Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, September 11, 2021

446 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $145.03/cwt +0.28 vs last sale · ≈ $808/hd at 557 lb · 36 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.91/cwt +5.92 vs last sale · ≈ $707/hd at 491 lb · 35 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 bulls $158.69/cwt +1.69 vs last sale · ≈ $786/hd at 495 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	446	410	938
Feeder cattle	446	410	938

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 151, Heifers 213, Bulls 82) 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
365	365	1	189.00	$189.00	$690	+36.00
440	440	3	180.00	$180.00	$792	—
467–487	477	24	169.00–173.00	$171.04	$816	+10.04
572	572	14	161.00	$161.00	$921	+5.00
628	628	7	140.00	$140.00	$879	-10.00
690	690	1	130.00	$130.00	$897	—
716	716	3	137.00	$137.00	$981	—
766 value added	766	5	142.00	$142.00	$1,088	—
810 value added	810	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,021	—
910	910	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,101	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	383	4	170.00	$170.00	$651	—
400 value added	400	7	135.00	$135.00	$540	—
432	432	2	172.50	$172.50	$745	+20.77
483	483	11	162.00	$162.00	$782	—
495 value added	495	6	162.00	$162.00	$802	—
565	565	6	151.00	$151.00	$853	+2.00
645	645	1	122.00	$122.00	$787	—
658–670 value added	663	9	136.00–148.00	$142.61	$946	—
677	677	2	135.00	$135.00	$914	—
735	735	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,051	—
835 value added	835	5	137.00	$137.00	$1,144	—
955 value added	955	2	119.00	$119.00	$1,136	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555 value added	555	8	156.00	$156.00	$866	—
673 value added	673	10	108.00	$108.00	$727	-30.50
790 value added	790	6	128.00	$128.00	$1,011	—
1021 value added	1021	9	124.00	$124.00	$1,266	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	6	157.50	$157.50	$504	+3.00
382	382	7	158.00	$158.00	$604	+11.00
405–445	437	10	135.00–149.00	$143.69	$628	-4.31
489–492	491	35	137.00–147.50	$143.91	$707	+5.92
551–565	553	9	131.00–142.50	$141.19	$781	+2.40
607–647	637	8	126.00–142.50	$129.93	$828	+9.93
660	660	1	121.00	$121.00	$799	—
750	750	4	121.00	$121.00	$908	—
815 value added	815	6	120.00	$120.00	$978	—
865	865	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,064	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552 value added	552	29	146.00	$146.00	$806	+1.25
579	579	7	141.00	$141.00	$816	—
657 value added	657	19	133.00	$133.00	$874	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	2	142.50	$142.50	$480	-2.50
397	397	2	140.00	$140.00	$556	—
429	429	7	147.00	$147.00	$631	+8.82
471 value added	471	3	125.00	$125.00	$589	—
472–475	472	13	129.00–139.00	$138.23	$652	-6.92
538	538	8	131.50	$131.50	$707	+2.50
642 value added	642	7	125.00	$125.00	$802	—
673	673	7	129.50	$129.50	$872	+11.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	14	121.00	$121.00	$558	—
551	551	3	112.00	$112.00	$617	—
657	657	5	118.00	$118.00	$775	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	2	177.50	$177.50	$580	—
388	388	3	178.00	$178.00	$691	+14.00
437–445	440	3	157.50	$157.50	$693	-0.50
462–498	495	24	155.00–159.00	$158.69	$786	+1.69
563	563	13	144.00	$144.00	$811	+3.00
625	625	1	123.00	$123.00	$769	—
650	650	4	134.00	$134.00	$871	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	3	182.50	$182.50	$608	+27.50
378	378	5	180.00	$180.00	$680	+18.00
430	430	1	149.00	$149.00	$641	-5.00
585	585	2	137.00–138.00	$137.50	$804	+4.75
640	640	1	124.00	$124.00	$794	-5.00
665	665	3	126.00	$126.00	$838	—
750	750	3	126.50	$126.50	$949	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	3	140.00	$140.00	$588	—
528	528	5	124.00	$124.00	$655	—
624	624	6	124.00	$124.00	$774	+13.00

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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.