Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2023-10-07

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Oct 7
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169
Receipts
659 head
40 vs last sale 619 69 vs year ago 728 · 9.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 234, Heifers 322, Bulls 103)

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 $224.48/cwt on 322 head.
Average price
$224.48
322 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,135
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$264
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.42
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1495226.891,124181
Medium and Large 2473224.621,06275
Medium and Large 3474220.501,04528
Medium and Large 1-2644215.661,38838
One grade step is worth $11.24/cwt here — about −$264 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 sale322 hd
224.48
VA average11 barns · 2,626 hd
216.07
+8.42
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

63 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 2618194.43/cwt182.50–219.001,20212
HeifersMedium and Large 2426231.03/cwt202.50–234.0098418
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added446224.00/cwt224.00–224.009997
HeifersMedium and Large 2379239.20/cwt222.50–245.009079
SteersMedium and Large 1572224.42/cwt182.50–242.001,28448
SteersMedium and Large 2550215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1839
SteersMedium and Large 1486241.89/cwt239.00–249.001,17620
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added734210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,54111
HeifersMedium and Large 1433232.84/cwt210.00–235.001,00820
HeifersMedium and Large 1655182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,1929
SteersMedium and Large 1441254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,12012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added535205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0976
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added768210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,61316
SteersMedium and Large 2382245.93/cwt227.50–247.5093912
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added583225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3123
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added554239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,32415
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added810214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,7331
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added504240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2106
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added665221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,47017
SteersMedium and Large 1617222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,37012
SteersMedium and Large 2415249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,0336
SteersMedium and Large 2520180.00/cwt180.00–180.009361
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added668221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,4765
SteersMedium and Large 1745200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4903
SteersMedium and Large 1363252.84/cwt227.50–259.009185
BullsMedium and Large 1437241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,05311
BullsMedium and Large 1381235.46/cwt200.00–241.008977
BullsMedium and Large 1348240.00/cwt240.00–240.008354
BullsMedium and Large 1648185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,1993
BullsMedium and Large 1513179.94/cwt170.00–200.009233
BullsMedium and Large 1665167.46/cwt165.00–170.001,1142
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added865170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4712
BullsMedium and Large 2720166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1952
BullsMedium and Large 2335207.50/cwt207.50–207.506952
BullsMedium and Large 1569210.43/cwt170.00–219.001,19712
BullsMedium and Large 2660167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,1061
BullsMedium and Large 2458208.30/cwt202.50–210.009549
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475152.50/cwt152.50–152.507242
HeifersMedium and Large 2740190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,4062
HeifersMedium and Large 2327234.43/cwt205.00–248.007676
BullsMedium and Large 2391235.00/cwt235.00–235.009195
BullsMedium and Large 3495190.00/cwt190.00–190.009412
BullsMedium and Large 2501183.94/cwt175.00–187.509227
HeifersMedium and Large 2563225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2679
HeifersMedium and Large 1305240.00/cwt240.00–240.007323
HeifersMedium and Large 1374242.14/cwt224.00–247.0090623
BullsMedium and Large 2569167.33/cwt162.00–170.0095215
BullsMedium and Large 2423198.56/cwt185.00–227.508403
BullsMedium and Large 1493227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,11915
HeifersMedium and Large 1487229.52/cwt185.00–235.001,11853
HeifersMedium and Large 1565222.18/cwt150.00–229.501,25542
HeifersMedium and Large 2486227.36/cwt210.00–228.001,10526
HeifersMedium and Large 2647162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,0515
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added548228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,24910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added664220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,46115
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added976203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,9816
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added554225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2478
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added475239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,13513
HeifersMedium and Large 1605172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,0441
HeifersMedium and Large 3515218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,12314
HeifersMedium and Large 3433223.00/cwt223.00–223.0096614
SteersMedium and Large 1517226.22/cwt182.50–231.001,17010
SteersMedium and Large 1672219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4729

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.