Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, May 20, 2023

505 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $230.73/cwt +5.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,308/hd at 567 lb · 44 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $220.00/cwt +11.74 vs last sale · ≈ $1,074/hd at 488 lb · 29 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $208.81/cwt ≈ $1,133/hd at 542 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	505	750	322
Feeder cattle	505	750	322

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 147, Heifers 217, Bulls 141) 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	2	258.00	$258.00	$1,019	+10.00
420	420	1	243.00	$243.00	$1,021	-6.00
488	488	8	247.00	$247.00	$1,205	+8.22
554 value added	554	28	240.00	$240.00	$1,330	—
587–597	590	16	160.00–233.00	$214.52	$1,266	-11.11
625	625	5	216.00	$216.00	$1,350	+23.00
765	765	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,476	—
853 value added	853	13	183.00	$183.00	$1,561	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	2	248.00	$248.00	$1,054	+1.00
455–471	466	7	231.00–245.00	$241.10	$1,124	+1.10
557	557	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,253	-3.00
562 value added	562	9	168.00	$168.00	$944	—
648 value added	648	3	204.00	$204.00	$1,322	—
678	678	7	209.00	$209.00	$1,417	+4.00
735	735	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,213	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462 value added	462	4	249.00	$249.00	$1,150	—
615 value added	615	14	222.00	$222.00	$1,365	—
652 value added	652	10	219.00	$219.00	$1,428	—
739 value added	739	5	182.00	$182.00	$1,345	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
646 value added	646	5	188.00	$188.00	$1,214	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	219.00	$219.00	$745	+11.50
376	376	3	215.00	$215.00	$808	-8.02
428	428	8	223.00	$223.00	$954	+18.75
488	488	29	220.00	$220.00	$1,074	+11.74
532	532	12	215.00	$215.00	$1,144	—
561	561	20	203.00	$203.00	$1,139	+2.57
572 value added	572	5	221.00	$221.00	$1,264	+32.00
629	629	5	176.00	$176.00	$1,107	+3.00
653 value added	653	10	202.00	$202.00	$1,319	+13.00
720	720	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,231	+4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	5	166.00	$166.00	$868	—
547 value added	547	21	219.00	$219.00	$1,198	—
637 value added	637	21	199.00	$199.00	$1,268	—
718 value added	718	4	180.00	$180.00	$1,292	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	6	229.00	$229.00	$758	+9.00
376	376	9	227.00	$227.00	$854	+8.00
400–445	423	7	206.00–223.00	$218.42	$924	+27.42
485	485	12	213.00	$213.00	$1,033	+10.57
565	565	6	222.00	$222.00	$1,254	+25.47
627	627	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,129	-7.03
810 value added	810	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,199	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	15	215.00	$215.00	$1,000	+13.55
561	561	14	209.00	$209.00	$1,172	+13.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	6	243.00	$243.00	$785	—
365–376	374	5	208.00–250.00	$241.80	$904	+7.80
430	430	14	249.00	$249.00	$1,071	+24.00
493	493	16	232.00	$232.00	$1,144	+6.16
520	520	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,087	—
551	551	9	211.00	$211.00	$1,163	-9.00
611–626	617	15	206.00–209.00	$207.78	$1,282	—
675	675	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,127	-21.42
762	762	2	156.00	$156.00	$1,189	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	5	249.00	$249.00	$817	+12.00
365–380	379	10	222.00–253.00	$250.01	$948	+32.51
415–432	430	7	231.00–245.00	$243.07	$1,045	+11.04
483	483	10	237.00	$237.00	$1,145	+21.53
545	545	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,090	—
588	588	6	182.00	$182.00	$1,070	+5.02
665–695	688	9	167.00–171.00	$170.14	$1,171	-3.86

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–497	469	10	223.00–230.00	$227.03	$1,065	+27.03
590	590	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,003	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	8	237.00	$237.00	$1,138	—

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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.