Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, June 17, 2023

682 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $229.51/cwt +14.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,340/hd at 584 lb · 57 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $247.18/cwt +29.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,530/hd at 619 lb · 49 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $234.90/cwt +1.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,368/hd at 582 lb · 44 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	682	456	345
Feeder cattle	682	456	345

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 314, Heifers 269, Bulls 99) 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
425	425	4	247.00	$247.00	$1,050	-23.00
492–497	495	26	230.00–249.00	$238.72	$1,182	-13.28
515–546	545	22	230.00–256.00	$254.88	$1,389	—
565–597	581	40	230.00–240.00	$234.99	$1,365	+1.98
596 value added	596	4	234.00	$234.00	$1,395	—
617	617	44	235.00–249.00	$247.09	$1,525	+29.09
636	636	5	248.00	$248.00	$1,577	+30.00
660–684	675	20	219.00–238.00	$226.75	$1,531	+8.75
706	706	3	227.00	$227.00	$1,603	+22.00
705–734 value added	722	10	178.00–229.00	$218.87	$1,580	—
780	780	1	206.00	$206.00	$1,607	—
808 value added	808	5	214.00	$214.00	$1,729	—
988 value added	988	13	196.00	$196.00	$1,936	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475 value added	475	5	242.50	$242.50	$1,152	—
510–520	513	24	242.00–263.00	$249.09	$1,278	—
764–765 value added	765	23	209.00–223.00	$213.26	$1,631	—
846 value added	846	12	213.00	$213.00	$1,802	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357	357	11	235.00	$235.00	$839	-39.00
440	440	5	239.00	$239.00	$1,052	+11.51
485	485	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,164	—
576	576	8	222.00	$222.00	$1,279	+7.72
620 value added	620	3	197.00	$197.00	$1,221	—
676	676	3	191.00	$191.00	$1,291	+1.00
715	715	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,494	+24.00
979 value added	979	5	161.00	$161.00	$1,576	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
676	676	9	201.00	$201.00	$1,359	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	378	2	232.00–239.00	$235.34	$890	+4.30
433	433	4	227.00	$227.00	$983	-3.00
482–493	488	34	218.00–229.00	$222.47	$1,086	+2.47
519–521	519	37	207.00–232.00	$229.97	$1,194	—
580–594	584	57	220.00–239.00	$229.51	$1,340	+14.86
662–668	664	11	196.00–200.00	$198.90	$1,321	—
760 value added	760	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,406	-13.00
836	836	5	186.00	$186.00	$1,555	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–338	314	11	239.00–245.00	$243.24	$764	+45.74
380	380	7	235.00	$235.00	$893	-8.58
429	429	7	226.00	$226.00	$970	-7.11
485	485	13	226.00	$226.00	$1,096	-3.00
635	635	5	211.00	$211.00	$1,340	-1.00
735	735	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,250	—
778	778	7	193.00	$193.00	$1,502	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466 value added	466	8	238.00	$238.00	$1,109	—
467	467	18	225.00	$225.00	$1,051	-13.00
563	563	16	226.00	$226.00	$1,272	—
655–682	663	7	198.00–208.00	$205.06	$1,360	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
569	569	15	240.50	$240.50	$1,368	+11.50

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	7	235.00	$235.00	$886	-6.00
420–437	434	6	236.00–241.00	$240.19	$1,042	+29.11
478–487	485	11	233.00–235.00	$233.54	$1,133	+18.54
565	565	13	224.00	$224.00	$1,266	+1.50
652	652	14	202.00	$202.00	$1,317	+4.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–380	376	8	231.00	$231.00	$869	—
479	479	8	231.00	$231.00	$1,106	+11.00
577–587	580	6	184.00–200.00	$194.61	$1,129	-15.37
672	672	4	185.00	$185.00	$1,243	—
745–748	747	5	170.00–179.00	$177.21	$1,324	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
629	629	11	196.00	$196.00	$1,233	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	4	201.00	$201.00	$1,001	—
607	607	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,147	—

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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.