Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, April 30, 2022

411 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $177.00/cwt -3.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,014/hd at 573 lb · 29 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.00/cwt -9.94 vs last sale · ≈ $853/hd at 656 lb · 26 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $157.79/cwt +9.21 vs last sale · ≈ $753/hd at 477 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	411	535	610
Feeder cattle	411	535	610

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 115, Heifers 220, Bulls 76) 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
433	433	3	198.00	$198.00	$857	+18.61
480–495	481	13	158.00–187.00	$184.71	$888	-2.33
573	573	29	177.00	$177.00	$1,014	-3.56
635	635	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,067	-7.50
652	652	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,174	+17.82
675 value added	675	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,215	—
717 value added	717	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,147	+10.00
730	730	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,102	+6.24
898	898	7	140.25	$140.25	$1,259	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	2	173.00	$173.00	$557	—
390	390	2	192.00	$192.00	$749	+7.00
400–428	417	8	167.00–186.00	$180.64	$753	-3.36
462	462	6	190.00	$190.00	$878	—
495 value added	495	3	189.00	$189.00	$936	—
535	535	1	161.00	$161.00	$861	-20.00
555	555	1	167.00	$167.00	$927	+6.00
650	650	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,086	—
689 value added	689	10	169.00	$169.00	$1,164	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595 value added	595	14	179.50	$179.50	$1,068	—
797 value added	797	7	148.00	$148.00	$1,180	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	149.00	$149.00	$484	+10.22
365	365	7	154.00	$154.00	$562	+5.69
427–430	427	8	146.00–149.00	$148.62	$635	-4.14
488–492	488	21	144.00–158.50	$157.11	$767	+17.11
559	559	22	140.00	$140.00	$783	-9.94
656	656	26	130.00	$130.00	$853	-8.00
703 value added	703	8	137.50	$137.50	$967	-1.50
703	703	8	139.50	$139.50	$981	+10.05
750	750	4	125.00	$125.00	$938	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	6	157.00	$157.00	$521	+22.00
374–379	377	10	157.00–164.00	$160.52	$605	+6.52
427	427	4	163.00	$163.00	$696	+8.00
475–493	477	23	150.00–159.00	$157.79	$753	+9.21
560–574	573	16	146.00–154.50	$153.98	$882	+4.98
635	635	1	130.00	$130.00	$826	-5.00
656 value added	656	9	138.00	$138.00	$905	—
875	875	1	105.00	$105.00	$919	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457	457	9	159.50	$159.50	$729	—
496 value added	496	11	160.00	$160.00	$794	—
540	540	4	153.00	$153.00	$826	—
592 value added	592	7	139.50	$139.50	$826	-13.50
620 value added	620	7	138.00	$138.00	$856	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	3	164.00	$164.00	$645	—
538	538	4	140.00	$140.00	$753	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	165.00	$165.00	$528	±0.00
390–398	396	4	167.00	$167.00	$661	-2.00
416	416	3	188.00	$188.00	$782	+29.00
490	490	19	174.00	$174.00	$853	+3.00
515	515	1	165.00	$165.00	$850	—
580	580	15	170.00	$170.00	$986	+9.28
625	625	1	155.00	$155.00	$969	—
657	657	6	156.00	$156.00	$1,025	+0.39
772–790	775	6	134.00–138.00	$134.68	$1,044	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	2	180.00	$180.00	$688	+9.00
442	442	2	177.00	$177.00	$782	+12.00
507	507	7	164.00	$164.00	$831	+6.63
570	570	7	154.00	$154.00	$878	—
670	670	2	152.00	$152.00	$1,018	+7.00

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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.