Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, November 19, 2022

576 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 bulls $158.96/cwt +8.96 vs last sale · ≈ $903/hd at 568 lb · 39 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $184.77/cwt -1.23 vs last sale · ≈ $957/hd at 518 lb · 35 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $175.00/cwt +6.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,010/hd at 577 lb · 34 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	576	438	469
Feeder cattle	576	438	469

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 211, Heifers 236, Bulls 129) 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
395	395	1	180.00	$180.00	$711	—
405	405	1	175.00	$175.00	$709	+35.00
512–517 value added	515	8	175.00–180.00	$177.51	$914	—
508–530	519	27	182.00–192.00	$186.92	$970	+0.92
577	577	34	175.00	$175.00	$1,010	+6.62
600–645	642	21	134.00–154.00	$152.58	$980	+9.49
659 value added	659	12	170.00	$170.00	$1,120	+28.00
737 value added	737	4	156.00	$156.00	$1,150	—
762	762	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,143	+11.29
855	855	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,129	—
1069 value added	1069	18	137.50	$137.50	$1,470	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	180.00	$180.00	$612	—
376	376	4	180.00	$180.00	$677	+10.00
437	437	2	175.00	$175.00	$765	-10.07
470–489	486	15	155.00–170.00	$168.07	$817	—
540–545	543	3	144.00–175.00	$164.73	$894	—
551 value added	551	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,047	—
575	575	2	137.00	$137.00	$788	-1.62
610–648	620	12	158.00–160.00	$158.52	$983	—
651	651	4	149.00	$149.00	$970	—
720	720	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,080	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	11	176.00	$176.00	$950	—
725	725	6	149.00	$149.00	$1,080	—
866	866	14	149.50	$149.50	$1,295	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	157.50	$157.50	$488	+25.00
378	378	5	164.00	$164.00	$620	+29.00
423–430	423	16	137.00–160.00	$158.54	$671	+15.32
501	501	31	147.75	$147.75	$740	—
566	566	33	147.00	$147.00	$832	+11.66
661	661	8	136.50	$136.50	$902	+5.50
688 value added	688	5	145.00	$145.00	$998	—
748	748	3	135.00	$135.00	$1,010	+5.00
830	830	6	146.00	$146.00	$1,212	—
973 value added	973	12	125.00	$125.00	$1,216	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	4	145.00	$145.00	$497	+10.00
392	392	12	169.00	$169.00	$662	+22.00
432	432	17	163.00	$163.00	$704	+22.33
490	490	25	154.00	$154.00	$755	+10.49
515	515	1	127.00	$127.00	$654	—
557	557	9	145.00	$145.00	$808	+6.00
655	655	2	139.00	$139.00	$910	+6.52
696 value added	696	8	138.00	$138.00	$960	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573 value added	573	19	158.00	$158.00	$905	—
624	624	12	137.00	$137.00	$855	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
531	531	6	142.00	$142.00	$754	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–388	384	10	180.00–184.00	$183.64	$705	+36.14
427	427	9	170.00	$170.00	$726	+25.00
490–492	492	18	142.50–169.00	$167.53	$824	-0.39
566–578	568	39	155.00–160.00	$158.96	$903	+8.96
640	640	1	142.00	$142.00	$909	+8.00
654	654	13	149.00	$149.00	$974	—
784	784	7	135.00	$135.00	$1,058	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	160.00	$160.00	$600	+57.50
421–425	422	6	139.00–147.00	$145.66	$615	+6.66
481	481	5	146.00	$146.00	$702	+6.00
574	574	8	144.00	$144.00	$827	+5.00
668	668	9	138.00	$138.00	$922	—
765–790	778	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,058	+44.00

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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.