Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, April 6, 2024

845 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $300.00/cwt +4.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,730/hd at 577 lb · 52 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $255.79/cwt -16.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,218/hd at 476 lb · 49 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $302.81/cwt ≈ $1,541/hd at 509 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	845	736	641
Feeder cattle	845	736	641

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 322, Heifers 418, Bulls 105) 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
312–345	334	9	317.50–322.50	$320.94	$1,072	—
395	395	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,086	-70.00
433–445	436	26	300.00–310.00	$307.64	$1,341	-21.22
462–492	484	29	265.00–310.00	$301.58	$1,460	-5.58
505–533	509	46	285.00–306.00	$302.81	$1,541	—
571	571	23	299.00	$299.00	$1,707	±0.00
576–587 value added	581	29	298.00–306.00	$300.79	$1,748	+11.79
624	624	12	273.00	$273.00	$1,704	-3.62
660	660	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,617	-8.00
723 value added	723	5	258.00	$258.00	$1,865	+21.00
755	755	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,744	—
799 value added	799	8	230.00	$230.00	$1,838	—
822	822	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,726	—
900 value added	900	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,782	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506 value added	506	10	301.00	$301.00	$1,523	-12.00
550–575 value added	562	19	295.00–300.00	$297.58	$1,672	+11.22
635 value added	635	7	274.00	$274.00	$1,740	—
650–657 value added	652	20	259.00–280.00	$274.71	$1,791	-3.29
721 value added	721	15	245.00	$245.00	$1,766	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333–340	334	6	300.00–320.00	$316.61	$1,057	—
361	361	11	322.50	$322.50	$1,164	-26.50
415–423	417	16	265.00–314.00	$301.57	$1,258	-27.43
471–480	473	5	270.00–275.00	$273.98	$1,296	-41.02
531 value added	531	6	289.00	$289.00	$1,535	—
563	563	9	285.00	$285.00	$1,605	+4.06

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	272.00	$272.00	$925	—
385	385	11	275.00	$275.00	$1,059	-20.00
410–425	413	32	241.00–267.00	$262.25	$1,083	-22.26
468–476	476	49	237.00–257.00	$255.79	$1,218	-16.67
506	506	15	254.00	$254.00	$1,285	—
570–595	579	34	236.00–241.00	$239.19	$1,385	-11.06
584 value added	584	5	209.00	$209.00	$1,221	—
610 value added	610	16	235.00	$235.00	$1,434	-5.00
638	638	5	227.00	$227.00	$1,448	+8.49
772	772	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,675	—
830	830	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,743	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	7	274.00	$274.00	$910	-18.92
374 value added	374	7	280.00	$280.00	$1,047	—
350–387	382	14	242.00–276.00	$271.49	$1,037	-20.72
430	430	15	268.00	$268.00	$1,152	-18.89
440 value added	440	10	270.00	$270.00	$1,188	—
480	480	29	256.00	$256.00	$1,229	-18.47
525 value added	525	6	249.00	$249.00	$1,307	—
543	543	15	245.00	$245.00	$1,330	-24.00
585	585	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,316	-23.29
620 value added	620	5	231.00	$231.00	$1,432	—
668	668	5	231.00	$231.00	$1,543	—
736 value added	736	13	207.00	$207.00	$1,524	—
760	760	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,338	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468 value added	468	14	266.00	$266.00	$1,245	—
566 value added	566	30	250.00	$250.00	$1,415	-12.00
657 value added	657	20	238.00	$238.00	$1,564	—
737	737	7	229.00	$229.00	$1,688	—
748 value added	748	13	228.00	$228.00	$1,705	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	15	265.00	$265.00	$1,177	—
544	544	15	248.00	$248.00	$1,349	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	260.00–305.00	$282.50	$918	-40.39
378	378	6	314.00	$314.00	$1,187	-1.00
428–442	431	9	267.50–305.00	$296.46	$1,278	-24.54
486	486	14	295.00	$295.00	$1,434	+22.83
560	560	10	270.00	$270.00	$1,512	+20.00
672	672	7	237.00	$237.00	$1,593	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	299.00	$299.00	$1,002	-31.00
391	391	7	314.00	$314.00	$1,228	-9.86
421	421	4	299.00	$299.00	$1,259	-21.00
478	478	15	298.00	$298.00	$1,424	+15.00
565	565	8	255.00	$255.00	$1,441	+25.00
643	643	3	238.00	$238.00	$1,530	+18.00
725	725	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,320	-22.00
770	770	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,378	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
412	412	4	217.50	$217.50	$896	-105.00
496	496	5	278.00	$278.00	$1,379	-9.50
616	616	6	220.00	$220.00	$1,355	—

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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.