Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, September 24, 2022

572 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.11/cwt +19.11 vs last sale · ≈ $774/hd at 509 lb · 45 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.24/cwt -3.08 vs last sale · ≈ $836/hd at 560 lb · 37 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $177.48/cwt -14.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,014/hd at 571 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	572	640	375
Feeder cattle	572	640	375

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 181, Heifers 248, Bulls 143) Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated. Natural cattle are Weaned.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	197.50	$197.50	$770	-17.50
440	440	3	187.50	$187.50	$825	-4.50
492	492	17	192.50	$192.50	$947	+4.50
515–516	516	26	180.00–191.00	$187.62	$968	+3.57
565 value added	565	3	182.00	$182.00	$1,028	-15.47
568–583	572	27	170.00–180.00	$176.98	$1,012	-10.02
605	605	1	157.00	$157.00	$950	-20.06
611 value added	611	9	169.00	$169.00	$1,033	—
662	662	9	165.00	$165.00	$1,092	—
669 value added	669	6	166.00	$166.00	$1,111	-13.00
760	760	3	171.00	$171.00	$1,300	+8.00
820	820	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,255	+9.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	7	197.50	$197.50	$752	-10.00
464	464	6	192.50	$192.50	$893	—
575 value added	575	5	177.50	$177.50	$1,021	-13.50
838 value added	838	8	142.00	$142.00	$1,190	—
1145 value added	1145	20	128.75	$128.75	$1,474	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	190.00	$190.00	$656	-15.00
413	413	4	215.00	$215.00	$888	+29.00
418 value added	418	3	182.00	$182.00	$761	—
477	477	2	175.00	$175.00	$835	-4.00
550	550	1	160.00	$160.00	$880	-13.00
600	600	1	160.00	$160.00	$960	-11.97
655	655	1	144.00	$144.00	$943	—
710–730 value added	716	11	140.00–177.00	$166.36	$1,191	—
755	755	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,284	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775 value added	775	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,162	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	137.50	$137.50	$440	-21.50
406–438	426	21	159.00–160.00	$159.36	$679	+1.17
472	472	16	149.50	$149.50	$706	-10.50
501–533	505	37	152.00–156.00	$152.57	$770	+19.57
526 value added	526	8	150.00	$150.00	$789	—
559–577	560	37	135.00–151.00	$149.24	$836	-3.08
619–644	632	19	132.00–138.00	$134.78	$852	—
668 value added	668	3	145.00	$145.00	$969	—
700 value added	700	2	143.00	$143.00	$1,001	—
748	748	5	139.00	$139.00	$1,040	+9.00
783 value added	783	13	141.00	$141.00	$1,104	—
893 value added	893	4	128.00	$128.00	$1,143	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
326	326	10	135.00	$135.00	$440	-21.00
365–395	389	12	140.00–165.00	$161.79	$629	+3.75
435	435	11	160.00	$160.00	$696	+11.00
473	473	4	139.00	$139.00	$657	-10.73
570	570	9	140.00	$140.00	$798	-2.00
607 value added	607	9	138.00	$138.00	$838	—
640	640	1	129.00	$129.00	$826	-13.65
660	660	8	130.00	$130.00	$858	—
710	710	1	130.00	$130.00	$923	—
833	833	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,083	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	4	154.00	$154.00	$628	—
556 value added	556	5	148.00	$148.00	$823	-12.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537	537	5	136.00	$136.00	$730	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383–390	384	11	182.50–220.00	$216.53	$831	+16.53
418–435	432	15	177.50–210.00	$203.70	$880	+3.15
450–486	485	24	177.50–180.00	$179.90	$873	+2.90
510	510	3	142.50	$142.50	$727	—
550–573	572	23	146.00–159.00	$158.46	$906	-6.54
605–643	629	6	139.00–146.00	$141.24	$888	—
663	663	12	149.00	$149.00	$988	-5.19
688 value added	688	6	138.00	$138.00	$949	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	200.00	$200.00	$660	+37.50
380	380	6	195.00	$195.00	$741	-2.00
428–430	429	4	133.00–185.00	$171.95	$738	+2.52
498	498	8	170.00	$170.00	$847	+20.00
572	572	4	140.00	$140.00	$801	-14.00
665	665	6	134.00	$134.00	$891	-9.00
760	760	8	138.00	$138.00	$1,049	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
644	644	5	145.00	$145.00	$934	—

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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.