Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2023-07-08

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Jul 8
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169
Receipts
472 head
210 vs last sale 682 31 vs year ago 441 · +7.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 164, Heifers 227, Bulls 81)

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 $204.93/cwt on 227 head.
Average price
$204.93
227 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,116
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$63
per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1
$7.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.96
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 3567210.001,1916thin
Medium and Large 1-2554208.881,15674
Medium and Large 2508203.541,03355
Medium and Large 1558202.251,12892
One grade step is worth $7.75/cwt here — about $63 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 sale227 hd
204.93
VA average4 barns · 632 hd
203.97
+0.96
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

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 1676185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2519
HeifersMedium and Large 2345209.00/cwt209.00–209.007212
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added500250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2503
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added629213.97/cwt206.00–216.001,34615
SteersMedium and Large 1573251.12/cwt249.00–254.001,43916
SteersMedium and Large 2745188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,4012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added562212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,1918
HeifersMedium and Large 1378206.00/cwt206.00–206.007798
SteersMedium and Large 2560214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1985
SteersMedium and Large 2383239.00/cwt239.00–239.009159
SteersMedium and Large 1435221.00/cwt221.00–221.009614
SteersMedium and Large 1718197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,4143
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added566220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,2458
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added670221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4819
SteersMedium and Large 1508254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,2908
SteersMedium and Large 1619242.73/cwt215.00–252.001,50226
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added782216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,68914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added851203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,72820
SteersMedium and Large 2535195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,0431
SteersMedium and Large 2426232.25/cwt210.00–236.009897
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added548248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,3599
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added637231.16/cwt221.00–247.001,47215
BullsMedium and Large 1514211.88/cwt181.00–226.001,08910
BullsMedium and Large 1421221.00/cwt221.00–221.009306
BullsMedium and Large 1746161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,2014
BullsMedium and Large 1655209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3693
BullsMedium and Large 1368240.00/cwt240.00–240.008833
BullsMedium and Large 1635171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0862
BullsMedium and Large 2653182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,1884
BullsMedium and Large 2373221.00/cwt221.00–221.0082414
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added749185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,38610
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added663206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,3669
BullsMedium and Large 2600175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0501
BullsMedium and Large 1581219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,2726
BullsMedium and Large 2430200.00/cwt200.00–200.008601
BullsMedium and Large 2556186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0344
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2479215.17/cwt203.00–218.001,03125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2391215.00/cwt215.00–215.0084112
BullsMedium and Large 2-3498191.00/cwt191.00–191.009517
BullsMedium and Large 3625165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,0316
HeifersMedium and Large 2556200.79/cwt196.00–202.001,11610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added648208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,34819
HeifersMedium and Large 1787173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,3622
HeifersMedium and Large 2447201.00/cwt201.00–201.008982
BullsMedium and Large 2725155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,1242
BullsMedium and Large 2481194.14/cwt175.00–199.009348
HeifersMedium and Large 2478195.00/cwt195.00–195.0093216
HeifersMedium and Large 2363217.05/cwt209.00–219.0078811
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added580215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2475
HeifersMedium and Large 1562202.02/cwt194.00–224.001,13534
HeifersMedium and Large 2634201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,2745
HeifersMedium and Large 3567210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1916
HeifersMedium and Large 1505195.88/cwt172.50–198.0098913
HeifersMedium and Large 1435208.00/cwt208.00–208.009056
SteersMedium and Large 3432204.00/cwt204.00–204.008814
SteersMedium and Large 2480215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0321

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.