Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2023-06-03

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Jun 3
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169
Receipts
456 head
▼ 49 vs last sale 505▼ 48 vs year ago 504 · −9.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 142, Heifers 229, Bulls 85)

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 $217.99/cwt on 229 head.
Average price
$217.99
229 head · 560 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,221
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$209
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$29.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.79
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3443238.001,05417thin
Medium and Large 2477226.451,07974
Medium and Large 1-2650215.951,40444
Medium and Large 1605208.671,26394
One grade step is worth $29.33/cwt here — about −$209 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 sale229 hd
217.99
—
VA average8 barns · 1,122 hd
214.20
+3.79
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

56 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—647200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,29422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—491220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,08017
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—470180.00/cwt180.00–180.008463
SteersMedium and Large 1—571233.01/cwt209.00–234.001,33026
SteersMedium and Large 1—656218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,43011
SteersMedium and Large 2—582214.28/cwt195.00–224.001,24718
HeifersMedium and Large 1—366231.04/cwt217.50–237.508463
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—452164.00/cwt164.00–164.007414
SteersMedium and Large 2—423227.49/cwt225.00–230.009622
SteersMedium and Large 2—360274.00/cwt274.00–274.009862
SteersMedium and Large 1—725205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4866
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—657227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,4914
SteersMedium and Large 2—331235.00/cwt235.00–235.007783
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—674210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4157
SteersMedium and Large 1—417270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1262
SteersMedium and Large 1—390272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0632
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—898197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,76911
SteersMedium and Large 1—640218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,3956
SteersMedium and Large 1—506256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,29514
SteersMedium and Large 2—705185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3041
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—746211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,5747
SteersMedium and Large 1—496252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,25013
BullsMedium and Large 1—425211.08/cwt172.50–225.0089712
BullsMedium and Large 1—626200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2524
BullsMedium and Large 1—577222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,2844
BullsMedium and Large 1—495215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0644
BullsMedium and Large 1—390241.00/cwt241.00–241.009403
BullsMedium and Large 1—730169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,2342
BullsMedium and Large 2—618188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,1623
BullsMedium and Large 1—661197.35/cwt163.00–206.001,3045
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,3213
HeifersMedium and Large 3—400238.00/cwt238.00–238.009529
BullsMedium and Large 2—492220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,08222
BullsMedium and Large 2—571209.98/cwt205.00–213.001,19911
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added—360160.00/cwt160.00–160.005762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—752189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,4218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—573229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,3124
HeifersMedium and Large 2—486229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,11324
BullsMedium and Large 2—335253.00/cwt253.00–253.008488
BullsMedium and Large 2—429219.38/cwt217.50–230.009417
HeifersMedium and Large 2—426233.11/cwt221.00–236.009935
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335197.50/cwt197.50–197.506621
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—841178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,4973
HeifersMedium and Large 1—565214.65/cwt199.00–218.001,21327
HeifersMedium and Large 3—491238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,1698
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—549240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,31814
HeifersMedium and Large 2—534228.00/cwt216.00–230.001,2187
HeifersMedium and Large 1—800172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,3761
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—758198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,50112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added—842184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,5497
HeifersMedium and Large 2—554234.32/cwt230.00–240.001,29814
HeifersMedium and Large 2—375243.58/cwt240.00–245.0091314
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—672212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,42515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—436230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,0035
SteersMedium and Large 2—660190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2542
SteersMedium and Large 2—517221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,1432

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.