Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, October 7, 2023

659 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $231.39/cwt +17.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,121/hd at 485 lb · 66 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $227.89/cwt -21.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,294/hd at 568 lb · 63 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $222.63/cwt -0.04 vs last sale · ≈ $1,254/hd at 563 lb · 50 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	659	619	728
Feeder cattle	659	619	728

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 234, Heifers 322, Bulls 103) 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
355–365	363	5	227.50–259.00	$252.84	$918	-7.43
441	441	12	254.00	$254.00	$1,120	-8.00
468–493	486	20	239.00–249.00	$241.89	$1,176	-10.60
504 value added	504	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,210	—
510–518	517	10	182.50–231.00	$226.22	$1,170	-11.78
554 value added	554	15	239.00	$239.00	$1,324	—
571–574	572	48	182.50–242.00	$224.42	$1,284	-27.88
617	617	12	222.00	$222.00	$1,370	-16.00
668 value added	668	5	221.00	$221.00	$1,476	—
672	672	9	219.00	$219.00	$1,472	-18.29
745	745	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,490	—
810 value added	810	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,733	—
976 value added	976	6	203.00	$203.00	$1,981	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–384	382	12	227.50–247.50	$245.93	$939	+5.93
415	415	6	249.00	$249.00	$1,033	-0.18
520	520	1	180.00	$180.00	$936	-63.00
550	550	9	215.00	$215.00	$1,182	—
583 value added	583	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,312	—
610–632	618	12	182.50–219.00	$194.43	$1,202	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535 value added	535	6	205.00	$205.00	$1,097	—
665 value added	665	17	221.00	$221.00	$1,470	-21.00
768 value added	768	16	210.00	$210.00	$1,613	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	3	240.00	$240.00	$732	+9.00
350–378	374	23	224.00–247.00	$242.14	$906	+5.88
405–435	433	20	210.00–235.00	$232.84	$1,008	+5.84
446 value added	446	7	224.00	$224.00	$999	—
475 value added	475	13	239.00	$239.00	$1,135	—
487–491	487	53	185.00–235.00	$229.52	$1,118	+15.99
554 value added	554	8	225.00	$225.00	$1,246	—
561–580	565	42	150.00–229.50	$222.18	$1,255	+1.61
605	605	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,044	—
655	655	9	182.00	$182.00	$1,192	—
865 value added	865	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,470	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–336	327	6	205.00–248.00	$234.43	$767	-0.57
365–385	379	9	222.50–245.00	$239.20	$907	+4.35
425–435	426	18	202.50–234.00	$231.03	$984	+6.07
450–487	486	26	210.00–228.00	$227.36	$1,105	+6.85
563	563	9	225.00	$225.00	$1,267	-0.47
645–647	647	5	162.50	$162.50	$1,051	—
740	740	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,406	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	2	152.50	$152.50	$724	—
548 value added	548	10	228.00	$228.00	$1,249	-5.00
664 value added	664	15	220.00	$220.00	$1,461	—
734 value added	734	11	210.00	$210.00	$1,541	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	14	223.00	$223.00	$966	—
515	515	14	218.00	$218.00	$1,123	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	4	240.00	$240.00	$835	-10.00
360–384	381	7	200.00–241.00	$235.46	$897	-24.54
437	437	11	241.00	$241.00	$1,053	+6.94
493	493	15	227.00	$227.00	$1,119	—
510–515	513	3	170.00–200.00	$179.94	$923	-60.06
563–597	569	12	170.00–219.00	$210.43	$1,197	-20.49
648	648	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,199	-26.83
655–675	665	2	165.00–170.00	$167.46	$1,114	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	207.50	$207.50	$695	—
391	391	5	235.00	$235.00	$919	+2.50
405–432	423	3	185.00–227.50	$198.56	$840	-46.44
455–467	458	9	202.50–210.00	$208.30	$954	-13.70
500–502	501	7	175.00–187.50	$183.94	$922	—
568–570	569	15	162.00–170.00	$167.33	$952	-60.17
660	660	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,106	—
720	720	2	166.00	$166.00	$1,195	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	190.00	$190.00	$940	—

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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.