Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, June 18, 2022

345 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.28/cwt +8.30 vs last sale · ≈ $886/hd at 578 lb · 51 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $141.00/cwt +8.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,103/hd at 782 lb · 34 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $174.43/cwt +6.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,161/hd at 665 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	345	504	323
Feeder cattle	345	504	323

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 150, Heifers 169, Bulls 26) 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
420	420	6	172.00	$172.00	$722	—
486	486	9	190.00	$190.00	$923	+19.56
523	523	8	187.00	$187.00	$978	—
558–575	562	21	164.00–189.50	$182.56	$1,026	+7.28
590 value added	590	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,092	—
661–669	665	30	166.00–180.50	$174.53	$1,161	+6.25
670 value added	670	2	173.00	$173.00	$1,159	—
713	713	4	157.50	$157.50	$1,123	—
760 value added	760	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,163	—
785	785	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,138	-7.01
837–845	840	3	139.00–151.00	$146.97	$1,235	—
890 value added	890	2	151.00	$151.00	$1,344	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523 value added	523	9	182.00	$182.00	$952	+10.25
607 value added	607	19	174.25	$174.25	$1,058	+8.62
611	611	13	180.00	$180.00	$1,100	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	3	167.00	$167.00	$715	-7.00
475	475	2	165.00	$165.00	$784	-5.00
535 value added	535	2	163.00	$163.00	$872	—
568 value added	568	7	178.00	$178.00	$1,011	—
585	585	2	148.00	$148.00	$866	-21.00
635	635	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,054	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	7	141.00	$141.00	$611	-7.00
477	477	7	150.00	$150.00	$716	+0.97
478 value added	478	6	163.00	$163.00	$779	+13.00
559 value added	559	9	159.00	$159.00	$889	—
575–595	582	42	145.00–155.00	$152.05	$885	+7.07
620	620	18	149.50	$149.50	$927	+11.50
680	680	6	146.00	$146.00	$993	+10.41
702–705	704	4	141.00	$141.00	$993	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491	491	4	131.00	$131.00	$643	—
615 value added	615	5	140.00	$140.00	$861	—
706 value added	706	3	136.00	$136.00	$960	—
782 value added	782	34	141.00	$141.00	$1,103	+8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	145.00	$145.00	$500	+2.00
395	395	1	149.00	$149.00	$589	+2.00
410	410	1	145.00	$145.00	$594	-6.00
488	488	4	140.00	$140.00	$683	-10.05
535	535	1	137.00	$137.00	$733	+6.00
570	570	1	133.00	$133.00	$758	-12.50
650	650	3	126.00	$126.00	$819	-4.00
855	855	1	116.00	$116.00	$992	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	7	133.00	$133.00	$858	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	4	131.00	$131.00	$685	—

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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	180.00	$180.00	$621	+2.50
392	392	2	180.00	$180.00	$706	+7.00
480–497	495	7	137.50–167.00	$162.91	$806	+0.83
500	500	1	155.00	$155.00	$775	—
572	572	2	160.00	$160.00	$915	+4.33
645	645	2	153.00	$153.00	$987	—
792	792	4	131.00	$131.00	$1,038	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	2	170.00	$170.00	$751	+16.00
570	570	4	151.00	$151.00	$861	+10.00
655	655	1	140.00	$140.00	$917	—

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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.