Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, August 3, 2024

515 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $243.79/cwt +3.72 vs last sale · ≈ $1,445/hd at 593 lb · 44 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $297.75/cwt ≈ $1,556/hd at 523 lb · 29 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $257.63/cwt -39.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,511/hd at 586 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	515	639	519
Feeder cattle	515	639	519

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 188, Heifers 235, Bulls 92) 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
372	372	2	287.50	$287.50	$1,070	—
429	429	5	320.00	$320.00	$1,373	+19.16
444–449 value added	446	15	297.50–314.00	$308.46	$1,376	—
454 value added	454	7	309.00	$309.00	$1,403	—
515	515	15	302.00	$302.00	$1,555	—
525–536 value added	531	14	288.00–297.00	$293.19	$1,557	—
579–598	586	23	251.00–263.00	$258.74	$1,516	-40.02
588 value added	588	5	252.50	$252.50	$1,485	-40.50
620–635	628	2	226.00–253.00	$239.66	$1,505	-51.62
650	650	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,592	—
738 value added	738	13	245.00	$245.00	$1,808	-18.00
755–780 value added	771	24	207.50–243.00	$229.96	$1,773	—
792	792	2	224.00	$224.00	$1,774	—
886 value added	886	26	238.00	$238.00	$2,109	—
998 value added	998	16	230.00	$230.00	$2,295	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,235	+50.00
435	435	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,088	-15.00
475	475	3	281.00	$281.00	$1,335	+1.33
558	558	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,395	-39.45
681 value added	681	6	228.00	$228.00	$1,553	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
647 value added	647	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,365	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	7	295.00	$295.00	$914	+30.00
381	381	12	300.00	$300.00	$1,143	+29.47
425–440	428	10	225.00–266.00	$257.57	$1,102	+9.42
488	488	15	261.50	$261.50	$1,276	+27.40
505–525	515	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,184	—
527 value added	527	7	211.00	$211.00	$1,112	—
576–595	578	10	246.00–255.00	$254.07	$1,469	+16.50
596–597 value added	597	34	239.00–244.00	$240.76	$1,437	—
679	679	12	239.00	$239.00	$1,623	+13.24
730	730	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,548	—
740 value added	740	26	225.00	$225.00	$1,665	—
751	751	3	212.00	$212.00	$1,592	-12.00
868 value added	868	20	222.00	$222.00	$1,927	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	3	280.00	$280.00	$899	+35.60
385–390	387	5	250.00–280.00	$267.91	$1,037	+41.12
428	428	6	259.00	$259.00	$1,109	+8.99
457 value added	457	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,142	—
487–491	488	15	222.00–251.00	$245.16	$1,196	+1.16
535	535	1	233.00	$233.00	$1,247	—
570	570	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,396	+13.00
574 value added	574	12	234.00	$234.00	$1,343	—
633	633	3	244.00	$244.00	$1,545	—
662	662	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,556	+9.83
765	765	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,668	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	3	200.00	$200.00	$830	-30.00
567	567	5	241.00	$241.00	$1,366	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442 value added	442	7	270.00	$270.00	$1,193	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,004	+24.92
387	387	5	322.50	$322.50	$1,248	+35.00
432	432	7	305.00	$305.00	$1,318	+47.85
497	497	5	282.00	$282.00	$1,402	+21.91
502	502	7	283.00	$283.00	$1,421	+39.33
580	580	8	259.00	$259.00	$1,502	+6.05
655–665	663	4	220.00–230.00	$227.53	$1,509	-3.47
735–737	736	3	205.00–211.00	$209.00	$1,538	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
316	316	8	310.00	$310.00	$980	+30.00
377	377	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,093	+21.64
429	429	6	291.00	$291.00	$1,248	+11.00
473	473	6	270.00	$270.00	$1,277	+14.13
581	581	6	222.00	$222.00	$1,290	-22.00
605–635	631	8	211.00–221.00	$219.80	$1,387	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	12	287.50	$287.50	$1,104	—

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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.