Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 144, Heifers 221, Bulls 96)

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 $207.44/cwt on 221 head.

Average price

$207.44

221 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,102

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$130

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

$10.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.79

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	494	213.94	1,056	42
Medium and Large 3	588	208.00	1,223	5thin
Medium and Large 1	537	205.96	1,105	165
Medium and Large 1-2	582	203.89	1,186	9thin

One grade step is worth $10.05/cwt here — about −$130 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 sale221 hd

207.44

—

VA average11 barns · 2,353 hd

210.23

−2.79

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	617	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,277	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	925	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	773	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,330	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	880	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,452	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	779	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	699	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,363	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,255	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,340	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	567	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,281	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,353	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,892	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	799	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,614	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	633	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,393	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	194.78/cwt	162.50–245.00	750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	700	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,208	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	231.37/cwt	202.50–247.00	1,131	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	491	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,191	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	930	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	217.04/cwt	205.00–218.00	1,432	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,083	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,249	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	537	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,208	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	312	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	780	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	735	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,286	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	443	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,090	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	371	232.53/cwt	195.00–245.00	863	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	386	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	897	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,055	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,139	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	563	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,196	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,097	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	497	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,098	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	652	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,011	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	963	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	496	203.13/cwt	170.00–232.00	1,008	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	677	190.47/cwt	170.00–193.00	1,289	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	962	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,211	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	225.28/cwt	160.00–229.00	962	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	505	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,126	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	575	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,049	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	488	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,030	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	212.99/cwt	165.00–214.00	990	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	757	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,154	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	903	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	588	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,223	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	229.14/cwt	190.00–235.00	868	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,229	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,132	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,234	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	882	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,843	2

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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