Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, August 12, 2025

239 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $355.00/cwt +4.84 vs last sale · ≈ $2,315/hd at 652 lb · 26 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $310.00/cwt -4.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,021/hd at 652 lb · 20 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $327.94/cwt -2.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,863/hd at 568 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	239	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	3	385.00	$385.00	$1,867	—
556	556	19	390.00	$390.00	$2,168	+29.80
652	652	26	355.00	$355.00	$2,315	+4.84
750	750	13	337.00	$337.00	$2,528	—
842	842	3	306.00	$306.00	$2,577	+91.00
874 value added	874	15	322.00	$322.00	$2,814	—
928	928	2	291.00	$291.00	$2,700	—
1080	1080	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,592	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,003	—
378–395	382	4	320.00–397.50	$377.48	$1,442	—
425	425	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,615	—
455	455	3	375.00	$375.00	$1,706	-5.00
525	525	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,496	—
557	557	5	370.00	$370.00	$2,061	-5.00
644	644	4	330.00	$330.00	$2,125	-2.00
743	743	4	330.00	$330.00	$2,452	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
764	764	7	355.00	$355.00	$2,712	—
781 value added	781	5	346.00	$346.00	$2,702	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	331.00	$331.00	$1,324	—
460	460	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,495	+145.00
568	568	2	312.50	$312.50	$1,775	—
630	630	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,764	—
715	715	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,252	+50.00

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,457	-15.00
595	595	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,636	—
695	695	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,154	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,339	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,479	-25.00
555–569	568	19	310.00–330.00	$327.94	$1,863	-2.06
652	652	20	310.00	$310.00	$2,021	-4.00
763	763	5	269.00	$269.00	$2,052	—
845	845	1	247.50	$247.50	$2,091	+2.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452	452	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,424	-35.00
528	528	4	317.50	$317.50	$1,676	—
600–638	629	9	245.00–305.00	$289.48	$1,821	+44.48
725–740	733	2	225.00–240.00	$232.58	$1,705	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	6	341.00	$341.00	$1,893	-3.19
666	666	8	320.00	$320.00	$2,131	±0.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	2	326.00	$326.00	$1,281	—
435	435	5	317.50	$317.50	$1,381	—
545	545	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,553	-2.50
635	635	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,588	+80.00
705	705	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,375	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	2	272.50	$272.50	$1,575	—
750	750	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,312	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,122	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,388	—
560	560	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,876	—
720	720	3	309.00	$309.00	$2,225	—
820	820	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,050	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,235	—
540	540	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,620	—
890	890	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,424	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,536	+65.00
500	500	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,450	—

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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.