Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 226, Heifers 273, Bulls 82)

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 $200.69/cwt on 273 head.

Average price

$200.69

273 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,012

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$53

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

$3.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.68

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	201.57	1,028	183
Medium and Large 3	502	201.06	1,010	17thin
Medium and Large 2	491	198.42	974	73

One grade step is worth $3.15/cwt here — about $53 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 sale273 hd

200.69

—

VA average9 barns · 1,696 hd

191.01

+9.68

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

48 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	914	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	513	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,108	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	752	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	464	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	993	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,068	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,017	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	256.11/cwt	175.00–261.00	1,480	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	246.58/cwt	201.00–250.00	1,198	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	231.09/cwt	202.50–236.00	991	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	659	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,456	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	857	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,774	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,384	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,179	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,346	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	224.02/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,405	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	552	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	878	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	450	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	824	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	346	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	785	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	573	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,060	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	939	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	935	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,132	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	972	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	374	205.29/cwt	174.00–214.00	768	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	901	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,085	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	594	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,010	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	176.13/cwt	150.00–179.00	1,129	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	210.21/cwt	150.00–218.50	1,102	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	839	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	197.70/cwt	196.00–206.00	951	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	201.84/cwt	160.00–211.00	1,120	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	987	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	445	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	881	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	720	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,102	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	431	193.03/cwt	150.00–203.00	832	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	653	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,260	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	530	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,102	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	525	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	377	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	490	186.10/cwt	170.00–188.00	912	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	586	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,049	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	346	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	723	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	670	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,032	4

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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