Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder (Steers 317, Heifers 415, Bulls 161)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $196.35/cwt on 415 head.

Average price

$196.35

415 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,028

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$38

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

$10.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.35

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	482	203.00	978	12thin
Medium and Large 2	474	202.08	959	130
Medium and Large 1-2	579	193.81	1,123	115
Medium and Large 1	527	192.98	1,016	158

One grade step is worth $10.02/cwt here — about −$38 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 sale415 hd

196.35

—

VA average11 barns · 2,199 hd

189.00

+7.35

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

68 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	636	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	973	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,011	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	864	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,469	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	564	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,387	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	237.16/cwt	210.00–241.00	1,041	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	499	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,113	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	474	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,010	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	562	192.68/cwt	187.00–194.00	1,083	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	413	232.41/cwt	210.00–244.00	960	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	236.63/cwt	232.50–245.00	788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	950	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,663	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	226.01/cwt	200.00–231.50	1,291	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	653	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,424	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	549	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,312	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	237.94/cwt	210.00–240.00	918	14
Steers	Large 1-2	—	385	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	809	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	403	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	999	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	641	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,461	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,432	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	704	177.39/cwt	177.00–180.00	1,249	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	855	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	625	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,388	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	512	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	986	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,159	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	233.46/cwt	229.00–237.00	1,188	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	763	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,457	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	1,064	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,681	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	492	232.74/cwt	217.00–234.00	1,145	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	945	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	743	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,211	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	317	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	821	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	690	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,290	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	633	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,291	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	640	201.54/cwt	201.00–205.00	1,290	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	414	226.51/cwt	210.00–237.00	938	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	994	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,001	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	582	186.82/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,087	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	216.56/cwt	190.00–221.00	1,263	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	498	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,150	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	325	251.34/cwt	240.00–254.00	817	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,092	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	217.07/cwt	209.00–220.00	916	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	234.59/cwt	200.00–239.00	976	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	491	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,075	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	389	217.80/cwt	209.00–219.00	847	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	556	186.48/cwt	184.00–191.00	1,037	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	861	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	744	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,138	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	482	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	978	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	247.05/cwt	240.00–248.00	921	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	950	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	212.37/cwt	204.00–213.00	900	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	692	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,204	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	434	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	950	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	324	217.20/cwt	208.00–218.00	704	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,087	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	695	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	186.08/cwt	167.00–187.00	1,009	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	499	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,198	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	683	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,530	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,318	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	742	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,031	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	673	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,232	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	701	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,500	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	906	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,245	6

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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