Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale Market Report

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

Sale of Saturday, December 6, 2025

274 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $312.28/cwt -17.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,521/hd at 487 lb · 22 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $318.00/cwt ≈ $1,911/hd at 601 lb · 18 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $311.00/cwt +0.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,735/hd at 558 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	274	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,207	-85.00
375	375	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,312	-92.50
419–427	420	14	320.00–450.00	$431.13	$1,811	+4.69
450 value added	450	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,912	—
472	472	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,487	-55.00
520	520	2	400.00	$400.00	$2,080	+16.52
561 value added	561	7	410.00	$410.00	$2,300	—
571	571	3	400.00	$400.00	$2,284	+40.69
658	658	14	342.00	$342.00	$2,250	-11.00
723	723	6	310.00	$310.00	$2,241	-3.54
860	860	1	245.00	$245.00	$2,107	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,349	—
410	410	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,353	-87.50
486	486	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,604	-60.00
570–587	574	8	335.00–370.00	$361.06	$2,072	+9.06
710–735	723	2	250.00–272.50	$261.44	$1,890	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	9	305.00	$305.00	$997	—
375	375	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,144	-36.52
410–428	426	8	280.00–300.00	$297.59	$1,268	-44.13
475–490	483	16	265.00–320.00	$313.13	$1,512	-17.81
498 value added	498	6	310.00	$310.00	$1,544	-10.00
520	520	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,430	—
558	558	14	311.00	$311.00	$1,735	+1.73
601 value added	601	18	318.00	$318.00	$1,911	—
656	656	10	290.00	$290.00	$1,902	+27.00
785	785	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,727	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	280.00	$280.00	$966	—
398	398	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,075	-61.00
425	425	7	280.00	$280.00	$1,190	-53.00
460–480	476	5	255.00–262.50	$261.05	$1,243	—
552–558	555	8	252.50–285.00	$268.84	$1,492	-30.16
663	663	6	291.00	$291.00	$1,929	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
849	849	11	219.00	$219.00	$1,859	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	2	245.00	$245.00	$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
340	340	6	355.00	$355.00	$1,207	-70.00
372	372	4	350.00	$350.00	$1,302	-40.00
445	445	11	390.00	$390.00	$1,736	-6.41
493	493	10	352.50	$352.50	$1,738	-29.39
557	557	10	343.00	$343.00	$1,911	—
666	666	8	287.50	$287.50	$1,915	-21.28
788	788	4	247.50	$247.50	$1,950	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
319	319	7	350.00	$350.00	$1,116	—
420	420	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,512	-35.00
495–497	496	4	260.00–300.00	$280.04	$1,389	—
580	580	3	312.50	$312.50	$1,812	—
602–642	622	4	237.50–270.00	$253.23	$1,575	—
650	650	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,287	—

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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.