27.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459	459	4	321.00	$321.00	$1,473	+99.65
540	540	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,593	—
714	714	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,821	—
885	885	3	218.00	$218.00	$1,929	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–552 value added	551	12	301.00–305.00	$302.67	$1,668	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550 value added	550	5	306.00	$306.00	$1,683	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,038	—
515	515	1	190.00	$190.00	$978	-50.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	3	357.50	$357.50	$1,519	+112.50
658	658	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,645	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	346.00	$346.00	$1,678	—

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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.