Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, August 21, 2021

410 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.75/cwt +8.08 vs last sale · ≈ $802/hd at 554 lb · 37 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $157.54/cwt +3.04 vs last sale · ≈ $898/hd at 570 lb · 35 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $138.50/cwt +4.50 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 657 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	410	814	0
Feeder cattle	410	814	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 198, Bulls 80) 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
350	350	1	153.00	$153.00	$536	—
481	481	3	161.00	$161.00	$774	+2.24
500–539	526	9	157.00–165.00	$159.53	$839	—
570 value added	570	27	158.00	$158.00	$901	—
570	570	8	156.00	$156.00	$889	+1.50
635	635	1	150.00	$150.00	$952	+17.50
654	654	11	150.50	$150.50	$984	+11.21
752	752	12	142.50	$142.50	$1,072	—
850 value added	850	5	133.00	$133.00	$1,130	—
867	867	11	146.00	$146.00	$1,266	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
657 value added	657	32	138.50	$138.50	$910	+4.50
722	722	6	146.00	$146.00	$1,054	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–435	431	4	145.00–154.00	$151.73	$654	+0.58
515	515	1	165.00	$165.00	$850	+5.00
585	585	1	149.00	$149.00	$872	+7.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	19	154.50	$154.50	$538	—
390	390	1	147.00	$147.00	$573	-2.00
435	435	5	148.00	$148.00	$644	+8.00
480–482	481	10	134.00–144.00	$137.99	$664	+1.99
537	537	5	130.00	$130.00	$698	—
578–595	579	12	136.50–139.00	$138.79	$804	+7.79
620	620	1	120.00	$120.00	$744	-7.00
641 value added	641	19	138.50	$138.50	$888	—
731–748	740	18	124.00–129.50	$126.72	$938	+7.72
875 value added	875	7	115.00	$115.00	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
476 value added	476	14	143.50	$143.50	$683	—
554 value added	554	37	144.75	$144.75	$802	+9.25

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	4	145.00	$145.00	$489	-12.84
415–442	430	14	133.00–145.00	$138.18	$594	-2.82
465–482	477	14	133.00–148.00	$145.15	$692	+10.40
536	536	9	129.00	$129.00	$691	+15.00
592	592	2	139.50	$139.50	$826	+9.00
690	690	1	118.00	$118.00	$814	-7.00
757	757	2	116.00	$116.00	$878	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
647	647	4	119.00	$119.00	$770	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
347	347	2	155.00	$155.00	$538	-27.50
371	371	4	162.00	$162.00	$601	-7.00
428	428	8	154.00	$154.00	$659	-18.00
483	483	4	151.00	$151.00	$729	-4.00
565–592	572	8	122.00–136.50	$132.75	$759	+8.75
638	638	4	129.00	$129.00	$823	—
732	732	4	120.00	$120.00	$878	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452–495	482	24	123.00–136.50	$132.81	$640	—
630	630	1	111.00	$111.00	$699	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321 value added	321	3	167.50	$167.50	$538	—
367	367	6	164.00	$164.00	$602	-8.50
433	433	7	158.00	$158.00	$684	-11.00
475	475	1	157.00	$157.00	$746	+2.00
556	556	3	141.00	$141.00	$784	+12.00
700	700	1	119.00	$119.00	$833	—

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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.