Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2023-11-04

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Nov 4
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169
Receipts
587 head
70 vs last sale 517 149 vs year ago 438 · +34.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 175, Heifers 261, Bulls 151)

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 $204.81/cwt on 261 head.
Average price
$204.81
261 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,069
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$252
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.86
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2643207.221,33323
Medium and Large 2518206.431,06986
Medium and Large 3398204.5081429
Medium and Large 1532203.301,081123
One grade step is worth $3.92/cwt here — about $252 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 sale261 hd
204.81
VA average9 barns · 1,600 hd
194.95
+9.86
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

66 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 1-2Value Added511225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1503
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added598202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2083
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added981168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,6484
SteersMedium and Large 2660197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,3041
SteersMedium and Large 1431259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,11613
SteersMedium and Large 1855195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6672
SteersMedium and Large 1725190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3782
SteersMedium and Large 1320260.00/cwt260.00–260.008321
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added783189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,48010
SteersMedium and Large 1558251.08/cwt202.50–253.001,40128
SteersMedium and Large 2600205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2301
SteersMedium and Large 2480235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1286
SteersMedium and Large 2583230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3415
SteersMedium and Large 2328259.00/cwt259.00–259.008503
SteersMedium and Large 2423222.88/cwt207.50–240.009432
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added972190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,84712
SteersMedium and Large 1467253.92/cwt253.00–254.001,18625
SteersMedium and Large 1660226.63/cwt224.00–233.001,49621
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added570235.30/cwt175.00–256.001,34112
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added725219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5884
SteersMedium and Large 1387252.50/cwt252.50–252.509779
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added517241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,2467
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added440220.00/cwt220.00–220.009687
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added742194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,4396
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added667231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,5414
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added605220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3312
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added430240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0322
BullsMedium and Large 1323237.50/cwt237.50–237.507673
BullsMedium and Large 1395236.00/cwt236.00–236.009321
BullsMedium and Large 1661195.63/cwt184.00–198.001,29312
BullsMedium and Large 1425230.00/cwt230.00–230.0097810
BullsMedium and Large 1600192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,1551
BullsMedium and Large 1540192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,0401
BullsMedium and Large 3327240.00/cwt240.00–240.007857
BullsMedium and Large 3543180.00/cwt180.00–180.009775
BullsMedium and Large 2630192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,2131
BullsMedium and Large 3428212.50/cwt212.50–212.509104
BullsMedium and Large 2447219.00/cwt219.00–219.009796
BullsMedium and Large 2556220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,22313
BullsMedium and Large 1-2517206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0657
BullsMedium and Large 2475192.24/cwt170.00–201.0091320
BullsMedium and Large 1573219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,25528
BullsMedium and Large 1492222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,09215
BullsMedium and Large 1741182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,3494
BullsMedium and Large 2378219.70/cwt162.50–226.0083010
HeifersMedium and Large 3517219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1327
HeifersMedium and Large 3303150.00/cwt150.00–150.004555
HeifersMedium and Large 2655190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2457
HeifersMedium and Large 1625180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,12512
HeifersMedium and Large 1385213.00/cwt213.00–213.0082010
BullsMedium and Large 2330219.00/cwt219.00–219.007233
HeifersMedium and Large 1572201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,15032
HeifersMedium and Large 1435207.26/cwt188.00–213.0090213
HeifersMedium and Large 2428219.00/cwt219.00–219.0093712
HeifersMedium and Large 3377214.56/cwt214.00–215.0080917
HeifersMedium and Large 2483220.54/cwt204.00–222.001,06524
HeifersMedium and Large 2324215.35/cwt198.00–217.0069811
HeifersMedium and Large 2392223.00/cwt223.00–223.0087411
HeifersMedium and Large 1736164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,2073
HeifersMedium and Large 1333173.13/cwt165.00–190.005773
HeifersMedium and Large 1488218.71/cwt215.00–219.001,06740
HeifersMedium and Large 2563205.22/cwt181.00–208.001,15510
HeifersMedium and Large 1546184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,0053
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added464227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,0566
HeifersMedium and Large 2Value Added883148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,30711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added663209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,3864

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.