Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, June 4, 2022

504 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.98/cwt +1.98 vs last sale · ≈ $834/hd at 575 lb · 36 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.84/cwt +3.30 vs last sale · ≈ $911/hd at 661 lb · 29 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $175.28/cwt -6.72 vs last sale · ≈ $1,003/hd at 572 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	504	322	549
Feeder cattle	504	322	549

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 204, Heifers 210, Bulls 90) 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
483–485	483	9	166.00–171.00	$170.44	$823	—
493 value added	493	8	177.00	$177.00	$873	—
555–594	572	29	148.00–178.00	$175.28	$1,003	—
608 value added	608	10	173.50	$173.50	$1,055	—
655–662	658	23	168.00–168.50	$168.28	$1,107	—
736 value added	736	6	152.00	$152.00	$1,119	—
785–791	790	5	144.00–154.00	$152.01	$1,201	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
546 value added	546	7	171.75	$171.75	$938	—
571 value added	571	15	170.00	$170.00	$971	—
611–632 value added	617	14	157.50–169.00	$165.63	$1,022	—
727–735 value added	731	11	146.00–153.50	$150.11	$1,097	—
891 value added	891	11	150.00	$150.00	$1,336	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–390	366	4	170.00–185.00	$179.09	$655	—
405	405	2	174.00	$174.00	$705	+14.00
429 value added	429	8	185.00	$185.00	$794	—
469	469	5	170.00	$170.00	$797	+20.00
497 value added	497	24	176.00	$176.00	$875	—
554	554	7	169.00	$169.00	$936	-6.70
665–697	686	3	157.00–160.00	$157.97	$1,084	—
830	830	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,120	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	366	4	145.00–155.00	$151.54	$555	+12.54
425	425	3	148.00	$148.00	$629	-1.00
487 value added	487	2	150.00	$150.00	$730	—
482–499	497	22	139.00–150.00	$149.03	$741	-2.35
573–582	575	36	144.00–149.00	$144.98	$834	+1.98
612	612	2	138.00	$138.00	$845	—
655 value added	655	14	140.25	$140.25	$919	—
662–680	666	15	134.00–136.00	$135.59	$903	+1.05
768	768	3	132.00	$132.00	$1,014	+4.00
895	895	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,092	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	6	143.00	$143.00	$472	—
386	386	8	147.00	$147.00	$567	+3.00
425–445	430	4	151.00	$151.00	$649	+7.00
472–485	476	21	147.00–156.00	$150.05	$714	+4.05
525–547	540	3	131.00	$131.00	$707	—
558	558	8	145.50	$145.50	$812	—
672	672	2	130.00	$130.00	$874	-5.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470 value added	470	8	158.00	$158.00	$743	—
562–587 value added	575	18	154.00	$154.00	$886	—
758 value added	758	12	133.00	$133.00	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	6	140.00	$140.00	$608	—
555	555	12	140.00	$140.00	$777	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	177.50	$177.50	$612	—
377	377	7	173.00	$173.00	$652	+10.00
427	427	6	165.00	$165.00	$705	—
491–497	494	21	160.00–164.00	$162.08	$801	-3.92
575–590	583	6	151.00–158.00	$155.67	$908	+2.82
655–664	663	16	141.00–151.00	$149.76	$993	+10.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	160.00	$160.00	$528	—
371	371	4	169.00	$169.00	$627	+16.00
441	441	3	154.00	$154.00	$679	+5.00
498	498	4	152.00	$152.00	$757	-7.00
580	580	3	141.00	$141.00	$818	-10.00
631	631	8	138.00	$138.00	$871	—
730	730	5	134.00	$134.00	$978	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	4	139.00	$139.00	$748	—

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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.