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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-22

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Apr 22

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Apr 15Apr 22Apr 29 →

Receipts

633 head

▼ 260 vs last sale 893▲ 98 vs year ago 535 · +18.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 297, Heifers 229, Bulls 107)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $218.84/cwt on 297 head.

Average price

$218.84

297 head · 598 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,308

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$24.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.11

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	573	229.72	1,315	61
Medium and Large 2	448	226.88	1,016	39
Medium and Large 1	640	214.16	1,370	191
Medium and Large 3	498	205.00	1,021	6thin

One grade step is worth $24.72/cwt here — about $294 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 sale297 hd

218.84

—

VA average12 barns · 2,077 hd

221.95

−3.11

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

Every lot

67 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	784	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	345	211.25/cwt	125.00–240.00	729	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	236.97/cwt	207.50–243.00	908	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	396	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	950	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	413	229.78/cwt	200.00–244.00	949	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	241.37/cwt	232.50–242.00	1,026	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	466	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,090	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	468	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,123	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	485	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,067	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	486	232.03/cwt	207.00–235.00	1,128	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	498	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,111	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3Value Added	498	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,021	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	521	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,224	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	540	233.19/cwt	219.00–245.00	1,259	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	547	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,269	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	569	205.75/cwt	205.00–206.00	1,171	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,291	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	596	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,365	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	609	234.55/cwt	182.50–242.00	1,428	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	612	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,408	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	648	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,413	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,421	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	693	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,351	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	720	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,494	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	198.85/cwt	186.00–203.00	1,436	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	770	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,271	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	780	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,435	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	811	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,435	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	945	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,673	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	333	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	696	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	694	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	363	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	715	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	393	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	802	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	193.10/cwt	178.00–195.00	817	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	837	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	438	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	872	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	453	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	901	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	195.23/cwt	195.00–197.00	935	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	484	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	953	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	494	190.07/cwt	176.00–192.00	939	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	522	197.45/cwt	197.00–198.00	1,031	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,093	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	578	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,075	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	583	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	880	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	613	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,048	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	637	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,198	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	643	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,145	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	166.61/cwt	159.00–168.00	1,113	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	689	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,199	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	160.68/cwt	158.00–162.00	1,165	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	790	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,051	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	870	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,479	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	322	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	766	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	334	230.93/cwt	210.00–237.00	771	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	379	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	917	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	385	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	920	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	982	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	442	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	972	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	484	216.12/cwt	189.00–224.00	1,046	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	500	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,075	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	500	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	945	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	569	211.92/cwt	203.00–213.00	1,206	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	585	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,088	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	664	175.31/cwt	172.00–176.00	1,164	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	668	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,336	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	745	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,199	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	808	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,293	9

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 Apr 22, 2023

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

Receipts 633Last week 893Year ago 535

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 297, Heifers 229, Bulls 107)

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
1	—	780	184.00	184.00
4	—	569	205.00–206.00	205.75
10	—	396	240.00	240.00
4	—	345	125.00–240.00	211.25
9	—	413	200.00–244.00	229.78
9	—	486	207.00–235.00	232.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	609	182.50–242.00	234.55
4	—	466	234.00	234.00
29	—	811	177.00	177.00
5	—	521	235.00	235.00
3	—	945	177.00	177.00
3	—	770	165.00	165.00
39	—	720	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	468	240.00	240.00
22	—	596	229.00	229.00
13	—	612	230.00	230.00
4	—	693	195.00	195.00
11	—	540	219.00–245.00	233.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	648	218.00	218.00
4	—	722	186.00–203.00	198.85
12	—	652	218.00	218.00
7	—	547	232.00	232.00
6	—	383	207.50–243.00	236.97
2	—	337	232.50	232.50
8	—	498	223.00	223.00
15	—	587	220.00	220.00
15	—	425	232.50–242.00	241.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	498	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	583	151.00	151.00
4	—	453	199.00	199.00
6	—	689	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	393	204.00	204.00
3	—	643	178.00	178.00
9	—	479	195.00–197.00	195.23
4	—	333	209.00	209.00
7	—	572	191.00	191.00
16	—	425	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	637	188.00	188.00
15	—	870	170.00	170.00
18	—	522	197.00–198.00	197.45
13	—	438	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	484	197.00	197.00
9	—	613	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	578	186.00	186.00
3	—	725	158.00–162.00	160.68
30	—	494	176.00–192.00	190.07
13	—	668	159.00–168.00	166.61
9	—	423	178.00–195.00	193.10
5	—	337	206.00	206.00
7	—	363	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	484	189.00–224.00	216.12
4	—	334	210.00–237.00	230.93
1	—	500	189.00	189.00
12	—	442	220.00	220.00
6	—	379	242.00	242.00
1	—	745	161.00	161.00
8	—	668	200.00	200.00
9	—	569	203.00–213.00	211.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	425	231.00	231.00
10	—	385	239.00	239.00
4	—	322	238.00	238.00
9	—	808	160.00	160.00
10	—	500	215.00	215.00
14	—	585	186.00	186.00
6	—	664	172.00–176.00	175.31

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.