Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2023-04-22

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Apr 22
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169
Receipts
633 head
260 vs last sale 893 98 vs year ago 535 · +18.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 297, Heifers 229, Bulls 107)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $218.84/cwt on 297 head.
Average price
$218.84
297 head · 598 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,308
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$294
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3
$24.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.11
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2573229.721,31561
Medium and Large 2448226.881,01639
Medium and Large 1640214.161,370191
Medium and Large 3498205.001,0216thin
One grade step is worth $24.72/cwt here — about $294 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 sale297 hd
218.84
VA average12 barns · 2,077 hd
221.95
−3.11
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

67 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 2780184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,4351
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added583151.00/cwt151.00–151.008804
SteersMedium and Large 2569205.75/cwt205.00–206.001,1714
SteersMedium and Large 2396240.00/cwt240.00–240.0095010
SteersMedium and Large 2345211.25/cwt125.00–240.007294
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added609234.55/cwt182.50–242.001,42825
SteersMedium and Large 2413229.78/cwt200.00–244.009499
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added468240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,12311
SteersMedium and Large 1648218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,41314
SteersMedium and Large 1722198.85/cwt186.00–203.001,4364
SteersMedium and Large 1652218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,42112
SteersMedium and Large 1547232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,2697
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added485220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0672
SteersMedium and Large 2486232.03/cwt207.00–235.001,1289
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added596229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,36522
SteersMedium and Large 1383236.97/cwt207.50–243.009086
SteersMedium and Large 1337232.50/cwt232.50–232.507842
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added466234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,0904
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added612230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,40813
SteersMedium and Large 1498223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,1118
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added811177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,43529
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added521235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2245
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added945177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,6733
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added770165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added693195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3514
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added540233.19/cwt219.00–245.001,25911
SteersMedium and Large 3Value Added498205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0216
BullsMedium and Large 1484216.12/cwt189.00–224.001,0469
BullsMedium and Large 1334230.93/cwt210.00–237.007714
BullsMedium and Large 1500189.00/cwt189.00–189.009451
BullsMedium and Large 1442220.00/cwt220.00–220.0097212
BullsMedium and Large 1379242.00/cwt242.00–242.009176
BullsMedium and Large 1745161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1991
BullsMedium and Large 1668200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3368
BullsMedium and Large 2425231.00/cwt231.00–231.009824
BullsMedium and Large 2385239.00/cwt239.00–239.0092010
BullsMedium and Large 2322238.00/cwt238.00–238.007664
HeifersMedium and Large 2393204.00/cwt204.00–204.008025
BullsMedium and Large 2808160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2939
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added637188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,1987
BullsMedium and Large 2500215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,07510
BullsMedium and Large 2585186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,08814
BullsMedium and Large 2664175.31/cwt172.00–176.001,1646
HeifersMedium and Large 2643178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,1453
BullsMedium and Large 1569211.92/cwt203.00–213.001,2069
HeifersMedium and Large 2479195.23/cwt195.00–197.009359
HeifersMedium and Large 2333209.00/cwt209.00–209.006964
HeifersMedium and Large 2572191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,0937
HeifersMedium and Large 3484197.00/cwt197.00–197.0095328
HeifersMedium and Large 1578186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,07513
HeifersMedium and Large 3613171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0489
HeifersMedium and Large 1725160.68/cwt158.00–162.001,1653
HeifersMedium and Large 1494190.07/cwt176.00–192.0093930
HeifersMedium and Large 1668166.61/cwt159.00–168.001,11313
HeifersMedium and Large 2425197.00/cwt197.00–197.0083716
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added453199.00/cwt199.00–199.009014
HeifersMedium and Large 1423193.10/cwt178.00–195.008179
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added870170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,47915
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added790133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added522197.45/cwt197.00–198.001,03118
HeifersMedium and Large 1337206.00/cwt206.00–206.006945
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added720207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,49439
HeifersMedium and Large 1363197.00/cwt197.00–197.007157
SteersMedium and Large 1587220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,29115
SteersMedium and Large 1425241.37/cwt232.50–242.001,02615
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added689174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,1996
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added438199.00/cwt199.00–199.0087213

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.