Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, September 25, 2021

375 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $133.81/cwt ≈ $727/hd at 544 lb · 31 head

light 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $139.00/cwt ≈ $1,119/hd at 805 lb · 30 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.00/cwt -5.91 vs last sale · ≈ $679/hd at 492 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	375	446	597
Feeder cattle	375	446	597

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 125, Heifers 191, Bulls 59) 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
425	425	1	170.00	$170.00	$722	-10.00
465–498	494	15	156.00–163.00	$162.12	$801	-8.92
505	505	11	163.00	$163.00	$823	—
585–590	586	7	141.00–161.00	$155.25	$910	-5.75
595 value added	595	7	161.00	$161.00	$958	—
633	633	4	149.00	$149.00	$943	+9.00
668	668	7	133.50	$133.50	$892	+3.50
773	773	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,044	—
1050 value added	1050	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,186	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
567 value added	567	5	164.00	$164.00	$930	+8.00
572	572	5	134.00	$134.00	$766	—
624 value added	624	6	145.00	$145.00	$905	—
708 value added	708	5	138.00	$138.00	$977	—
805 value added	805	30	139.00	$139.00	$1,119	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–470	459	5	144.00–149.00	$146.95	$675	-15.05
553	553	9	158.50	$158.50	$877	+7.50
660	660	2	133.00	$133.00	$878	-2.00
755	755	1	131.00	$131.00	$989	—
865	865	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,159	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–438	434	9	134.00–144.00	$135.02	$586	-8.67
492	492	25	138.00	$138.00	$679	-5.91
539 value added	539	11	138.00	$138.00	$744	—
546	546	20	131.50	$131.50	$718	—
561–562	561	10	129.00–131.00	$129.40	$726	-11.79
628	628	5	138.00	$138.00	$867	+8.07
741	741	4	120.50	$120.50	$893	—
779 value added	779	21	125.00	$125.00	$974	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	4	142.00	$142.00	$479	-0.50
387	387	4	143.00	$143.00	$553	+3.00
405–430	425	5	133.00–135.00	$133.38	$567	-13.62
485–495	488	3	123.00	$123.00	$600	-15.23
502	502	11	137.00	$137.00	$688	—
573	573	7	134.50	$134.50	$771	—
675 value added	675	2	121.00	$121.00	$817	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	15	101.00	$101.00	$357	—
617 value added	617	10	130.00	$130.00	$802	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
686 value added	686	12	95.00	$95.00	$652	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506	506	5	117.00	$117.00	$592	—
595	595	7	130.00	$130.00	$774	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	4	167.50	$167.50	$722	+10.00
476	476	3	159.00	$159.00	$757	+0.31
515	515	1	134.00	$134.00	$690	—
564	564	9	146.00	$146.00	$823	+2.00
625	625	1	137.00	$137.00	$856	+14.00
652	652	4	138.00	$138.00	$900	+4.00
763	763	4	127.00	$127.00	$969	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352–395	357	8	122.00–129.00	$122.97	$439	-57.03
440	440	2	160.00	$160.00	$704	+11.00
495	495	1	157.00	$157.00	$777	—
502–515	506	3	138.00	$138.00	$698	—
562	562	7	140.00	$140.00	$787	+2.50

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	7	99.00	$99.00	$549	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	137.50	$137.50	$578	-2.50
580	580	3	91.00	$91.00	$528	—

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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.