Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, August 19, 2023

535 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $230.43/cwt -9.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,476/hd at 640 lb · 58 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $220.00/cwt -9.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,322/hd at 601 lb · 33 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $207.00/cwt -5.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,184/hd at 572 lb · 30 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	535	519	211
Feeder cattle	535	519	211

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 231, Heifers 218, Bulls 86) Value Added and Natural 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
347	347	6	247.00	$247.00	$857	-13.00
425	425	6	242.00	$242.00	$1,028	—
500	500	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,205	-1.26
527 value added	527	12	249.00	$249.00	$1,312	—
562	562	14	249.00	$249.00	$1,399	+13.00
638 value added	638	39	232.00	$232.00	$1,480	—
641	641	9	233.00	$233.00	$1,494	-6.62
649	649	10	222.00	$222.00	$1,441	-17.62
685 value added	685	7	223.00	$223.00	$1,528	—
798 value added	798	5	206.00	$206.00	$1,644	-5.00
1100 value added	1100	6	170.00	$170.00	$1,870	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547 value added	547	7	244.00	$244.00	$1,335	—
566–597 value added	575	18	201.00–238.00	$227.32	$1,307	—
601 value added	601	33	220.00	$220.00	$1,322	—
812 value added	812	2	197.00	$197.00	$1,600	—
969 value added	969	20	209.00	$209.00	$2,025	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	201.00	$201.00	$894	-19.00
449 value added	449	6	243.00	$243.00	$1,091	—
475	475	4	210.00	$210.00	$998	-27.00
590	590	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,239	-9.00
611 value added	611	15	233.00	$233.00	$1,424	—
650	650	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,404	-4.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	6	209.00	$209.00	$815	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	200.00	$200.00	$660	—
395	395	1	220.00	$220.00	$869	+4.41
429–430	429	7	205.00–222.00	$219.57	$942	+10.42
485	485	17	226.00	$226.00	$1,096	+19.00
522 value added	522	14	236.00	$236.00	$1,232	+11.00
566–586	572	30	207.00	$207.00	$1,184	-5.12
610	610	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,202	—
652 value added	652	12	219.00	$219.00	$1,428	—
660–662	662	12	180.00–192.00	$190.01	$1,258	-18.99
710	710	1	135.00	$135.00	$958	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	6	223.00	$223.00	$776	+33.00
393	393	4	223.00	$223.00	$876	+6.26
429	429	7	224.00	$224.00	$961	+10.82
485	485	10	218.00	$218.00	$1,057	—
525	525	1	188.00	$188.00	$987	-20.40
557–570	564	18	218.00–223.00	$220.19	$1,242	+17.19
607 value added	607	8	230.00	$230.00	$1,396	—
675	675	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,276	—
748	748	4	184.00	$184.00	$1,376	—
802 value added	802	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,083	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
597 value added	597	13	216.00	$216.00	$1,290	—
738 value added	738	13	175.00	$175.00	$1,292	-24.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367 value added	367	4	217.00	$217.00	$796	—
492 value added	492	12	240.00	$240.00	$1,181	—
604	604	9	197.00	$197.00	$1,190	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
446	446	7	220.00	$220.00	$981	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–370	368	5	200.00–243.00	$234.59	$863	+19.59
415–427	423	3	197.50–222.50	$214.32	$907	-16.32
482–497	486	17	190.00–227.50	$218.47	$1,062	—
540	540	1	180.00	$180.00	$972	-43.20
561	561	9	214.00	$214.00	$1,201	-12.00
660	660	9	187.00	$187.00	$1,234	+16.00
772–773	773	9	165.00	$165.00	$1,275	—
800	800	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,288	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	5	200.00	$200.00	$644	—
380	380	1	209.00	$209.00	$794	-1.00
433	433	4	182.50	$182.50	$790	-38.50
498	498	7	191.00	$191.00	$951	—
565	565	1	171.00	$171.00	$966	-33.24
635	635	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,206	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
752	752	10	165.00	$165.00	$1,241	—

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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.