Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, July 8, 2023

472 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $238.50/cwt -8.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,492/hd at 626 lb · 41 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $203.68/cwt -25.83 vs last sale · ≈ $1,149/hd at 564 lb · 39 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $215.17/cwt ≈ $1,031/hd at 479 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	472	682	441
Feeder cattle	472	682	441

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 164, Heifers 227, Bulls 81) 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
435	435	4	221.00	$221.00	$961	-26.00
508	508	8	254.00	$254.00	$1,290	—
548 value added	548	9	248.00	$248.00	$1,359	—
555–587	573	16	249.00–254.00	$251.12	$1,439	+16.13
607–643	619	26	215.00–252.00	$242.73	$1,502	-4.36
622–647 value added	637	15	221.00–247.00	$231.16	$1,472	—
718	718	3	197.00	$197.00	$1,414	-30.00
782 value added	782	14	216.00	$216.00	$1,689	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	9	239.00	$239.00	$915	+4.00
425–430	426	7	210.00–236.00	$232.25	$989	-6.75
480	480	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,032	-25.00
500 value added	500	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,250	—
535	535	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,043	—
560	560	5	214.00	$214.00	$1,198	-8.00
566 value added	566	8	220.00	$220.00	$1,245	—
745	745	2	188.00	$188.00	$1,401	-21.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670 value added	670	9	221.00	$221.00	$1,481	—
851 value added	851	20	203.00	$203.00	$1,728	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	4	204.00	$204.00	$881	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	8	206.00	$206.00	$779	-29.34
435	435	6	208.00	$208.00	$905	-19.00
502–545	505	13	172.50–198.00	$195.88	$989	-34.09
560–568	562	34	194.00–224.00	$202.02	$1,135	-27.49
580 value added	580	5	215.00	$215.00	$1,247	—
627–638 value added	629	15	206.00–216.00	$213.97	$1,346	—
676	676	9	185.00	$185.00	$1,251	-13.90
787	787	2	173.00	$173.00	$1,362	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
391	391	12	215.00	$215.00	$841	—
453–486	479	25	203.00–218.00	$215.17	$1,031	—
562 value added	562	8	212.00	$212.00	$1,191	—
648 value added	648	19	208.00	$208.00	$1,348	—
749 value added	749	10	185.00	$185.00	$1,386	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	209.00	$209.00	$721	-34.24
357–390	363	11	209.00–219.00	$217.05	$788	-17.95
447	447	2	201.00	$201.00	$898	-25.00
478	478	16	195.00	$195.00	$932	-31.00
555–562	556	10	196.00–202.00	$200.79	$1,116	—
634	634	5	201.00	$201.00	$1,274	-10.00
663 value added	663	9	206.00	$206.00	$1,366	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
567	567	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,191	-16.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–370	368	3	240.00	$240.00	$883	+5.00
421	421	6	221.00	$221.00	$930	-19.19
504–538	514	10	181.00–226.00	$211.88	$1,089	—
581	581	6	219.00	$219.00	$1,272	-5.00
635	635	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,086	—
655	655	3	209.00	$209.00	$1,369	+7.00
746	746	4	161.00	$161.00	$1,201	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	14	221.00	$221.00	$824	-10.00
430	430	1	200.00	$200.00	$860	—
455–487	481	8	175.00–199.00	$194.14	$934	-36.86
556	556	4	186.00	$186.00	$1,034	-8.61
600	600	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,050	—
653	653	4	182.00	$182.00	$1,188	-3.00
725	725	2	155.00	$155.00	$1,124	-22.21

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	7	191.00	$191.00	$951	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	6	165.00	$165.00	$1,031	-24.00

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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.