Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, November 7, 2020

796 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $148.65/cwt +3.29 vs last sale · ≈ $842/hd at 566 lb · 95 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.67/cwt +5.23 vs last sale · ≈ $607/hd at 487 lb · 87 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $121.08/cwt +4.34 vs last sale · ≈ $688/hd at 568 lb · 62 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	796	386	0
Feeder cattle	796	386	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 347, Heifers 319, Bulls 130) 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	Δ last sale
390	390	1	152.00	$152.00	$593	-8.00
432	432	8	151.00	$151.00	$652	-5.00
478	478	21	160.00	$160.00	$765	+6.60
530	530	1	137.00	$137.00	$726	±0.00
551–574	565	76	146.00–154.00	$148.81	$841	+3.45
572 value added	572	19	148.00	$148.00	$847	—
644–646	646	47	125.00–132.50	$126.59	$818	+6.59
653	653	3	120.00	$120.00	$784	-8.00
662 value added	662	23	128.25	$128.25	$849	—
732 value added	732	9	123.00	$123.00	$900	—
752	752	6	118.00	$118.00	$887	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469	469	7	135.00	$135.00	$633	—
573	573	6	148.00	$148.00	$848	—
638 value added	638	29	128.00	$128.00	$817	—
677 value added	677	16	120.00	$120.00	$812	—
871 value added	871	12	121.00	$121.00	$1,054	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	138.00	$138.00	$524	-24.00
426	426	8	149.00	$149.00	$635	-1.28
494	494	17	141.00	$141.00	$697	-0.28
567 value added	567	17	135.00	$135.00	$765	—
574	574	11	137.00	$137.00	$786	+7.00
650–670	663	3	117.00–127.00	$123.73	$820	—
750	750	1	114.00	$114.00	$855	—
836	836	3	116.00	$116.00	$970	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	5	132.00	$132.00	$492	+4.09
422	422	20	122.00	$122.00	$515	-5.00
472–494	487	87	124.00–126.00	$124.67	$607	+5.23
518	518	9	125.50	$125.50	$650	+9.79
560–571	568	62	113.50–122.00	$121.08	$688	+4.34
620	620	1	105.00	$105.00	$651	-8.50
656 value added	656	7	114.00	$114.00	$748	—
662	662	10	109.50	$109.50	$725	±0.00
765	765	1	111.00	$111.00	$849	—
815	815	6	107.00	$107.00	$872	+6.00
920	920	5	105.00	$105.00	$966	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	6	122.00	$122.00	$597	—
544 value added	544	25	123.00	$123.00	$669	—
614 value added	614	10	117.50	$117.50	$721	—
761	761	13	114.50	$114.50	$871	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	5	136.00	$136.00	$445	+2.00
385	385	8	121.00	$121.00	$466	-7.00
429	429	11	115.00	$115.00	$493	-2.51
490	490	1	110.50	$110.50	$541	-8.25
541	541	3	113.50	$113.50	$614	—
564	564	14	118.75	$118.75	$670	+7.75
645–648	648	10	104.00–110.50	$109.85	$712	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	2	165.00	$165.00	$515	±0.00
370–396	391	5	149.00	$149.00	$583	-16.00
422	422	12	145.00	$145.00	$612	-7.56
491	491	21	132.00	$132.00	$648	+5.00
510–545	542	10	128.00–135.00	$134.34	$728	—
567	567	8	135.50	$135.50	$768	-0.50
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	—
660–675	661	16	114.00–117.00	$116.81	$772	+1.81
735	735	1	101.00	$101.00	$742	-9.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–325	312	3	127.00–152.00	$135.61	$423	-25.39
390	390	2	141.00	$141.00	$550	—
419	419	5	140.50	$140.50	$589	-10.50
489–490	489	14	126.00–131.00	$130.28	$637	-5.22
575	575	11	127.00	$127.00	$730	-0.84
652	652	9	114.00	$114.00	$743	—
751	751	8	106.00	$106.00	$796	—

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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.