Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2023-08-19

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Aug 19
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169
Receipts
535 head
16 vs last sale 519 324 vs year ago 211 · +153.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 231, Heifers 218, Bulls 86)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $226.90/cwt on 231 head.
Average price
$226.90
231 head · 631 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,431
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$627
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$22.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
2.66
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1623231.681,443117
Medium and Large 2552229.291,26528
Medium and Large 1-2688220.421,51680
Medium and Large 3390209.008156thin
One grade step is worth $22.68/cwt here — about $627 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 sale231 hd
226.90
VA average10 barns · 1,327 hd
229.56
−2.66
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

64 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 1429219.57/cwt205.00–222.009427
HeifersMedium and Large 1395220.00/cwt220.00–220.008691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added812197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,6002
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added367217.00/cwt217.00–217.007964
SteersMedium and Large 1649222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,44110
SteersMedium and Large 1347247.00/cwt247.00–247.008576
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added522236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,23214
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added738175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,29213
SteersMedium and Large 2475210.00/cwt210.00–210.009984
SteersMedium and Large 3390209.00/cwt209.00–209.008156
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added685223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5287
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added1,100170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,8706
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added601220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,32233
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added547244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,3357
SteersMedium and Large 2590210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2391
SteersMedium and Large 1562249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,39914
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added575227.32/cwt201.00–238.001,30718
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added638232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,48039
SteersMedium and Large 1500241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,2053
SteersMedium and Large 2445201.00/cwt201.00–201.008941
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added449243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,0916
SteersMedium and Large 1425242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,0296
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added798206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,6445
SteersMedium and Large 2650216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4041
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added527249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,31212
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added969209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,02520
BullsMedium and Large 1660187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,2349
BullsMedium and Large 1561214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,2019
BullsMedium and Large 1368234.59/cwt200.00–243.008635
BullsMedium and Large 1423214.32/cwt197.50–222.509073
BullsMedium and Large 1800161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,2881
BullsMedium and Large 1540180.00/cwt180.00–180.009721
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added802135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0835
BullsMedium and Large 2322200.00/cwt200.00–200.006445
BullsMedium and Large 2498191.00/cwt191.00–191.009517
BullsMedium and Large 1486218.47/cwt190.00–227.501,06217
BullsMedium and Large 1773165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,2759
BullsMedium and Large 2380209.00/cwt209.00–209.007941
HeifersMedium and Large 2675189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2761
HeifersMedium and Large 3446220.00/cwt220.00–220.009817
BullsMedium and Large 2433182.50/cwt182.50–182.507904
BullsMedium and Large 2565171.00/cwt171.00–171.009661
HeifersMedium and Large 2525188.00/cwt188.00–188.009871
HeifersMedium and Large 2393223.00/cwt223.00–223.008764
HeifersMedium and Large 1662190.01/cwt180.00–192.001,25812
HeifersMedium and Large 1572207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,18430
BullsMedium and Large 2635190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2074
BullsMedium and Large 1-2752165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,24110
HeifersMedium and Large 2348223.00/cwt223.00–223.007766
HeifersMedium and Large 2748184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,3764
HeifersMedium and Large 1710135.00/cwt135.00–135.009591
HeifersMedium and Large 1610197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,2021
HeifersMedium and Large 2564220.19/cwt218.00–223.001,24218
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3604197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,1909
HeifersMedium and Large 1330200.00/cwt200.00–200.006601
HeifersMedium and Large 1485226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,09617
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added607230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3968
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added652219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,42812
HeifersMedium and Large 2485218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,05710
HeifersMedium and Large 2429224.00/cwt224.00–224.009617
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added597216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,29013
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3Value Added492240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,18112
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added611233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,42415
SteersMedium and Large 1Natural641233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,4949

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.