Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2024-01-20

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Jan 20
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169
Receipts
146 head
215 vs last sale 361 225 vs year ago 371 · 60.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 67, Heifers 60, Bulls 19)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $240.20/cwt on 67 head.
Average price
$240.20
67 head · 589 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,415
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$364
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$35.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.95
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2570261.001,4889thin
Medium and Large 1607238.741,45050
Medium and Large 2498225.941,1248thin
One grade step is worth $35.06/cwt here — about $364 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 sale67 hd
240.20
VA average8 barns · 472 hd
228.26
+11.95
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

34 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
BullsMedium and Large 1325205.00/cwt205.00–205.006661
BullsMedium and Large 1695188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,3071
BullsMedium and Large 1395227.50/cwt227.50–227.508992
BullsMedium and Large 1421237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0004
BullsMedium and Large 2438225.00/cwt225.00–225.009863
BullsMedium and Large 2552235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,2974
SteersMedium and Large 2462265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2242
SteersMedium and Large 2510211.25/cwt200.00–222.501,0772
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added762210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,6008
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added914188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,7186
SteersMedium and Large 1733187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3742
SteersMedium and Large 1628224.49/cwt217.50–229.001,4109
HeifersMedium and Large 1371180.00/cwt180.00–180.006684
HeifersMedium and Large 1311170.79/cwt170.00–175.005317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,4889
SteersMedium and Large 2423210.00/cwt210.00–210.008882
HeifersMedium and Large 2423213.00/cwt213.00–213.009015
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added595217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,2942
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added715191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,3663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2484219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,0607
SteersMedium and Large 1462270.16/cwt265.00–271.001,24823
SteersMedium and Large 1520260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3522
HeifersMedium and Large 2493213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,0503
HeifersMedium and Large 1568181.69/cwt181.00–185.001,03212
BullsMedium and Large 2320187.50/cwt187.50–187.506001
BullsMedium and Large 2360175.00/cwt175.00–175.006301
HeifersMedium and Large 2588175.20/cwt162.50–188.001,0302
HeifersMedium and Large 2311175.00/cwt175.00–175.005443
BullsMedium and Large 2495207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,0271
BullsMedium and Large 2600178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,0681
HeifersMedium and Large 1700172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,2042
HeifersMedium and Large 1653177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1563
HeifersMedium and Large 1493205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0114
HeifersMedium and Large 2655180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,1795

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.