Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, October 29, 2022

528 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.19/cwt +10.86 vs last sale · ≈ $828/hd at 608 lb · 32 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.00/cwt +3.17 vs last sale · ≈ $692/hd at 487 lb · 31 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $135.00/cwt +1.11 vs last sale · ≈ $761/hd at 564 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	528	664	479
Feeder cattle	528	664	479

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 186, Heifers 227, Bulls 115) 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
310	310	1	147.50	$147.50	$457	-2.50
370	370	1	145.00	$145.00	$536	-5.00
400–437	425	3	160.00–178.00	$172.35	$732	-23.39
463 value added	463	9	192.00	$192.00	$889	—
485	485	13	167.00	$167.00	$810	-22.00
518–535	521	7	122.00–164.00	$154.39	$804	—
553 value added	553	6	177.50	$177.50	$982	—
581	581	15	166.50	$166.50	$967	-1.86
652–666	660	11	157.00–166.00	$161.04	$1,063	+5.91
670 value added	670	3	159.00	$159.00	$1,065	—
714	714	13	150.50	$150.50	$1,075	+11.50
782	782	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,095	—
840	840	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,042	-22.00
885 value added	885	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,159	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446 value added	446	9	202.00	$202.00	$901	—
511–545 value added	533	30	178.00	$178.00	$949	—
687 value added	687	14	164.00	$164.00	$1,127	—
746 value added	746	5	141.00	$141.00	$1,052	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	4	160.00	$160.00	$634	+6.00
440	440	1	169.00	$169.00	$744	-21.00
502–525	506	6	136.00–141.00	$140.14	$709	-29.36
581 value added	581	4	170.00	$170.00	$988	—
588	588	4	154.00	$154.00	$906	-8.50
649	649	5	155.00	$155.00	$1,006	—
670	670	5	161.00	$161.00	$1,079	+30.00
705	705	1	132.00	$132.00	$931	-3.50
885 value added	885	9	131.00	$131.00	$1,159	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	4	140.00	$140.00	$444	—
375	375	11	146.00	$146.00	$548	-1.00
423–448	433	21	135.00–141.00	$138.63	$600	-12.37
487	487	31	142.00	$142.00	$692	+3.17
517 value added	517	7	135.00	$135.00	$698	-4.00
547	547	2	122.00	$122.00	$667	—
564	564	31	135.00	$135.00	$761	+1.11
606	606	29	136.00	$136.00	$824	—
626 value added	626	3	138.00	$138.00	$864	—
665	665	7	131.00	$131.00	$871	+9.00
730	730	1	130.00	$130.00	$949	+3.50
769	769	5	131.00	$131.00	$1,007	—
850	850	3	129.00	$129.00	$1,096	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
339	339	6	139.00	$139.00	$471	+7.00
374	374	5	143.00	$143.00	$535	-6.75
426	426	3	138.00	$138.00	$588	-16.00
475–485	484	10	130.00–139.50	$138.57	$671	+1.29
588	588	5	134.00	$134.00	$788	+2.03
605–648	637	11	125.00–133.50	$130.68	$832	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
824 value added	824	11	138.50	$138.50	$1,141	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	8	111.00	$111.00	$672	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	5	128.00	$128.00	$580	-5.00
582	582	2	127.00	$127.00	$739	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336–338	337	8	153.00–159.00	$155.99	$526	+17.99
370	370	8	164.00	$164.00	$607	+19.05
429	429	10	162.00	$162.00	$695	-2.99
492	492	11	150.00	$150.00	$738	+8.51
525–540	535	3	134.00–145.00	$141.40	$756	-8.86
579–592	580	20	145.00–158.00	$156.67	$909	+5.28
648	648	12	142.00	$142.00	$920	+10.24
690	690	1	129.00	$129.00	$890	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	4	158.00	$158.00	$509	+18.00
390	390	4	129.00	$129.00	$503	-31.00
430	430	3	140.00	$140.00	$602	-12.00
496	496	4	129.50	$129.50	$642	-0.50
552	552	7	150.00	$150.00	$828	+18.50
655	655	8	132.00	$132.00	$865	—
735	735	9	126.00	$126.00	$926	—

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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.