Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 157, Heifers 239, Bulls 121)

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 $191.42/cwt on 239 head.

Average price

$191.42

239 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$995

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$217

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$31.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.50

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	200.93	1,121	15thin
Medium and Large 3	454	198.67	903	12thin
Medium and Large 2	456	194.12	884	100
Medium and Large 1	582	188.15	1,095	105
Medium and Large 2-3	535	169.00	904	7thin

One grade step is worth $31.93/cwt here — about $217 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 sale239 hd

191.42

—

VA average10 barns · 2,338 hd

199.92

−8.50

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	988	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,640	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	316	162.37/cwt	147.00–170.00	513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	487	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,164	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	785	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,688	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	203.62/cwt	191.00–205.00	1,313	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	200.95/cwt	180.00–216.00	1,180	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	701	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,192	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	495	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,059	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	498	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,116	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	228.36/cwt	201.00–238.00	975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,538	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	497	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	957	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	582	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,170	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	222.82/cwt	216.00–224.00	1,205	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	675	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,478	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,106	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,991	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	901	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	423	164.57/cwt	161.00–169.00	696	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	560	212.39/cwt	150.00–230.00	1,189	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	605	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,156	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	917	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	537	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,300	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	941	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,703	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	210.78/cwt	197.00–215.00	1,022	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	539	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,013	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	623	166.62/cwt	165.00–170.00	1,038	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	396	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	903	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	318	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	636	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	942	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	334	210.99/cwt	180.00–216.00	705	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,118	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	661	172.33/cwt	165.00–174.00	1,139	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	207.21/cwt	170.00–220.00	1,189	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	525	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	893	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	680	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	408	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	832	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	547	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,028	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	474	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	867	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	420	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	878	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	316	163.56/cwt	149.00–169.00	517	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	576	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,140	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,209	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	191.10/cwt	153.00–193.00	1,093	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	361	206.74/cwt	167.50–221.00	746	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	583	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,055	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,084	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	204.60/cwt	179.00–208.00	872	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	742	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	715	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,187	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	197.68/cwt	160.00–199.00	947	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	194.37/cwt	152.00–209.00	721	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	200.42/cwt	184.00–205.00	854	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,235	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	830	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	489	198.88/cwt	160.00–200.00	973	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,238	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,142	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	535	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	904	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	480	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	994	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	671	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,261	5

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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