Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, March 19, 2022

542 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $160.22/cwt +14.21 vs last sale · ≈ $693/hd at 432 lb · 29 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $164.00/cwt -10.89 vs last sale · ≈ $935/hd at 570 lb · 28 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $151.14/cwt +19.14 vs last sale · ≈ $851/hd at 563 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	542	1,142	767
Feeder cattle	542	1,142	767

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 213, Heifers 254, Bulls 75) Value Added and Natural 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
340	340	1	172.00	$172.00	$585	—
377	377	4	182.50	$182.50	$688	—
432	432	9	181.00	$181.00	$782	+18.11
495	495	20	180.00	$180.00	$891	+1.01
538	538	10	178.50	$178.50	$960	+29.50
570	570	28	164.00	$164.00	$935	-8.09
605–635	620	2	145.00–150.00	$147.56	$915	-22.44
660	660	14	158.00	$158.00	$1,043	-1.89
720	720	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,123	+6.65
758–765	761	7	156.00–157.00	$156.57	$1,191	—
789 value added	789	16	147.00	$147.00	$1,160	—
895	895	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,199	—
1041 value added	1041	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,301	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	10	176.00	$176.00	$899	—
569 value added	569	11	180.50	$180.50	$1,027	—
635	635	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,016	—
717	717	6	149.00	$149.00	$1,068	—
928 value added	928	16	134.00	$134.00	$1,244	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	182.00	$182.00	$755	+9.00
480	480	4	163.00	$163.00	$782	+24.00
531 value added	531	4	169.00	$169.00	$897	—
560	560	12	163.00	$163.00	$913	-6.50
645	645	8	156.00	$156.00	$1,006	—
650 value added	650	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,040	-8.00
706 value added	706	3	133.00	$133.00	$939	—
740	740	5	152.50	$152.50	$1,128	+13.50
772 value added	772	2	144.00	$144.00	$1,112	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
591 value added	591	8	145.00	$145.00	$857	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	7	163.00	$163.00	$541	+13.00
379	379	5	165.00	$165.00	$625	+21.00
418–435	424	18	160.00–161.00	$160.66	$681	+16.57
446 value added	446	11	159.50	$159.50	$711	+8.50
485	485	16	155.00	$155.00	$752	+17.71
500–525	511	9	130.00–158.00	$150.74	$770	—
559–582	562	16	141.00–151.00	$149.71	$841	+17.71
565 value added	565	8	154.00	$154.00	$870	—
665	665	5	140.00	$140.00	$931	+29.73
746	746	10	128.00	$128.00	$955	—
780	780	1	116.00	$116.00	$905	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	4	156.00	$156.00	$515	—
367	367	9	156.00	$156.00	$573	+3.37
420–421	421	18	144.00–151.00	$150.61	$634	+2.46
464 value added	464	6	157.00	$157.00	$728	—
500	500	19	150.00	$150.00	$750	+6.00
562	562	21	150.00	$150.00	$843	+13.42
640	640	1	136.00	$136.00	$870	+4.00
670	670	7	138.00	$138.00	$925	+15.92

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
469 value added	469	15	159.00	$159.00	$746	+11.00
548 value added	548	6	156.00	$156.00	$855	—
550	550	7	159.50	$159.50	$877	+23.50
635 value added	635	10	139.00	$139.00	$883	+7.25
655	655	13	144.00	$144.00	$943	—
814 value added	814	10	121.00	$121.00	$985	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	170.00	$170.00	$570	+1.00
438	438	5	183.00	$183.00	$802	+28.73
498	498	15	174.00	$174.00	$867	+40.00
560–587	565	10	139.00–162.00	$157.22	$888	+8.00
650	650	6	145.00	$145.00	$942	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	157.50	$157.50	$512	-7.50
382	382	4	175.00	$175.00	$668	+7.00
420	420	6	187.00	$187.00	$785	+46.00
495	495	12	157.00	$157.00	$777	+12.68
572–595	576	6	135.00–143.00	$141.62	$816	+1.84
664	664	5	147.00	$147.00	$976	+9.00
725	725	1	135.00	$135.00	$979	—
750	750	1	127.00	$127.00	$952	-1.00

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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.