Virginia Cattle Company Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, March 3, 2026

281 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $352.00/cwt +6.00 vs last sale · ≈ $3,048/hd at 866 lb · 27 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $319.08/cwt +14.08 vs last sale · ≈ $2,617/hd at 820 lb · 25 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $405.00/cwt -24.29 vs last sale · ≈ $2,252/hd at 556 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	281	271	398
Feeder cattle	281	271	398

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128, Heifers 120, Bulls 33) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

→ Feeder cattle: State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 128
→ Feeder heifers: Heifers 120

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,900	-25.00
430	430	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,914	—
466–495	471	6	450.00–492.50	$485.05	$2,285	-14.95
540	540	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,268	—
551	551	11	472.50	$472.50	$2,603	+2.50
572 value added	572	3	480.00	$480.00	$2,746	—
648	648	11	422.50	$422.50	$2,738	—
754	754	7	375.00	$375.00	$2,828	+10.00
757 value added	757	11	385.00	$385.00	$2,914	-5.00
866 value added	866	27	352.00	$352.00	$3,048	+6.00
910	910	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,776	-20.00
993 value added	993	2	300.00	$300.00	$2,979	—
1032	1032	3	297.50	$297.50	$3,070	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,659	-105.00
484	484	4	430.00	$430.00	$2,081	—
547	547	5	450.00	$450.00	$2,462	—
567 value added	567	3	480.00	$480.00	$2,722	—
678	678	3	365.00	$365.00	$2,475	—
740	740	3	350.00	$350.00	$2,590	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700 value added	700	6	375.00	$375.00	$2,625	—
774 value added	774	4	375.00	$375.00	$2,902	—
884 value added	884	5	300.00	$300.00	$2,652	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,346	—
455	455	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,934	—
590	590	1	395.00	$395.00	$2,330	—
750	750	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,475	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,616	—
653	653	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,090	-45.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	2	410.00	$410.00	$1,570	-45.00
423	423	2	410.00	$410.00	$1,734	—
450–495	486	5	360.00–402.50	$394.63	$1,918	-0.13
535	535	2	310.00–355.00	$332.50	$1,779	—
556	556	19	405.00	$405.00	$2,252	-15.00
628 value added	628	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,104	-77.50
645	645	13	349.00	$349.00	$2,251	-16.01
697–699 value added	699	12	325.00–348.00	$342.26	$2,392	—
748	748	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,506	+15.00
818 value added	818	22	321.00	$321.00	$2,626	—
837	837	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,553	±0.00
933 value added	933	2	285.00	$285.00	$2,659	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,742	—
481	481	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,924	+7.62
535	535	2	385.00	$385.00	$2,060	—
602 value added	602	3	350.00	$350.00	$2,107	—
652	652	3	325.00	$325.00	$2,119	—
738	738	5	325.00	$325.00	$2,398	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,524	-50.00
510	510	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,708	—
550	550	4	390.00	$390.00	$2,145	+50.00
610	610	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,830	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,809	—
1078	1078	2	205.00	$205.00	$2,210	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,972	—
648	648	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,041	—
780	780	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,145	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	4	435.00	$435.00	$1,583	—
460	460	6	440.00	$440.00	$2,024	—
567	567	5	415.00	$415.00	$2,353	—
630	630	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,205	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
514	514	4	390.00	$390.00	$2,005	—
658	658	4	373.00	$373.00	$2,454	—
860	860	4	287.50	$287.50	$2,472	—

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	300.00	$300.00	$840	—
445	445	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,958	—
475	475	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,805	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,964	-47.50
710	710	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,166	—

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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.