Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 25, 2025

220 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $346.03/cwt +23.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,879/hd at 543 lb · 28 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $290.00/cwt -10.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,636/hd at 564 lb · 21 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $281.00/cwt ≈ $1,720/hd at 612 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	220	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	327.50	$327.50	$1,212	—
410	410	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,414	-33.31
466	466	13	350.00	$350.00	$1,631	—
519–548	543	28	295.00–355.00	$346.03	$1,879	+23.03
640	640	9	302.00	$302.00	$1,933	—
756–765	758	6	261.00–274.00	$271.81	$2,060	—
870	870	2	235.00	$235.00	$2,044	+14.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	390.00	$390.00	$1,346	—
350	350	1	225.00	$225.00	$788	-180.00
444	444	5	340.00	$340.00	$1,510	-50.00
525	525	3	318.00	$318.00	$1,670	—
622	622	3	318.00	$318.00	$1,978	—
657	657	3	296.00	$296.00	$1,945	+15.00
780	780	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,958	—
945	945	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,890	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513 value added	513	4	348.00	$348.00	$1,785	—
730 value added	730	6	286.00	$286.00	$2,088	—
793	793	3	270.00	$270.00	$2,141	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,184	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	145.00	$145.00	$587	-70.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
242	242	3	325.00	$325.00	$786	—
385	385	2	314.00	$314.00	$1,209	—
474–475	474	11	265.00–314.00	$305.08	$1,446	-15.92
510	510	1	296.00	$296.00	$1,510	—
513	513	2	309.00	$309.00	$1,585	—
564	564	21	290.00	$290.00	$1,636	-10.00
648	648	11	269.00	$269.00	$1,743	+29.00
742 value added	742	14	247.00	$247.00	$1,833	—
750	750	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,688	—
870	870	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,522	-19.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612	612	21	281.00	$281.00	$1,720	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,474	-6.00
537	537	6	293.00	$293.00	$1,573	-2.00
595	595	1	155.00	$155.00	$922	—
640	640	1	247.00	$247.00	$1,581	—
690	690	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,704	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	220.00	$220.00	$990	—
590	590	4	215.00	$215.00	$1,268	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
816	816	4	201.00	$201.00	$1,640	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,086	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,219	—
425	425	3	355.00	$355.00	$1,509	-2.50
565	565	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,695	—
620	620	1	252.00	$252.00	$1,562	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
643	643	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,608	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,282	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	275.00	$275.00	$852	—

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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.