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Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, March 6, 2021

829 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $132.57/cwt +9.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,015/hd at 766 lb · 70 head
light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $133.00/cwt ≈ $986/hd at 741 lb · 70 head
light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $108.46/cwt -2.54 vs last sale · ≈ $804/hd at 742 lb · 39 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 829 478 755
Feeder cattle 829 478 755

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 447, Heifers 256, Bulls 126) 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 $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
390 390 1 166.00 $166.00 $647 —
425–445 442 7 160.00–170.00 $168.63 $745 —
500–544 520 20 156.50–168.50 $164.37 $855 +12.37
565–570 568 21 158.00–165.00 $162.09 $921 +13.59
637 value added 637 20 155.00 $155.00 $987 +13.00
655–685 657 14 142.50–150.25 $149.67 $983 +14.67
650–683 value added 665 11 150.00–155.00 $152.67 $1,015 +21.08
711 value added 711 19 139.00 $139.00 $988 —
725–748 740 20 132.00–139.00 $134.40 $995 +16.40
761–771 value added 766 70 130.50–134.50 $132.57 $1,015 +8.32
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
569 value added 569 31 165.00 $165.00 $939 +22.50
630 value added 630 30 153.50 $153.50 $967 —
676 value added 676 10 151.00 $151.00 $1,021 —
741 value added 741 70 133.00 $133.00 $986 —
852 value added 852 18 121.50 $121.50 $1,035 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
387 387 2 166.00 $166.00 $642 +16.00
440–445 441 4 160.00–165.00 $163.74 $722 +4.74
450–493 489 12 160.00–167.00 $166.46 $814 +12.96
520 value added 520 6 146.00 $146.00 $759 —
570–591 587 10 145.00–160.00 $157.09 $922 +12.09
632 value added 632 4 147.00 $147.00 $929 —
660–664 663 7 139.00–149.00 $146.16 $969 +11.16
785 785 1 115.00 $115.00 $903 +3.00
829 829 20 122.50 $122.50 $1,016 —
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
770 value added 770 13 97.00 $97.00 $747 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
555 value added 555 6 139.00 $139.00 $771 —

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
387 387 7 134.00 $134.00 $519 -4.00
434–437 434 13 133.00–135.00 $133.31 $579 +7.82
497 497 16 131.50 $131.50 $654 +10.55
517–545 526 3 120.00–129.00 $125.89 $662 —
570 570 21 123.00 $123.00 $701 +8.00
601 value added 601 12 119.50 $119.50 $718 —
655 655 16 114.50 $114.50 $750 —
682 value added 682 9 117.00 $117.00 $798 —
735–743 value added 739 24 110.00 $110.00 $813 —
746 746 15 106.00 $106.00 $791 -5.00
847 847 2 96.00 $96.00 $813 —
879 value added 879 5 95.00 $95.00 $835 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
345 345 1 138.00 $138.00 $476 -2.00
370–390 387 8 129.00–137.00 $135.05 $523 +22.55
415–427 423 3 121.00–140.00 $127.21 $538 +9.21
472–492 490 24 129.00–131.50 $131.30 $643 +7.80
542 542 23 127.00 $127.00 $688 +18.00
645–648 647 5 107.00–116.00 $110.59 $716 +1.57
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
532 value added 532 18 131.50 $131.50 $700 +12.75
664 value added 664 20 115.00 $115.00 $764 —
824 value added 824 11 109.00 $109.00 $898 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
370 370 1 171.00 $171.00 $633 +15.00
442 442 7 150.00 $150.00 $663 -7.00
488 488 19 158.00 $158.00 $771 +9.90
535–546 545 11 139.50–140.50 $139.59 $761 —
572 572 12 137.50 $137.50 $786 +6.24
630 630 1 124.00 $124.00 $781 —
661 661 20 131.50 $131.50 $869 +10.78
756 756 10 118.00 $118.00 $892 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
350–398 386 4 151.00–169.00 $164.92 $637 —
431 431 4 150.00 $150.00 $646 -7.05
455–493 491 16 148.00–157.00 $156.48 $768 +11.48
575 575 13 133.00 $133.00 $765 ±0.00
640 640 5 127.00 $127.00 $813 ±0.00
698 698 3 122.00 $122.00 $852 —

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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.