Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers, 139, Bulls 155)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb bulls averaged $167.92/cwt on 155 head.

Average price

$167.92

155 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$931

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$247

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$27.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.96

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	172.95	940	33
Medium and Large 2	574	170.24	977	72
Medium and Large 1-2	546	164.72	900	41
Medium and Large 3	476	145.56	693	9thin

One grade step is worth $27.39/cwt here — about $247 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale155 hd

167.92

—

VA average8 barns · 869 hd

173.89

−5.96

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

59 lots · USDA AMS · Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Harrisonburg, VA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,099	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	159.75/cwt	140.00–163.00	784	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	445	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	948	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	590	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,004	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	305	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,146	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	987	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	179.31/cwt	170.00–197.50	785	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	211.31/cwt	185.00–215.00	1,128	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,117	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	878	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	167.10/cwt	158.00–169.00	1,098	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,179	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	615	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,101	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	871	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,324	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	725	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,182	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	654	163.11/cwt	144.00–168.00	1,067	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	175.75/cwt	175.00–177.50	865	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	551	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	992	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	184.20/cwt	177.50–187.50	801	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	337	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	590	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,006	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	448	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	753	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	618	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	566	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	792	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	404	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	606	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	874	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	177.79/cwt	177.50–178.00	990	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	573	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	911	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	489	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	856	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	565	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	994	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	979	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	499	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	878	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	759	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,047	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	478	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	760	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	512	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	917	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	587	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	158.33/cwt	155.00–160.00	697	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	855	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,017	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	148.19/cwt	146.00–149.00	978	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	646	164.07/cwt	142.00–168.50	1,060	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	152.24/cwt	139.00–154.00	848	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	341	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	164.37/cwt	154.00–167.00	697	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	802	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	725	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	636	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	852	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	904	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	815	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,223	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,052	3

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Virginia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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