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Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, October 2, 2021

475 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.00/cwt +6.60 vs last sale · ≈ $779/hd at 573 lb · 31 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.15/cwt +0.15 vs last sale · ≈ $676/hd at 489 lb · 29 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $131.00/cwt +8.00 vs last sale · ≈ $637/hd at 486 lb · 23 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 475 375 812
Feeder cattle 475 375 812

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 132, Heifers 227, Bulls 116) Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated ***Correction to feeder bulls. 9 head at 507 pounds, rather than 5070 pounds***

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
382 382 2 175.00 $175.00 $668 —
425 425 1 162.50 $162.50 $691 -7.50
500–528 506 18 139.00–161.00 $155.96 $789 -7.04
555–570 556 23 136.00–151.00 $149.66 $832 -5.59
609 value added 609 7 149.00 $149.00 $907 —
630–640 639 12 137.00–141.00 $140.67 $899 -8.33
660 660 7 141.00 $141.00 $931 +7.50
737 737 2 130.00 $130.00 $958 —
788 788 6 124.00 $124.00 $977 -11.00
950 value added 950 2 119.00 $119.00 $1,130 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
325 325 2 170.00 $170.00 $552 —
360 360 1 172.50 $172.50 $621 —
426 426 7 166.50 $166.50 $709 —
497 497 10 164.00 $164.00 $815 —
535 535 1 135.00 $135.00 $722 —
557 value added 557 10 153.00 $153.00 $852 —
575–593 589 5 135.00–144.00 $142.24 $838 —
631 631 3 140.50 $140.50 $887 —
730 730 1 129.00 $129.00 $942 —
900 900 3 123.00 $123.00 $1,107 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
725 value added 725 9 130.00 $130.00 $942 -8.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
360 360 2 123.00–132.50 $127.75 $460 —
430 430 10 132.00 $132.00 $568 -3.02
489–492 489 29 120.00–139.50 $138.15 $676 +0.15
506–541 517 10 110.00–121.00 $113.46 $587 -18.04
573 573 31 136.00 $136.00 $779 +6.60
632 632 2 116.00 $116.00 $733 -22.00
773 773 4 118.00 $118.00 $912 —
817 value added 817 13 120.00 $120.00 $980 —
840 840 1 113.00 $113.00 $949 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
345 345 3 142.00 $142.00 $490 ±0.00
372–375 374 7 125.00–136.00 $132.88 $497 -10.12
410–432 430 15 121.00–127.50 $126.22 $543 -7.16
486 486 23 131.00 $131.00 $637 +8.00
505–535 520 2 115.00–120.00 $117.57 $611 -19.43
568 568 8 131.00 $131.00 $744 -3.50
600 600 7 134.50 $134.50 $807 —
670 670 3 120.00 $120.00 $804 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
601–617 value added 610 19 119.00–129.00 $123.15 $751 -6.85
690 value added 690 11 125.00 $125.00 $862 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
420 420 4 121.00 $121.00 $508 —
524 524 15 119.00 $119.00 $624 +2.00
630 630 8 126.00 $126.00 $794 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
305–320 313 2 170.00–175.00 $172.56 $540 —
393 393 4 170.00 $170.00 $668 —
440 440 6 161.00 $161.00 $708 -6.50
465 465 1 120.00 $120.00 $558 -39.00
507 507 9 140.00 $140.00 $710 +6.00
577 577 20 143.00 $143.00 $825 -3.00
610 610 1 130.00 $130.00 $793 -7.00
679 679 9 124.00 $124.00 $842 -14.00
735 735 1 95.00 $95.00 $698 —
782 782 2 113.00 $113.00 $884 -14.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
345 345 1 170.00 $170.00 $586 —
366 366 3 170.00 $170.00 $622 +47.03
428–445 431 5 140.00–154.00 $151.11 $651 -8.89
450–498 494 12 140.00–142.00 $141.85 $701 -15.15
517–518 518 18 129.00–140.00 $135.12 $700 -2.88
561 561 5 134.50 $134.50 $755 -5.50
630 630 3 115.00 $115.00 $724 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
502 502 5 122.00 $122.00 $612 —
623 623 4 93.00 $93.00 $579 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
701 701 5 91.00 $91.00 $638 —

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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.