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Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, January 8, 2022

261 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $147.00/cwt +21.00 vs last sale · ≈ $851/hd at 579 lb · 27 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $145.00/cwt +8.88 vs last sale · ≈ $821/hd at 566 lb · 24 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $173.71/cwt +16.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,028/hd at 592 lb · 15 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 261 822 753
Feeder cattle 261 822 753

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 91, Heifers 122, Bulls 48) 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 $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
500–515 502 9 148.00–163.00 $161.29 $810 -4.53
557–595 570 3 163.00–167.50 $164.57 $938 +7.42
597 value added 597 12 176.00 $176.00 $1,051 —
609–630 611 9 152.00–174.00 $171.48 $1,048 +11.36
669 669 7 150.00 $150.00 $1,004 +1.19
732 value added 732 2 149.00 $149.00 $1,091 —
752 752 2 111.00 $111.00 $835 -18.00
865 value added 865 2 127.00 $127.00 $1,099 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
484 value added 484 13 171.00 $171.00 $828 —
582 value added 582 7 169.50 $169.50 $986 —
659 value added 659 11 156.00 $156.00 $1,028 +8.00
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
430 430 3 150.00 $150.00 $645 -17.50
480 480 3 168.00 $168.00 $806 +8.50
755 value added 755 5 121.00 $121.00 $914 —
810 810 1 116.00 $116.00 $940 —
950 value added 950 2 114.00 $114.00 $1,083 -16.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 2 148.00 $148.00 $496 +8.00
377 377 2 153.00 $153.00 $577 +22.32
416 416 3 154.00 $154.00 $641 +11.00
477 477 8 156.00 $156.00 $744 +20.91
517 517 11 148.00 $148.00 $765 +14.76
555–577 566 24 145.00 $145.00 $821 +9.27
658 658 10 130.00 $130.00 $855 +4.00
730 730 4 132.00 $132.00 $964 —
825 825 1 106.00 $106.00 $874 -13.00
870 value added 870 3 111.00 $111.00 $966 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
442 value added 442 4 155.00 $155.00 $685 —
579 value added 579 27 147.00 $147.00 $851 —
667 value added 667 8 139.00 $139.00 $927 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 1 150.00 $150.00 $502 +9.60
501 501 3 145.00 $145.00 $726 +24.00
562 562 4 142.00 $142.00 $798 +14.50
641 641 3 137.00 $137.00 $878 —
Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
485 485 4 135.00 $135.00 $655 +3.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
375 375 1 160.00 $160.00 $600 -1.16
507 507 4 155.00 $155.00 $786 +27.14
595 595 1 148.00 $148.00 $881 +19.76
666 666 10 138.00 $138.00 $919 +33.00
785 785 3 112.00 $112.00 $879 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
345 345 1 157.50 $157.50 $543 —
380 380 5 173.00 $173.00 $657 +4.00
437 437 2 151.00 $151.00 $660 -2.98
480 480 6 159.00 $159.00 $763 +20.21
532 532 2 155.00 $155.00 $825 —
620–635 628 2 117.00–140.00 $128.36 $806 -7.64
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
626 626 11 140.00 $140.00 $876 —

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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.