Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 147, Heifers 217, Bulls 141)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $210.44/cwt on 217 head.

Average price

$210.44

217 head · 529 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$215

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2

$14.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.17

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	456	217.25	991	43
Medium and Large 3	511	212.10	1,085	29
Medium and Large 1	531	211.11	1,121	94
Medium and Large 1-2	595	202.51	1,205	51

One grade step is worth $14.74/cwt here — about −$215 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 sale217 hd

210.44

—

VA average10 barns · 1,440 hd

199.26

+11.17

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

62 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 1	—	532	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,144	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	557	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,253	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	739	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,345	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,033	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,476	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,021	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	214.52/cwt	160.00–233.00	1,266	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	648	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,322	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	547	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,198	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	718	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,292	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,213	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	646	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,214	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	562	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	944	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,350	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,019	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	462	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,150	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,205	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,365	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	652	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,428	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,417	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	241.10/cwt	231.00–245.00	1,124	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	853	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,561	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	554	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,330	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	551	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,163	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	323	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	785	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	374	241.80/cwt	208.00–250.00	904	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	762	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,189	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,144	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,087	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	483	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,145	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	430	243.07/cwt	231.00–245.00	1,045	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	379	250.01/cwt	222.00–253.00	948	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	688	170.14/cwt	167.00–171.00	1,171	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	590	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,003	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	588	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,070	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,071	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	469	227.03/cwt	223.00–230.00	1,065	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	218.42/cwt	206.00–223.00	924	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	465	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,000	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	545	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,090	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	328	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	817	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,107	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,138	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,074	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,139	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,127	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	617	207.78/cwt	206.00–209.00	1,282	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	331	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	758	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	854	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	653	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,319	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	561	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,172	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	868	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	745	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	637	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,268	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	810	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,199	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	954	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,254	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	572	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,264	5

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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