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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-09

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Sep 9

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Aug 19Sep 9Sep 23 →

Receipts

875 head

▲ 340 vs last sale 535▲ 235 vs year ago 640 · +36.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 346, Heifers 386, Bulls 143)

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 $225.76/cwt on 386 head.

Average price

$225.76

386 head · 526 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,187

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$296

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

$12.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.76

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	613	235.32	1,441	65
Medium and Large 3	454	227.93	1,036	30
Medium and Large 2	513	223.92	1,149	140
Medium and Large 1	514	222.92	1,146	151

One grade step is worth $12.40/cwt here — about $296 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 sale386 hd

225.76

—

VA average9 barns · 1,957 hd

218.00

+7.76

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

Every lot

72 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	342	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	812	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	343	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	918	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	986	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	388	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,013	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	417	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,076	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,159	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	440	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,118	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	473	246.08/cwt	210.00–252.00	1,164	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	494	255.92/cwt	210.00–258.00	1,264	40
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	495	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,252	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	243.54/cwt	210.00–249.00	1,266	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	535	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,428	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	551	214.92/cwt	203.00–216.00	1,184	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	565	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,254	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	235.40/cwt	204.00–244.00	1,337	48
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	588	229.39/cwt	227.50–231.00	1,349	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	622	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,549	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	626	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,559	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	641	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,660	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	666	227.68/cwt	207.00–236.50	1,516	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	667	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,561	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	722	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,646	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	734	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,578	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	754	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,866	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	795	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,399	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	797	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,909	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	860	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,021	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,066	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,983	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	327	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	772	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	354	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	758	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	238.62/cwt	220.00–243.00	876	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	239.39/cwt	210.00–242.00	893	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	227.35/cwt	208.00–231.00	973	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	438	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,038	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	443	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	997	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	478	225.48/cwt	202.00–229.00	1,078	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	225.74/cwt	200.00–228.00	1,095	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,240	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,020	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	533	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,317	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	555	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,349	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	556	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,334	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	216.59/cwt	201.00–219.00	1,250	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	587	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,426	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	588	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,258	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	593	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,423	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,209	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	646	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,505	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	658	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,362	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	196.26/cwt	181.00–199.00	1,305	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	730	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,584	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,415	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	736	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,538	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,444	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	819	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,597	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	910	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,729	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	338	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	870	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	368	231.80/cwt	209.00–255.00	853	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	374	254.29/cwt	225.00–260.00	951	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	428	239.83/cwt	206.00–243.00	1,026	12
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	431	250.63/cwt	205.00–264.00	1,080	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	490	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	980	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	492	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,127	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	504	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	819	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	505	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,212	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	514	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,043	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	578	203.27/cwt	182.00–210.00	1,175	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	579	218.89/cwt	185.00–224.00	1,267	26
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	656	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,424	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	688	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,197	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	715	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,115	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	731	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,440	5

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 Sep 9, 2023

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

Receipts 875Last week 535Year ago 640

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 346, Heifers 386, Bulls 143)

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
2	—	342	237.50	237.50
21	—	473	210.00–252.00	246.08
18	—	641	259.00	259.00
17	—	667	234.00	234.00
12	—	551	203.00–216.00	214.92
5	—	440	254.00	254.00
3	—	388	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	754	247.50	247.50
17	—	860	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	734	215.00	215.00
1	—	795	176.00	176.00
40	—	494	210.00–258.00	255.92
48	—	568	204.00–244.00	235.40
24	—	666	207.00–236.50	227.68
11	—	431	269.00	269.00
7	—	520	210.00–249.00	243.54
4	—	1,066	186.00	186.00
3	—	375	263.00	263.00
3	—	343	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	417	258.00	258.00
4	—	495	253.00	253.00
17	—	797	239.50	239.50
13	—	588	227.50–231.00	229.39
8	—	626	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	565	222.00	222.00
5	—	622	249.00	249.00
4	—	722	228.00	228.00
21	—	535	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	500	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	556	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	533	247.00	247.00
15	—	593	240.00	240.00
7	—	730	217.00	217.00
6	—	819	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	373	210.00–242.00	239.39
9	—	736	209.00	209.00
6	—	327	236.00	236.00
4	—	658	207.00	207.00
1	—	750	192.50	192.50
19	—	428	208.00–231.00	227.35
38	—	485	200.00–228.00	225.74
31	—	588	214.00	214.00
6	—	623	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	354	214.00	214.00
9	—	443	225.00	225.00
11	—	555	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	646	233.00	233.00
5	—	587	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	478	202.00–229.00	225.48
29	—	577	201.00–219.00	216.59
22	—	438	237.00	237.00
20	—	665	181.00–199.00	196.26
16	—	367	220.00–243.00	238.62
3	—	505	202.00	202.00
1	—	910	190.00	190.00
1	—	735	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	431	205.00–264.00	250.63
9	—	374	225.00–260.00	254.29
5	—	731	197.00	197.00
1	—	490	200.00	200.00
26	—	579	185.00–224.00	218.89
26	—	505	240.00	240.00
11	—	656	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	338	257.50	257.50
14	—	492	229.00	229.00
6	—	368	209.00–255.00	231.80
4	—	578	182.00–210.00	203.27
3	—	688	174.00	174.00
2	—	715	156.00	156.00
12	—	428	206.00–243.00	239.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	504	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	514	203.00	203.00

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.