Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, June 19, 2021

323 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $124.66/cwt -3.83 vs last sale · ≈ $702/hd at 563 lb · 23 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $127.00/cwt +3.84 vs last sale · ≈ $740/hd at 583 lb · 20 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $143.68/cwt -5.22 vs last sale · ≈ $800/hd at 557 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	323	549	303
Feeder cattle	323	549	303

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 152, Bulls 73) 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
400–426	420	4	157.00–160.00	$157.72	$662	+2.72
490	490	8	151.00	$151.00	$740	—
556 value added	556	4	150.00	$150.00	$834	—
557	557	15	140.00–145.00	$142.00	$791	-6.90
655	655	4	137.00	$137.00	$897	+7.00
713 value added	713	9	140.00	$140.00	$998	—
715	715	1	123.00	$123.00	$879	-6.00
762	762	7	130.00	$130.00	$991	—
847	847	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,050	—
902 value added	902	4	124.00	$124.00	$1,118	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–545	534	12	127.00–147.00	$142.32	$760	—
646	646	7	146.50	$146.50	$946	—
755 value added	755	9	122.00	$122.00	$921	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476	476	4	131.00	$131.00	$624	+16.50
580	580	6	140.00	$140.00	$812	+2.56
740	740	2	128.00	$128.00	$947	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	2	139.00	$139.00	$438	—
383	383	7	142.00	$142.00	$544	-3.00
439–441	440	12	134.00–138.00	$136.34	$600	+2.34
478	478	12	139.25	$139.25	$666	—
552–590	563	23	119.00–126.00	$124.66	$702	-2.39
653	653	7	123.00	$123.00	$803	+1.50
730	730	1	118.00	$118.00	$861	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	112.50	$112.50	$377	-36.50
387	387	4	140.00	$140.00	$542	+16.69
448	448	4	128.00	$128.00	$573	-23.52
494	494	11	131.00	$131.00	$647	+5.38
583	583	20	127.00	$127.00	$740	+3.84
640	640	1	120.00	$120.00	$768	—
761	761	7	118.00	$118.00	$898	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
559 value added	559	6	129.00	$129.00	$721	+4.00
606 value added	606	6	123.00	$123.00	$745	—
747 value added	747	2	117.00	$117.00	$874	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565 value added	565	14	121.00	$121.00	$684	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	5	101.00	$101.00	$400	—
549	549	6	117.00	$117.00	$642	—
715	715	1	121.00	$121.00	$865	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	160.00	$160.00	$520	—
385	385	7	157.00	$157.00	$604	-7.91
420–440	427	3	127.00–151.00	$142.75	$610	-9.25
488	488	10	146.00	$146.00	$712	+0.65
574	574	11	135.00	$135.00	$775	+3.89
605–620	613	2	123.00–125.00	$123.99	$760	—
667	667	9	130.50	$130.50	$870	-0.50
750	750	2	107.00	$107.00	$802	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	166.00	$166.00	$556	-1.50
390	390	3	153.00	$153.00	$597	-5.70
410	410	1	116.00	$116.00	$476	-29.07
486	486	6	121.00	$121.00	$588	-10.00
593	593	5	123.00	$123.00	$729	-8.00
662	662	2	124.00	$124.00	$821	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675 value added	675	7	129.50	$129.50	$874	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	91.00	$91.00	$478	—
655	655	1	107.00	$107.00	$701	—

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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.