Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, October 1, 2022

440 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.12/cwt -4.88 vs last sale · ≈ $815/hd at 569 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $146.55/cwt -2.95 vs last sale · ≈ $714/hd at 487 lb · 21 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.50/cwt -6.74 vs last sale · ≈ $801/hd at 562 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	440	572	475
Feeder cattle	440	572	475

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 181, Heifers 203, Bulls 56) 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
440	440	2	174.00	$174.00	$766	-13.50
507 value added	507	2	175.00	$175.00	$887	—
510	510	7	179.00	$179.00	$913	-8.62
561	561	5	168.00	$168.00	$942	-8.98
577 value added	577	5	161.00	$161.00	$929	-21.00
625	625	8	166.00	$166.00	$1,038	+9.00
626 value added	626	9	169.00	$169.00	$1,058	±0.00
650	650	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,034	-6.00
653 value added	653	4	169.00	$169.00	$1,104	+3.00
727	727	2	161.00	$161.00	$1,170	—
733 value added	733	5	166.00	$166.00	$1,217	—
874 value added	874	8	152.00	$152.00	$1,328	—
950 value added	950	12	150.00	$150.00	$1,425	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	2	155.00	$155.00	$592	—
445	445	3	166.00	$166.00	$739	-49.00
495	495	1	160.00	$160.00	$792	-15.00
573	573	7	160.00	$160.00	$917	±0.00
649 value added	649	18	164.00	$164.00	$1,064	—
680	680	2	141.00	$141.00	$959	-3.00
758 value added	758	13	165.00	$165.00	$1,251	—
913 value added	913	8	134.00	$134.00	$1,223	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490 value added	490	6	158.00	$158.00	$774	—
513 value added	513	6	169.00	$169.00	$867	—
552–588	574	13	165.00–166.00	$165.63	$951	—
741 value added	741	18	162.00	$162.00	$1,200	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
632 value added	632	14	164.00	$164.00	$1,036	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	5	125.00	$125.00	$415	-12.50
387	387	7	150.00	$150.00	$580	—
400–446	438	6	131.00–140.00	$138.63	$607	-20.73
451 value added	451	4	142.50	$142.50	$643	—
496	496	17	147.50	$147.50	$732	-2.00
562	562	20	142.50	$142.50	$801	-6.74
648	648	4	129.00	$129.00	$836	-5.78
679	679	7	149.00	$149.00	$1,012	—
712 value added	712	12	140.00	$140.00	$997	-3.00
725	725	3	120.00	$120.00	$870	-19.00
931 value added	931	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,303	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	10	146.00	$146.00	$556	-15.79
428	428	4	134.00	$134.00	$574	-26.00
502–510	503	8	131.00–136.50	$135.80	$683	—
560	560	6	132.00	$132.00	$739	-8.00
636	636	8	134.00	$134.00	$852	+5.00
756 value added	756	7	124.00	$124.00	$937	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	7	146.00	$146.00	$822	—
572 value added	572	18	142.00	$142.00	$812	-6.00
645 value added	645	3	143.00	$143.00	$922	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	5	136.00	$136.00	$585	—
541	541	9	129.50	$129.50	$701	-6.50
594 value added	594	12	136.00	$136.00	$808	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
544 value added	544	6	135.00	$135.00	$734	—
624 value added	624	10	145.50	$145.50	$908	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	190.00	$190.00	$656	-10.00
352	352	2	150.00	$150.00	$528	-45.00
441	441	4	150.00	$150.00	$662	-21.95
496	496	4	149.00	$149.00	$739	-21.00
544	544	9	159.50	$159.50	$868	—
662	662	10	153.00	$153.00	$1,013	+19.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	3	170.00	$170.00	$748	-33.70
478	478	3	167.00	$167.00	$798	-12.90
579	579	7	159.00	$159.00	$921	+0.54
658	658	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,026	+7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571	571	10	160.00	$160.00	$914	—

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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.