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Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, October 10, 2020

502 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.97/cwt ≈ $584/hd at 487 lb · 43 head
heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $131.00/cwt ≈ $1,140/hd at 870 lb · 32 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $120.21/cwt ≈ $677/hd at 563 lb · 29 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 502 812 635
Feeder cattle 502 — 635

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 218, Heifers 198, Bulls 86) Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
380 380 3 150.00 $150.00 $570
445 445 3 161.00 $161.00 $716
476–496 490 18 149.00–165.00 $153.31 $751
528 value added 528 3 154.00 $154.00 $813
566 566 27 153.00 $153.00 $866
635 635 1 127.00 $127.00 $806
662 662 11 138.00 $138.00 $914
721 721 4 123.00 $123.00 $887
775 value added 775 20 131.00 $131.00 $1,015
780 780 1 118.00 $118.00 $920
870 value added 870 32 131.00 $131.00 $1,140
970 value added 970 24 127.50 $127.50 $1,237
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
389 389 5 158.00 $158.00 $615
435 435 4 161.00 $161.00 $700
454–483 472 13 141.00–160.00 $148.03 $699
500 500 1 127.00 $127.00 $635
575–598 594 6 136.00–144.00 $142.71 $848
605 value added 605 4 140.00 $140.00 $847
667 667 4 130.50 $130.50 $870
706 value added 706 8 128.00 $128.00 $904
771 value added 771 6 121.00 $121.00 $933
795 795 1 121.00 $121.00 $962
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
587 587 11 150.50 $150.50 $883
610 610 8 134.00 $134.00 $817

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
329 329 5 134.00 $134.00 $441
371 371 3 131.00 $131.00 $486
427–428 428 20 123.00–130.00 $127.55 $546
456–492 487 43 105.00–122.00 $119.97 $584
500–537 525 3 112.00–118.00 $113.91 $598
550–563 563 29 112.00–120.50 $120.21 $677
613 value added 613 7 122.00 $122.00 $748
655–662 657 14 116.50–117.00 $116.61 $766
710 710 1 116.00 $116.00 $824
830 830 1 110.00 $110.00 $913
890 890 1 110.00 $110.00 $979
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
320–338 334 5 124.00–133.00 $131.28 $438
390 390 5 130.00 $130.00 $507
431 431 4 117.00 $117.00 $504
488 488 14 111.00 $111.00 $542
553–585 556 11 108.00–112.00 $111.62 $621
630 630 1 116.00 $116.00 $731
656 656 3 114.00 $114.00 $748
765 765 7 114.00 $114.00 $872
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
539 value added 539 7 111.00 $111.00 $598
642 642 6 114.00 $114.00 $732
731 731 8 115.50 $115.50 $844

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
340 340 1 160.00 $160.00 $544
355 355 1 168.00 $168.00 $596
420–430 429 7 145.00–162.00 $159.62 $685
487 487 16 139.00 $139.00 $677
543 543 3 125.00 $125.00 $679
570 570 13 132.00 $132.00 $752
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
387 387 2 158.00 $158.00 $611
410–435 423 4 151.00–165.00 $158.21 $669
486 486 7 134.00 $134.00 $651
555–558 557 8 114.00–127.00 $123.76 $689
657 657 7 120.00 $120.00 $788
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
732 732 12 114.50 $114.50 $838
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
494 494 5 132.00 $132.00 $652

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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.