Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, April 27, 2024

501 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $249.22/cwt +11.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,224/hd at 491 lb · 33 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $237.29/cwt +2.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,362/hd at 574 lb · 32 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $292.04/cwt -0.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,688/hd at 578 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	501	604	232
Feeder cattle	501	604	232

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 150, Heifers 249, Bulls 102) 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
335	335	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,106	+10.00
378	378	9	329.00	$329.00	$1,244	+54.00
443	443	4	305.00	$305.00	$1,351	+6.30
498	498	3	281.00	$281.00	$1,399	-25.00
501	501	20	301.00	$301.00	$1,508	-3.00
560–585	578	26	259.00–300.00	$292.04	$1,688	-0.25
635–642	640	3	251.00	$251.00	$1,606	—
663	663	15	266.00	$266.00	$1,764	-9.00
732	732	2	239.00	$239.00	$1,749	-11.00
775	775	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,705	—
812 value added	812	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,835	—
857	857	9	229.00	$229.00	$1,963	—
1185	1185	1	300.00	$300.00	$3,555	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,008	—
366	366	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,061	+27.50
430 value added	430	4	290.00	$290.00	$1,247	—
434	434	5	292.50	$292.50	$1,269	-6.50
486	486	4	300.00	$300.00	$1,458	+23.00
513 value added	513	3	302.50	$302.50	$1,552	—
620 value added	620	2	259.00	$259.00	$1,606	-26.00
696 value added	696	9	264.00	$264.00	$1,837	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454	454	20	322.00	$322.00	$1,462	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	275.00	$275.00	$949	+17.50
370–372	371	5	256.00–276.00	$267.97	$994	+20.13
431	431	20	266.00	$266.00	$1,146	+12.00
480–493	491	33	236.00–251.00	$249.22	$1,224	+15.70
523–549	535	22	202.00–248.00	$240.11	$1,285	+38.11
562–592	574	32	202.00–249.00	$237.29	$1,362	+2.56
643	643	6	241.00	$241.00	$1,550	+19.60
680 value added	680	8	245.00	$245.00	$1,666	+22.00
785 value added	785	9	224.00	$224.00	$1,758	—
840	840	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,100	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331–345	333	8	222.00–285.00	$276.84	$922	+1.84
369	369	13	286.00	$286.00	$1,055	+18.78
416–445	418	12	240.00–284.00	$280.10	$1,171	+23.21
460–495	481	16	237.00–253.00	$251.01	$1,207	-4.00
492 value added	492	2	238.00	$238.00	$1,171	+30.00
572–575	575	23	244.00–251.00	$250.39	$1,440	+14.39
660	660	6	231.00	$231.00	$1,525	—
726	726	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,597	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
581 value added	581	15	262.00	$262.00	$1,522	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	7	255.00	$255.00	$1,176	+2.00
545	545	6	245.00	$245.00	$1,335	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,104	±0.00
379	379	5	319.00	$319.00	$1,209	+34.29
428	428	8	301.00	$301.00	$1,288	+21.16
487	487	11	278.00	$278.00	$1,354	+10.05
545	545	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,349	—
572	572	13	257.00	$257.00	$1,470	-10.00
645	645	11	236.00	$236.00	$1,522	—
720	720	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,498	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	2	322.50	$322.50	$1,048	+33.79
387–390	387	13	265.00–301.00	$298.21	$1,154	+5.51
435	435	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,327	+19.00
488	488	6	272.00	$272.00	$1,327	+15.30
571–580	572	12	233.00–238.00	$237.58	$1,359	-16.42
605–632	627	5	228.00–236.00	$234.46	$1,470	+3.46
700	700	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,533	—
775	775	3	202.00	$202.00	$1,566	—
805	805	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,469	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	233.00	$233.00	$955	—
542	542	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,328	—

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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.