Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, December 2, 2023

653 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $188.39/cwt -9.31 vs last sale · ≈ $927/hd at 492 lb · 59 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $203.13/cwt -20.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,277/hd at 628 lb · 46 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $187.69/cwt -14.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,068/hd at 569 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	653	581	1,011
Feeder cattle	653	581	1,011

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 250, Heifers 291, Bulls 112) 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
315	315	1	232.50	$232.50	$732	—
380	380	5	220.00	$220.00	$836	-17.50
420	420	9	229.00	$229.00	$962	-2.09
450–499	495	23	175.00–227.50	$223.13	$1,104	-23.45
535–543 value added	537	38	216.00–238.00	$219.52	$1,179	—
576	576	14	205.00	$205.00	$1,181	-51.11
607–634	623	25	179.00–203.00	$194.64	$1,213	-29.38
600–649 value added	635	21	210.00–222.00	$213.24	$1,354	—
667–668	668	15	171.00–190.00	$178.59	$1,193	—
669 value added	669	8	197.00	$197.00	$1,318	—
731 value added	731	4	183.00	$183.00	$1,338	—
758 value added	758	13	189.00	$189.00	$1,433	—
770	770	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,093	—
844 value added	844	5	189.00	$189.00	$1,595	—
940 value added	940	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,636	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–385	375	2	145.00–152.50	$148.65	$557	-21.35
420–435	428	2	155.00–205.00	$180.44	$772	-57.06
501–532	519	7	205.00–207.50	$206.03	$1,069	—
573	573	4	184.00	$184.00	$1,054	-18.50
606 value added	606	10	140.00	$140.00	$848	—
640	640	1	152.00	$152.00	$973	—
729 value added	729	9	141.00	$141.00	$1,028	—
770	770	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,332	—
867	867	2	159.00	$159.00	$1,379	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
481 value added	481	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,130	—
503 value added	503	9	244.00	$244.00	$1,227	—
641 value added	641	13	193.00	$193.00	$1,237	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	3	180.00	$180.00	$599	-32.50
383	383	8	185.00	$185.00	$709	-30.00
412–435	427	27	189.00	$189.00	$807	-4.03
490–494	492	59	177.00–191.00	$188.39	$927	-9.31
555–582	568	35	172.00–191.00	$185.93	$1,056	-15.91
576 value added	576	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,152	—
654	654	7	169.00	$169.00	$1,105	—
672 value added	672	20	181.00	$181.00	$1,216	—
872	872	2	110.00	$110.00	$959	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	6	180.00	$180.00	$599	—
350–385	380	7	157.50–180.00	$177.04	$673	-28.25
420–435	423	14	166.00–181.00	$177.70	$752	-33.30
485	485	23	181.00	$181.00	$878	-19.00
500	500	1	143.00	$143.00	$715	—
522 value added	522	9	122.00	$122.00	$637	—
570	570	13	185.00	$185.00	$1,054	-4.00
627	627	2	161.00	$161.00	$1,009	—
703 value added	703	13	111.00	$111.00	$780	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480 value added	480	12	202.00	$202.00	$970	—
509 value added	509	5	171.00	$171.00	$870	—
793 value added	793	4	131.00	$131.00	$1,039	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
459	459	6	169.00	$169.00	$776	-45.00
560	560	3	155.00	$155.00	$868	-15.00

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562	562	7	169.00	$169.00	$950	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	145.00	$145.00	$457	-82.00
350–383	374	7	205.00–217.50	$214.15	$801	—
436	436	15	187.50	$187.50	$818	-34.50
479–495	480	12	150.00–189.00	$185.65	$891	-6.35
570–593	583	14	136.00–164.00	$154.99	$904	-30.01
653	653	15	151.00	$151.00	$986	—
700	700	1	125.00	$125.00	$875	—
769	769	5	149.00	$149.00	$1,146	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	225.00	$225.00	$742	+16.00
375–381	380	5	147.50–222.50	$207.69	$789	-6.31
425	425	6	187.50	$187.50	$797	-10.50
510	510	3	174.00	$174.00	$887	+23.00
559	559	7	159.00	$159.00	$889	-20.00
615	615	1	151.00	$151.00	$929	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
434	434	11	142.50	$142.50	$618	—
548	548	8	154.00	$154.00	$844	—

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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.