Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, November 6, 2021

518 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $147.88/cwt -1.01 vs last sale · ≈ $855/hd at 578 lb · 41 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.60/cwt +5.76 vs last sale · ≈ $744/hd at 574 lb · 39 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.55/cwt +0.55 vs last sale · ≈ $638/hd at 496 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	518	479	796
Feeder cattle	518	479	796

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 180, Heifers 211, Bulls 127) 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
335	335	1	150.00	$150.00	$502	+13.16
370–398	392	5	124.00–142.00	$134.97	$529	—
440	440	2	149.00	$149.00	$656	-4.41
479	479	12	159.50	$159.50	$764	—
560–581	578	41	130.00–151.00	$147.88	$855	+1.71
620	620	1	126.00	$126.00	$781	±0.00
652	652	13	138.00	$138.00	$900	-4.48
760	760	2	130.00	$130.00	$988	+6.00
1192	1192	6	119.00	$119.00	$1,418	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360 value added	360	4	150.00	$150.00	$540	—
684 value added	684	20	140.00	$140.00	$958	+1.00
759 value added	759	17	135.00	$135.00	$1,025	—
890 value added	890	8	136.50	$136.50	$1,215	+13.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–386	377	4	127.50–140.00	$137.10	$517	+2.10
421	421	8	155.00	$155.00	$653	+14.00
491	491	10	150.00	$150.00	$736	+3.71
551	551	10	149.00	$149.00	$821	—
595 value added	595	4	151.00	$151.00	$898	—
655	655	3	137.50	$137.50	$901	—
810–842	831	3	119.00–131.00	$122.90	$1,021	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
606 value added	606	6	138.50	$138.50	$839	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	134.00	$134.00	$456	+13.00
379	379	7	133.00	$133.00	$504	—
420–435	433	9	121.00–130.00	$129.03	$559	+9.03
475–497	496	30	115.00–129.00	$128.55	$638	+0.55
503–521	509	25	133.00–134.00	$133.37	$679	-2.08
563–578	574	39	115.00–135.00	$129.60	$744	+5.76
650	650	10	120.00	$120.00	$780	-4.00
765	765	2	111.00	$111.00	$849	—
770 value added	770	6	113.00	$113.00	$870	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	3	136.00	$136.00	$450	+13.00
380–390	381	9	121.00–129.00	$128.09	$488	+7.09
426	426	18	129.00	$129.00	$550	+4.50
505	505	11	130.50	$130.50	$659	—
572	572	15	127.00	$127.00	$726	-2.00
916	916	3	113.00	$113.00	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	4	110.00	$110.00	$507	—
532	532	2	124.00	$124.00	$660	—
688	688	6	111.00	$111.00	$764	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565 value added	565	11	130.00	$130.00	$734	—

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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	1	140.00	$140.00	$455	—
380	380	2	141.00	$141.00	$536	+8.00
438–440	439	4	121.00–138.00	$133.74	$587	+7.74
498	498	11	146.00	$146.00	$727	+24.00
531	531	8	143.00	$143.00	$759	+21.00
562–570	562	24	115.00–134.00	$133.20	$749	+5.20
648	648	9	124.00	$124.00	$804	-1.00
697	697	5	118.00	$118.00	$822	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–386	382	9	140.00–142.00	$141.80	$542	+10.80
418	418	8	147.00	$147.00	$614	+22.69
501	501	6	142.00	$142.00	$711	—
569	569	8	129.00	$129.00	$734	+9.00
640	640	1	109.00	$109.00	$698	—
662	662	4	115.00	$115.00	$761	—
725	725	1	101.00	$101.00	$732	—
763	763	9	112.00	$112.00	$855	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	8	128.00	$128.00	$571	—
596	596	9	120.00	$120.00	$715	—

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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.