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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-03

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Dec 3

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Nov 19Dec 3Jan 7 →

Receipts

1,011 head

▲ 435 vs last sale 576▲ 189 vs year ago 822 · +23.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 343, Heifers 457, Bulls 211)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.58/cwt on 457 head.

Average price

$144.58

457 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$791

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$87

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

$3.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.19

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	146.77	765	159
Medium and Large 2-3	627	146.00	915	5thin
Medium and Large 2	541	143.60	776	192
Medium and Large 1-2	596	142.95	852	101

One grade step is worth $3.82/cwt here — about −$87 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 sale457 hd

144.58

—

VA average9 barns · 1,745 hd

140.39

+4.19

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

63 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	543	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	376	168.70/cwt	157.00–175.00	634	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	388	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	718	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	805	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	181.60/cwt	167.50–183.00	786	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	910	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	491	192.61/cwt	145.00–195.50	946	61
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	515	169.77/cwt	140.00–179.00	874	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	176.38/cwt	176.00–176.50	1,000	58
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	588	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	953	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	603	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,031	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	644	151.16/cwt	146.00–152.00	973	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	168.11/cwt	161.00–171.00	1,118	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	709	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,156	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	713	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	991	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	736	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,236	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	149.74/cwt	145.00–152.00	1,102	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	803	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,249	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	966	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,420	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	499	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	612	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	392	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	619	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	673	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	151.08/cwt	138.00–154.00	644	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	148.17/cwt	112.50–160.00	636	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	478	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	693	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	151.64/cwt	129.00–154.00	735	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	490	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	652	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	516	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	697	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	519	140.89/cwt	130.00–143.00	731	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	145.84/cwt	142.00–153.00	766	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	560	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	846	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	142.73/cwt	131.00–143.00	809	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	847	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	574	138.31/cwt	130.00–140.00	794	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	131.06/cwt	127.00–136.00	815	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	624	147.54/cwt	142.00–149.50	921	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	627	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	915	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	655	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	989	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	676	134.39/cwt	127.00–146.00	908	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	899	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	690	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	890	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	712	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	883	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	756	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,002	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	848	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,170	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	333	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	566	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	348	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	557	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	365	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	617	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	375	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	634	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	419	159.79/cwt	122.00–170.00	670	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	440	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	744	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	464	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	733	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	493	168.83/cwt	167.50–169.00	832	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	506	159.08/cwt	141.00–161.00	805	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	702	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	533	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	757	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	561	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	802	19
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	563	157.50/cwt	131.00–162.00	887	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	630	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	813	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	655	144.93/cwt	144.00–145.00	949	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	660	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	851	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	701	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	799	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	765	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	975	8

This sale against other markets

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Harrisonburg, VA

Sat Dec 3, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 1,011Last week 576Year ago 822

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 343, Heifers 457, Bulls 211)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	515	140.00–179.00	169.77
3	—	376	157.00–175.00	168.70
6	—	588	162.00	162.00
5	—	713	139.00	139.00
4	—	433	186.00	186.00
1	—	315	172.50	172.50
7	—	644	146.00–152.00	151.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	966	147.00	147.00
34	—	736	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	484	188.00	188.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	665	161.00–171.00	168.11
58	—	567	176.00–176.50	176.38
11	—	433	167.50–183.00	181.60
61	—	491	145.00–195.50	192.61
5	—	388	185.00	185.00
28	—	603	171.00	171.00
12	—	736	145.00–152.00	149.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	803	155.50	155.50
5	—	709	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	560	151.00	151.00
15	—	624	142.00–149.50	147.54
15	—	690	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	478	145.00	145.00
9	—	712	124.00	124.00
7	—	516	135.00	135.00
19	—	429	112.50–160.00	148.17
11	—	681	132.00	132.00
11	—	574	147.50	147.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	627	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	519	130.00–143.00	140.89
26	—	574	130.00–140.00	138.31
2	—	490	133.00	133.00
51	—	426	138.00–154.00	151.08
12	—	392	158.00	158.00
15	—	676	127.00–146.00	134.39
11	—	756	132.50	132.50
3	—	335	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	485	129.00–154.00	151.64
44	—	567	131.00–143.00	142.73
33	—	525	142.00–153.00	145.84
10	—	423	159.00	159.00
6	—	385	159.00	159.00
15	—	622	127.00–136.00	131.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	848	138.00	138.00
26	—	655	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	533	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	660	129.00	129.00
21	—	348	160.00	160.00
5	—	701	114.00	114.00
1	—	365	169.00	169.00
24	—	464	158.00	158.00
19	—	561	143.00	143.00
16	—	630	129.00	129.00
8	—	440	169.00	169.00
11	—	506	141.00–161.00	159.08
8	—	765	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	530	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	493	167.50–169.00	168.83
15	—	655	144.00–145.00	144.93
14	—	563	131.00–162.00	157.50
5	—	419	122.00–170.00	159.79
3	—	333	170.00	170.00
1	—	375	169.00	169.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.