Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, November 20, 2021

469 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $127.19/cwt -1.36 vs last sale · ≈ $616/hd at 484 lb · 27 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.75/cwt -3.85 vs last sale · ≈ $700/hd at 557 lb · 27 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $124.81/cwt -2.19 vs last sale · ≈ $698/hd at 559 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	469	518	399
Feeder cattle	469	518	399

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 145, Heifers 228, Bulls 96) 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
385	385	6	160.00	$160.00	$616	+25.03
430	430	5	160.00	$160.00	$688	+11.00
505	505	15	156.00	$156.00	$788	—
560–583	572	20	160.00–165.50	$162.69	$931	+14.81
647	647	11	135.00	$135.00	$873	+9.00
665 value added	665	4	140.50	$140.50	$934	—
669–670	669	7	127.00–134.00	$133.00	$890	-5.00
875	875	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,155	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
558 value added	558	3	146.00	$146.00	$815	—
637 value added	637	11	140.50	$140.50	$895	—
777 value added	777	21	134.50	$134.50	$1,045	-0.50
850 value added	850	6	131.00	$131.00	$1,114	—
918 value added	918	3	128.00	$128.00	$1,175	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	151.00	$151.00	$468	—
415	415	1	135.00	$135.00	$560	-20.00
500–515	503	6	106.00–135.00	$130.05	$654	—
553–591 value added	576	15	124.00–145.00	$136.93	$789	-14.07
597	597	2	136.00	$136.00	$812	—
675	675	1	131.00	$131.00	$884	-6.50

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465 value added	465	5	110.00	$110.00	$512	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	124.00	$124.00	$409	-10.00
394	394	5	132.00	$132.00	$520	-1.00
441	441	3	126.00	$126.00	$556	-3.03
482–484	484	27	117.00–128.00	$127.19	$616	-1.36
544	544	8	132.00	$132.00	$718	-1.37
557	557	27	125.75	$125.75	$700	-3.85
677	677	15	116.00	$116.00	$785	-4.00
818	818	4	109.00	$109.00	$892	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	3	123.00	$123.00	$403	-13.00
371–390	374	6	124.00–135.00	$133.09	$498	+5.00
424	424	17	131.50	$131.50	$558	+2.50
485–492	491	19	120.00–124.00	$123.38	$606	—
525	525	2	118.00	$118.00	$620	-12.50
552 value added	552	5	134.50	$134.50	$742	—
561	561	21	122.50	$122.50	$687	-4.50
600	600	1	111.00	$111.00	$666	—
652	652	6	117.50	$117.50	$766	—
735	735	2	103.00	$103.00	$757	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537 value added	537	10	135.00	$135.00	$725	—
603	603	12	130.00	$130.00	$784	—
670 value added	670	6	119.00	$119.00	$797	—
766 value added	766	6	114.00	$114.00	$873	—
894 value added	894	6	105.00	$105.00	$939	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	2	120.00	$120.00	$506	—
472 value added	472	7	115.00	$115.00	$543	—
540	540	6	120.00	$120.00	$648	-4.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	3	151.00	$151.00	$503	+11.00
395	395	1	122.00	$122.00	$482	-19.00
415–433	429	5	118.00–134.00	$130.91	$562	-2.83
485	485	4	148.00	$148.00	$718	+2.00
560–575	569	19	111.00–135.00	$132.83	$756	-0.37
661	661	9	128.00	$128.00	$846	—
740	740	2	114.00	$114.00	$844	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	7	147.00	$147.00	$481	—
446	446	3	133.00	$133.00	$593	-14.00
511	511	10	134.00	$134.00	$685	-8.00
556–580	559	8	109.00–137.00	$133.37	$746	+4.37
678	678	3	117.00	$117.00	$793	+2.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	9	142.00	$142.00	$535	—
504	504	10	125.00	$125.00	$630	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	3	121.00	$121.00	$575	—

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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.