Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, February 15, 2025

230 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $325.00/cwt -79.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,404/hd at 432 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 bulls $292.33/cwt -6.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,418/hd at 485 lb · 14 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $260.90/cwt -23.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,503/hd at 576 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	230	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,040	—
423–435	432	15	325.00	$325.00	$1,404	-79.00
485	485	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,625	-25.00
543 value added	543	3	275.00	$275.00	$1,493	—
562	562	5	285.00	$285.00	$1,602	-26.87
565–585 value added	578	3	265.00–300.00	$276.40	$1,598	-44.43
607 value added	607	7	272.50	$272.50	$1,654	—
732	732	2	247.50	$247.50	$1,812	+14.50
750–792 value added	762	7	200.00–259.00	$241.48	$1,840	—
810 value added	810	1	233.00	$233.00	$1,887	—
825	825	1	238.00	$238.00	$1,964	—
930	930	1	229.00	$229.00	$2,130	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
441 value added	441	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,477	—
653–660 value added	657	10	262.50–272.50	$266.47	$1,751	—
740 value added	740	4	253.00	$253.00	$1,872	—
811 value added	811	10	252.00	$252.00	$2,044	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	285.00	$285.00	$912	—
390	390	6	300.00–305.00	$304.17	$1,186	-95.83
405	405	1	225.00	$225.00	$911	-171.00
489	489	6	320.00	$320.00	$1,565	—
533	533	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,332	-63.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	5	260.00	$260.00	$988	-57.33
410 value added	410	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,097	—
465–486	484	9	207.50–267.00	$260.64	$1,261	-24.13
531 value added	531	3	239.00	$239.00	$1,269	—
553–591	576	13	255.00–271.00	$260.90	$1,503	-17.85
625	625	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,500	-11.17
657	657	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,511	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	3	262.50	$262.50	$861	-62.50
430	430	7	266.00	$266.00	$1,144	-34.64
477	477	12	269.00	$269.00	$1,283	-8.00
535	535	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,230	-55.00
566	566	3	246.00	$246.00	$1,392	-32.00
672	672	4	220.00	$220.00	$1,478	-38.00
747	747	4	210.00	$210.00	$1,569	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,196	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333	333	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,066	-79.76
375	375	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,088	-102.30
410–440	433	4	280.00–300.00	$295.26	$1,278	-76.56
567	567	8	280.00	$280.00	$1,588	+2.69
615–617	617	6	255.00–258.00	$257.50	$1,589	—
666	666	9	240.00	$240.00	$1,598	-8.19
710	710	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,562	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	2	302.50	$302.50	$1,156	-85.00
446	446	5	271.00	$271.00	$1,209	-91.50
478–498	485	14	286.00–296.00	$292.33	$1,418	-6.67
552	552	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,546	+20.00
605	605	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,528	—
752	752	7	221.00	$221.00	$1,662	—

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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.