Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, November 21, 2020

399 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $147.75/cwt +7.05 vs last sale · ≈ $845/hd at 572 lb · 37 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $130.95/cwt -2.05 vs last sale · ≈ $758/hd at 579 lb · 29 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $130.58/cwt ≈ $1,057/hd at 810 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	399	359	0
Feeder cattle	399	359	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 142, Heifers 144, Bulls 113) 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	162.50	$162.50	$634	+9.50
434	434	5	154.00	$154.00	$668	+0.58
497	497	7	157.00	$157.00	$780	-2.00
571 value added	571	4	154.00	$154.00	$879	—
555–573	572	33	136.00–148.50	$146.99	$841	+6.29
650	650	15	130.00	$130.00	$845	-2.00
716 value added	716	13	132.00	$132.00	$945	—
809 value added	809	25	131.00	$131.00	$1,060	—
830	830	1	120.00	$120.00	$996	—
1178 value added	1178	6	116.00	$116.00	$1,366	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	1	170.00	$170.00	$518	+11.00
378	378	4	160.00	$160.00	$605	+10.00
420	420	4	151.00	$151.00	$634	+7.55
497	497	5	149.00	$149.00	$741	-7.76
578	578	5	139.00	$139.00	$803	+2.00
615	615	1	124.00	$124.00	$763	-4.00
661	661	3	122.00	$122.00	$806	—
735	735	2	121.00	$121.00	$889	—
865	865	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,038	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	4	138.50	$138.50	$820	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
795	795	2	124.00	$124.00	$986	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–320	318	6	129.00–139.50	$137.80	$438	+4.00
376	376	4	134.00	$134.00	$504	+10.41
424–425	424	12	126.00–131.50	$131.04	$556	+11.12
488	488	13	127.00	$127.00	$620	+4.00
570–590	581	20	114.00–120.00	$119.48	$694	-3.56
640–645	641	8	109.00	$109.00	$699	+3.00
851	851	4	111.00	$111.00	$945	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	11	136.00	$136.00	$453	+2.93
374–395	378	6	122.00–132.00	$130.26	$492	+2.26
416–425	418	6	120.00–130.00	$128.30	$536	+10.65
494	494	15	126.00	$126.00	$622	+4.44
576	576	7	118.00	$118.00	$680	+3.00
603–630	606	9	114.00–121.50	$120.63	$731	—
650	650	8	115.00	$115.00	$748	—
715	715	1	114.00	$114.00	$815	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
582 value added	582	2	122.00	$122.00	$710	—
680 value added	680	9	120.00	$120.00	$816	—
718	718	3	115.00	$115.00	$826	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	165.00	$165.00	$528	—
371	371	3	161.00	$161.00	$597	+5.00
455–490	488	15	142.00–149.00	$142.44	$695	-2.56
565–598	579	29	122.00–132.00	$130.95	$758	-2.05
647	647	2	112.00	$112.00	$725	—
662	662	5	120.50	$120.50	$798	-3.50
720	720	5	114.00	$114.00	$821	-5.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
647	647	14	116.50	$116.50	$754	—
742	742	12	114.50	$114.50	$850	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	166.00	$166.00	$556	—
383–395	384	9	149.00–158.00	$156.97	$603	+4.97
424	424	7	149.50	$149.50	$634	+10.50
480–490	485	2	115.00–136.00	$125.61	$609	-14.39
570	570	3	127.00	$127.00	$724	—
655–695	675	2	109.00–122.00	$115.31	$778	—

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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.