Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, October 28, 2025

225 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 2-3 steers $335.00/cwt ≈ $2,275/hd at 679 lb · 22 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $272.50/cwt ≈ $2,117/hd at 777 lb · 16 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $378.00/cwt -42.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,079/hd at 550 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	225	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,560	—
463	463	5	398.00	$398.00	$1,843	-19.77
515	515	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,983	—
550	550	15	378.00	$378.00	$2,079	-42.00
610	610	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,074	-29.37
664–695	669	6	320.00–365.00	$357.21	$2,390	-19.79
715–740	728	2	310.00–315.00	$312.46	$2,275	-17.54
758 value added	758	4	350.00	$350.00	$2,653	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
679 value added	679	22	335.00	$335.00	$2,275	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	280.00	$280.00	$588	—
395	395	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,481	-10.00
440	440	3	380.00	$380.00	$1,672	—
565	565	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,119	-30.00
605	605	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,361	-115.00
619	619	8	370.00	$370.00	$2,290	+30.00
650	650	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,982	-45.00

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571 value added	571	13	350.00	$350.00	$1,998	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675 value added	675	4	350.00	$350.00	$2,362	—
786 value added	786	7	350.00	$350.00	$2,751	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
508 value added	508	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,041	—
635 value added	635	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,651	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–447	435	4	275.00–320.00	$309.66	$1,347	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	210.00	$210.00	$934	—
495	495	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,510	+87.62
660	660	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,947	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,574	-6.26
566	566	10	325.00	$325.00	$1,840	-11.00
655–656	656	13	285.00–300.00	$298.85	$1,960	-33.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,400	+12.49
661	661	7	309.00	$309.00	$2,042	—
777 value added	777	16	272.50	$272.50	$2,117	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	260.00	$260.00	$975	-60.00
450	450	1	160.00	$160.00	$720	—
584	584	4	315.00	$315.00	$1,840	-14.00
786 value added	786	6	271.00	$271.00	$2,130	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
549	549	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,784	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	250.00	$250.00	$688	—
345	345	1	270.00	$270.00	$932	—
465	465	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,232	+23.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,444	—
705	705	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,692	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,298	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–290	278	2	270.00	$270.00	$751	—
315	315	1	290.00	$290.00	$914	—
400–405	403	2	255.00–260.00	$257.48	$1,038	—
465	465	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,232	—
765	765	5	202.50	$202.50	$1,549	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–485	475	2	225.00–350.00	$288.82	$1,372	-111.18
532	532	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,649	—
590	590	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,770	-40.00
740	740	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,961	-30.00
960	960	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,584	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,068	-50.00
548	548	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,315	+10.00
675	675	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,451	+25.00
725	725	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,341	—
783	783	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,488	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,808	-20.00
785	785	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,374	—
870	870	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,544	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	5	312.50	$312.50	$2,000	-25.50

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	180.00	$180.00	$927	—

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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.