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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

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

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Fri, Feb 2

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Jan 20Feb 2Feb 17 →

Receipts

890 head

▲ 744 vs last sale 146▲ 519 vs year ago 371 · +139.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 303, Heifers 423, Bulls 164)

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 $234.31/cwt on 423 head.

Average price

$234.31

423 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,263

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$100

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

$24.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.61

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	480	247.59	1,189	126
Medium and Large 1-2	549	243.75	1,338	72
Medium and Large 3	482	231.91	1,117	22
Medium and Large 1	578	222.99	1,289	203

One grade step is worth $24.60/cwt here — about −$100 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 sale423 hd

234.31

—

VA average9 barns · 1,236 hd

225.70

+8.61

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

Every lot

68 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,190	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	425	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,275	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,271	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,262	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	465	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,046	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	476	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,404	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	491	298.19/cwt	295.00–303.00	1,464	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,475	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	516	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,553	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	254.55/cwt	230.00–258.00	1,420	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	566	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,443	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	585	271.60/cwt	258.00–290.00	1,589	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	588	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,558	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	591	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,625	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	622	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,462	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	642	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,586	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	250.21/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,686	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	685	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,603	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	708	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,628	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,606	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	753	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,626	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,597	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	823	218.20/cwt	213.00–223.00	1,796	47
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	838	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,659	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	323	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	824	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	334	228.88/cwt	217.50–240.00	764	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	374	265.82/cwt	250.00–273.00	994	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	416	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,030	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	429	263.14/cwt	225.00–269.00	1,129	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	243.50/cwt	216.00–249.00	1,049	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	439	265.81/cwt	263.00–269.00	1,167	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	485	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,261	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	236.93/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,156	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	489	247.90/cwt	221.00–249.00	1,212	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	491	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,272	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	491	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,262	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	519	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,157	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	535	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,289	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	545	239.76/cwt	217.00–245.00	1,307	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,261	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	560	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,344	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	225.22/cwt	217.00–226.00	1,304	34
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	596	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,395	37
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	627	213.89/cwt	208.00–219.00	1,341	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,323	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	646	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,227	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	653	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,306	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	670	209.44/cwt	197.00–215.00	1,403	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	711	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,379	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	733	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,173	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,492	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	832	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,498	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	322	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	982	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	329	292.22/cwt	235.00–300.00	961	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	372	303.39/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,129	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	378	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,115	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	426	290.46/cwt	245.00–295.00	1,237	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	427	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,153	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	460	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,012	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	478	256.42/cwt	243.00–262.50	1,226	20
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	483	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,319	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	544	254.09/cwt	252.00–265.00	1,382	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	565	238.59/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,348	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	567	241.17/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,367	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	645	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,316	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	652	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,311	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	664	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,481	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	737	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,430	12

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

Fri Feb 2, 2024

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

Receipts 890Last week 146Year ago 371

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 303, Heifers 423, Bulls 164)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	478	243.00–262.50	256.42
18	—	565	230.00–242.00	238.59
6	—	427	270.00	270.00
8	—	329	235.00–300.00	292.22
7	—	378	295.00	295.00
9	—	652	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	737	194.00	194.00
11	—	426	245.00–295.00	290.46
6	—	372	300.00–305.00	303.39
4	—	567	230.00–245.00	241.17
2	—	322	305.00	305.00
1	—	645	204.00	204.00
17	—	483	273.00	273.00
18	—	544	252.00–265.00	254.09
17	—	664	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	460	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	491	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	489	221.00–249.00	247.90
3	—	646	190.00	190.00
8	—	558	226.00	226.00
34	—	429	225.00–269.00	263.14
3	—	323	255.00	255.00
5	—	733	160.00	160.00
19	—	374	250.00–273.00	265.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	485	260.00	260.00
7	—	560	240.00	240.00
6	—	535	241.00	241.00
4	—	653	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	491	257.00	257.00
22	—	627	208.00–219.00	213.89
12	—	711	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	596	234.00	234.00
21	—	439	263.00–269.00	265.81
4	—	832	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	519	223.00	223.00
8	—	416	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	431	216.00–249.00	243.50
15	—	545	217.00–245.00	239.76
34	—	579	217.00–226.00	225.22
8	—	639	207.00	207.00
2	—	765	195.00	195.00
32	—	488	220.00–240.00	236.93
48	—	670	197.00–215.00	209.44
6	—	334	217.50–240.00	228.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	674	240.00–255.00	250.21
10	—	516	301.00	301.00
7	—	642	247.00	247.00
6	—	431	295.00	295.00
17	—	566	255.00	255.00
1	—	465	225.00	225.00
8	—	717	224.00	224.00
5	—	768	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	435	290.00	290.00
6	—	500	295.00	295.00
4	—	622	235.00	235.00
6	—	390	305.00	305.00
8	—	558	230.00–258.00	254.55
7	—	476	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	823	213.00–223.00	218.20
35	—	585	258.00–290.00	271.60
31	—	708	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	588	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	591	275.00	275.00
9	—	838	198.00	198.00
29	—	491	295.00–303.00	298.19
11	—	753	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	685	234.00	234.00
7	—	425	300.00	300.00

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.