Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, March 16, 2024

736 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $245.00/cwt +18.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,845/hd at 753 lb · 45 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $272.46/cwt +22.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,319/hd at 484 lb · 39 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $248.29/cwt +7.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,393/hd at 561 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	736	808	511
Feeder cattle	736	808	511

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 279, Heifers 323, Bulls 134) 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
375	375	4	345.00	$345.00	$1,294	+16.00
430–445	433	5	309.00–334.00	$328.86	$1,424	+12.86
472–495	485	19	290.00–309.00	$307.16	$1,490	-2.84
573	573	15	299.00	$299.00	$1,713	+19.92
592 value added	592	9	289.00	$289.00	$1,711	—
619 value added	619	16	275.50	$275.50	$1,705	+23.99
615–647	642	7	249.00–281.00	$276.62	$1,776	—
672–688 value added	675	20	227.00–286.00	$272.73	$1,841	—
675	675	1	253.00	$253.00	$1,708	+1.49
723 value added	723	3	237.00	$237.00	$1,714	—
745	745	1	233.00	$233.00	$1,736	-1.00
753 value added	753	45	245.00	$245.00	$1,845	—
876–890 value added	883	21	230.00	$230.00	$2,031	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	7	349.00	$349.00	$1,323	+22.00
435	435	4	329.00	$329.00	$1,431	+29.00
499	499	8	315.00	$315.00	$1,572	+14.02
505	505	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,439	—
550–577	575	16	280.00–281.00	$280.94	$1,615	+15.14
596 value added	596	14	272.00	$272.00	$1,621	—
650	650	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,788	+39.35
710–730	720	2	209.00–250.00	$229.22	$1,650	+4.22
753 value added	753	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,581	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510 value added	510	16	313.00	$313.00	$1,596	—
550–590 value added	568	16	282.00–290.00	$286.36	$1,627	+4.36
670 value added	670	11	278.00	$278.00	$1,863	—
760 value added	760	9	252.00	$252.00	$1,915	+14.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–326	324	12	280.00–294.00	$292.92	$949	+22.92
350–378	376	19	267.00–296.00	$292.21	$1,099	+18.96
405–443	432	24	270.00–289.00	$286.89	$1,239	+22.99
485–493	492	25	261.00–277.00	$274.47	$1,350	+20.46
545	545	6	269.00	$269.00	$1,466	+46.00
560–570	561	31	224.00–250.00	$248.29	$1,393	+7.60
642	642	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,425	—
713	713	11	213.00	$213.00	$1,519	—
787	787	4	176.00	$176.00	$1,385	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	22	295.00	$295.00	$1,097	+31.83
420–433	432	15	277.50–285.00	$284.51	$1,229	+32.45
484–488	484	39	266.00–273.00	$272.46	$1,319	+24.16
573–585	574	14	228.00–252.00	$250.25	$1,436	+7.55
604 value added	604	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,450	+16.00
625–646	643	6	216.00–219.00	$218.51	$1,405	—
657	657	5	224.00	$224.00	$1,472	+9.00
681 value added	681	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,505	-2.00
712	712	6	212.00	$212.00	$1,509	—
858	858	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,716	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447 value added	447	10	289.00	$289.00	$1,292	+18.00
522–537 value added	533	21	270.00–274.00	$270.93	$1,444	+13.93
593 value added	593	20	262.00	$262.00	$1,554	+12.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	12	274.00	$274.00	$1,348	—
571	571	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,428	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322–323	323	7	285.00–338.00	$322.89	$1,043	+7.89
381–390	383	5	315.00	$315.00	$1,206	+0.88
435	435	9	321.00	$321.00	$1,396	+8.42
475–489	487	17	258.00–274.00	$272.17	$1,325	-22.82
511	511	4	267.50	$267.50	$1,367	-12.50
579	579	10	250.00	$250.00	$1,448	+5.99
630	630	10	245.00	$245.00	$1,544	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,106	+26.45
375–388	382	6	317.50–330.00	$323.86	$1,237	+13.68
425	425	17	320.00	$320.00	$1,360	+3.00
489	489	14	283.00	$283.00	$1,384	-2.23
548	548	12	243.00	$243.00	$1,332	+31.00
567	567	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,304	+8.00
641	641	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,410	+18.00
746	746	3	204.00	$204.00	$1,522	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	6	322.50	$322.50	$1,332	—
487	487	2	287.50	$287.50	$1,400	—
558	558	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,116	—

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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.