Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 142, Bulls 91)

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 $234.00/cwt on 142 head.

Average price

$234.00

142 head · 524 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,227

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$153

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

$30.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.24

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	407	256.75	1,045	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	548	245.56	1,345	32
Medium and Large 2	531	230.80	1,226	32
Medium and Large 1	531	225.82	1,199	66

One grade step is worth $30.93/cwt here — about −$153 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 sale142 hd

234.00

—

VA average8 barns · 1,167 hd

228.76

+5.24

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

58 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 3	—	351	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	916	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	645	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,651	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,361	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,193	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,161	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	642	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	820	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	468	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,218	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	578	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,376	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	446	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,244	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	273.26/cwt	250.00–295.00	1,415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	310.36/cwt	310.00–311.00	1,654	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	663	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,790	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	860	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,806	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	289.57/cwt	265.00–297.00	1,653	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	544	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,360	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	711	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,493	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	520	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,612	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,616	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,447	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	476	317.33/cwt	300.00–328.00	1,510	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	497	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,367	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	286.36/cwt	250.00–297.50	1,223	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,498	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	358	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	877	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	473	250.67/cwt	232.50–257.50	1,186	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	388	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,154	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	425	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,158	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	512	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,075	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,362	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	426	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,203	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,283	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,086	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	574	240.26/cwt	220.00–243.00	1,379	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	581	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,336	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	753	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,401	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	526	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,328	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	641	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,202	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	726	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,445	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	643	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,292	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	223.92/cwt	215.00–229.00	1,274	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,135	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,282	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	241.05/cwt	215.00–267.50	791	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	242.46/cwt	222.50–250.00	900	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	232.92/cwt	201.00–235.00	1,151	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	717	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,255	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	434	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,150	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	365	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	665	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,363	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,037	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	736	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,332	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	610	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,159	1

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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