Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, August 17, 2024

298 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $275.00/cwt +28.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,314/hd at 478 lb · 15 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $247.12/cwt +2.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,771/hd at 717 lb · 15 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 bulls $285.12/cwt -4.88 vs last sale · ≈ $1,109/hd at 389 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	298	515	535
Feeder cattle	298	515	535

Market comments — USDA reporter

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 86, Heifers 130, Bulls 82) 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
367	367	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,229	+47.50
420	420	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,344	±0.00
490	490	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,372	—
511	511	7	295.00	$295.00	$1,507	-7.00
563–575	564	11	260.00–285.00	$282.68	$1,594	+23.94
630	630	1	246.00	$246.00	$1,550	+6.34
650	650	8	265.00	$265.00	$1,722	+20.00
713–735 value added	715	14	242.50–249.00	$248.52	$1,777	+3.52
740	740	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,684	—
850 value added	850	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,946	—
950 value added	950	1	218.00	$218.00	$2,071	—
1040 value added	1040	1	205.00	$205.00	$2,132	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428 value added	428	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,370	—
559–585 value added	576	14	268.00–295.00	$277.36	$1,598	—
701 value added	701	6	219.00	$219.00	$1,535	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	2	280.00	$280.00	$902	—
420 value added	420	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,281	—
442	442	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,370	+60.00
495	495	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,386	-1.00
590	590	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,564	+15.00
630	630	2	262.50	$262.50	$1,654	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	7	303.00	$303.00	$961	+8.00
373	373	10	293.00	$293.00	$1,093	-7.00
423	423	7	280.00	$280.00	$1,184	+22.43
480	480	1	251.00	$251.00	$1,205	-10.50
508	508	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,321	+30.00
510 value added	510	3	261.00	$261.00	$1,331	+50.00
580	580	6	243.00	$243.00	$1,409	-11.07
624 value added	624	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,498	—
676	676	9	234.00	$234.00	$1,582	-5.00
737	737	4	233.00	$233.00	$1,717	+21.00
775 value added	775	7	226.00	$226.00	$1,752	—
835 value added	835	6	230.00	$230.00	$1,920	—
840	840	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,915	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	2	260.00	$260.00	$876	-20.00
386	386	4	272.50	$272.50	$1,052	+4.59
411	411	14	288.00	$288.00	$1,184	+29.00
478	478	15	275.00	$275.00	$1,314	+29.84
562–580	570	8	240.00–249.00	$246.62	$1,406	+1.62
695	695	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,529	-15.00
700	700	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,512	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	3	270.00	$270.00	$945	—
513	513	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,129	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485 value added	485	4	259.00	$259.00	$1,256	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	2	292.50	$292.50	$1,000	-17.50
389	389	5	337.50	$337.50	$1,313	+15.00
414–425	420	11	290.00–333.00	$313.73	$1,318	+8.73
502–515	505	5	282.00–282.50	$282.10	$1,425	-0.90
550–584	578	6	240.00–264.00	$260.20	$1,504	+1.20
655	655	6	243.00	$243.00	$1,592	+15.47

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	4	280.00	$280.00	$899	-30.00
381–399	389	14	263.00–302.50	$285.12	$1,109	-4.88
405	405	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,296	+29.00
506	506	5	283.00	$283.00	$1,432	—
555	555	8	239.00	$239.00	$1,326	+17.00
640	640	1	221.00	$221.00	$1,414	+1.20
715	715	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,287	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	7	266.00	$266.00	$1,362	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	2	267.50	$267.50	$1,182	—
585	585	4	205.00	$205.00	$1,199	—

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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.