Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, April 5, 2025

884 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $365.84/cwt +11.72 vs last sale · ≈ $1,891/hd at 517 lb · 48 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $293.40/cwt +25.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,641/hd at 559 lb · 44 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $350.65/cwt +15.11 vs last sale · ≈ $2,040/hd at 582 lb · 43 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	884	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362–380	364	11	355.00–397.50	$393.46	$1,432	-9.04
431	431	8	400.00	$400.00	$1,724	+10.00
460	460	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,518	-29.38
471–473 value added	472	27	370.00–399.00	$387.16	$1,827	-10.34
505–542	507	31	324.00–369.00	$365.90	$1,855	—
505–547 value added	535	17	365.00–366.00	$365.72	$1,957	+11.60
574	574	27	354.00	$354.00	$2,032	+35.00
595 value added	595	16	345.00	$345.00	$2,053	-0.80
605–612 value added	606	14	300.00–325.00	$321.39	$1,948	-6.61
655–660	655	20	301.00–306.00	$305.75	$2,003	+21.75
726	726	6	266.00	$266.00	$1,931	+2.00
765 value added	765	8	276.00	$276.00	$2,111	+6.49
846	846	4	255.00	$255.00	$2,157	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354 value added	354	5	415.00	$415.00	$1,469	—
350–370	357	3	360.00–377.50	$371.45	$1,326	-31.05
431	431	3	371.00	$371.00	$1,599	+5.27
480	480	9	369.00	$369.00	$1,771	+14.00
559–570	560	9	324.00–344.00	$341.74	$1,914	+12.74
661	661	4	318.00	$318.00	$2,102	+18.00
705	705	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,904	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535 value added	535	6	341.00	$341.00	$1,824	—
608 value added	608	13	337.00	$337.00	$2,049	—
682 value added	682	5	314.00	$314.00	$2,141	—
770	770	5	266.00	$266.00	$2,048	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	2	362.50	$362.50	$1,204	+24.50
368	368	12	362.00	$362.00	$1,332	+37.82
412–434	430	30	339.00–352.50	$341.15	$1,467	+43.15
465–489	488	27	307.50–328.00	$327.28	$1,597	+67.28
493 value added	493	14	330.00	$330.00	$1,627	+29.00
505	505	2	306.00	$306.00	$1,545	+31.00
555–565	555	30	274.00–292.00	$290.79	$1,614	+22.79
569 value added	569	14	299.00	$299.00	$1,701	—
655	655	20	266.00	$266.00	$1,742	—
700	700	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,732	+11.99
885 value added	885	5	231.00	$231.00	$2,044	—
1060 value added	1060	7	217.00	$217.00	$2,300	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	336	16	337.50–363.00	$360.76	$1,212	+31.27
370–380	379	20	345.00–362.00	$360.34	$1,366	+36.34
407–424	422	16	347.50–349.00	$348.82	$1,472	+46.37
440 value added	440	6	344.00	$344.00	$1,514	—
475 value added	475	9	343.00	$343.00	$1,629	+25.00
465–499	497	28	280.00–327.00	$323.82	$1,609	+41.44
526	526	3	284.00	$284.00	$1,494	+29.00
571	571	21	289.00	$289.00	$1,650	+11.30
609 value added	609	5	247.50	$247.50	$1,507	—
650–655	655	13	265.00–269.00	$268.69	$1,760	—
751	751	6	257.00	$257.00	$1,930	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
537 value added	537	5	302.00	$302.00	$1,622	—
623 value added	623	34	283.00	$283.00	$1,763	+13.00
723 value added	723	32	265.00	$265.00	$1,916	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	17	335.00	$335.00	$1,518	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–332	327	5	365.00–390.00	$385.33	$1,260	-13.67
382	382	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,566	+6.99
400–435	432	20	335.00–409.00	$401.03	$1,732	+18.99
498	498	38	350.00	$350.00	$1,743	+18.11
500	500	4	345.00	$345.00	$1,725	—
560	560	33	332.00–335.00	$334.64	$1,874	+33.18
652–655	654	11	288.00–295.00	$289.27	$1,892	+34.27
734–745	736	6	255.00–263.00	$261.65	$1,926	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	318	8	335.00–390.00	$382.75	$1,217	-22.25
365–379	375	11	345.00–397.50	$385.34	$1,445	-3.66
408–430	409	32	350.00–405.00	$401.77	$1,643	+31.43
460–495	493	19	349.00–363.00	$361.57	$1,783	+54.57
516	516	11	358.00	$358.00	$1,847	+67.00
550–558	557	11	320.00–327.50	$320.67	$1,786	+43.98
675	675	6	280.00	$280.00	$1,890	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	7	365.00	$365.00	$1,424	—
512	512	10	339.00	$339.00	$1,736	—

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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.