Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 15, 2025

477 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $315.81/cwt ≈ $2,012/hd at 637 lb · 31 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $303.00/cwt +3.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,654/hd at 546 lb · 25 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $244.80/cwt ≈ $2,289/hd at 935 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	477	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,328	—
377	377	5	390.00	$390.00	$1,470	+15.00
475	475	17	380.00	$380.00	$1,805	-1.00
535	535	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,605	-10.00
563	563	22	350.50	$350.50	$1,973	+0.50
649	649	19	317.00	$317.00	$2,057	+17.00
695	695	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,911	—
725	725	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,994	—
798 value added	798	5	270.00	$270.00	$2,155	—
820	820	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,050	—
831 value added	831	6	266.00	$266.00	$2,210	—
912	912	5	244.00	$244.00	$2,225	—
941 value added	941	20	245.00	$245.00	$2,305	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515 value added	515	3	305.00	$305.00	$1,571	—
627	627	5	320.00	$320.00	$2,006	—
639 value added	639	26	315.00	$315.00	$2,013	—
692 value added	692	10	315.00	$315.00	$2,180	—
735	735	10	290.00	$290.00	$2,132	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–348	337	3	240.00–305.00	$260.25	$877	—
390–395	392	3	260.00–375.00	$336.34	$1,318	—
445	445	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,202	—
455	455	4	350.00	$350.00	$1,592	+15.00
500–540	520	2	265.00–350.00	$305.87	$1,591	-19.13
558	558	6	325.00	$325.00	$1,814	—
660	660	2	305.00	$305.00	$2,013	+20.00
787	787	3	272.50	$272.50	$2,145	—
880 value added	880	2	235.00	$235.00	$2,068	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,121	—
450–463	459	3	245.00–300.00	$282.01	$1,294	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	12	315.00	$315.00	$1,342	+15.00
465–478	477	21	305.00–307.00	$305.09	$1,455	+5.09
546	546	25	303.00	$303.00	$1,654	+3.00
625–639	636	5	215.00–274.00	$262.41	$1,669	-12.59
733	733	2	241.00	$241.00	$1,767	—
759 value added	759	4	258.00	$258.00	$1,958	—
855 value added	855	18	246.50	$246.50	$2,108	—
870	870	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,914	—
937–947 value added	944	22	230.00–246.50	$242.03	$2,285	—
958 value added	958	22	246.50	$246.50	$2,361	—
970	970	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,746	—
1026–1038 value added	1031	31	239.00	$239.00	$2,464	—
1142 value added	1142	7	229.00	$229.00	$2,615	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	235.00	$235.00	$799	—
440	440	4	311.00	$311.00	$1,368	+11.00
470–481	480	9	296.00–305.00	$304.02	$1,459	—
510–542	536	11	225.00–307.00	$292.82	$1,570	—
611	611	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,680	±0.00
660	660	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,386	—
725	725	4	239.00	$239.00	$1,733	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	3	322.00	$322.00	$1,175	—
673	673	4	283.00	$283.00	$1,905	—
713 value added	713	5	257.00	$257.00	$1,832	—
748	748	5	247.00	$247.00	$1,848	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,058	-2.50
453	453	6	282.50	$282.50	$1,280	—
538	538	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,372	+25.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,312	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	245.00	$245.00	$662	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,333	-30.00

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,034	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,444	—
480	480	4	340.00	$340.00	$1,632	±0.00
563	563	14	322.00	$322.00	$1,813	—
615	615	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,660	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	4	375.00	$375.00	$1,391	—
437	437	3	333.00	$333.00	$1,455	—
556–585	562	5	265.00–290.00	$284.79	$1,601	—
718	718	2	263.00	$263.00	$1,888	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,270	—
475	475	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,045	—
532	532	3	295.00	$295.00	$1,569	—
585	585	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,433	—
655	655	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,376	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
631	631	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,830	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,223	—
580	580	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,682	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,141	—

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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.