Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 300, Heifers 344, Bulls 111)

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 $128.92/cwt on 344 head.

Average price

$128.92

344 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$687

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$6.95/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.27

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2-3	522	134.00	699	28
Medium and Large 2	469	130.62	612	83
Medium and Large 1-2	585	128.24	750	128
Medium and Large 1	524	127.05	665	105

One grade step is worth $6.95/cwt here — about $34 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 sale344 hd

128.92

—

VA average10 barns · 1,838 hd

127.65

+1.27

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

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	496	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	655	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	732	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	539	134.21/cwt	132.00–134.50	723	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	718	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	766	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	483	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	691	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	504	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	317	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	463	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	912	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	635	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	769	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	824	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	662	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	935	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	579	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	840	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	803	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	923	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	756	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	960	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	545	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	910	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	755	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	151.28/cwt	144.00–152.00	879	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	155.49/cwt	154.00–156.00	661	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	163.53/cwt	161.00–166.00	597	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	—	709	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	645	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	778	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	667	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	601	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	898	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	982	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	535	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	845	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	923	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	902	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	965	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	522	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	699	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	688	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	578	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	130.46/cwt	130.00–130.50	557	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	715	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	682	141.25/cwt	141.25–141.25	963	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	542	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	870	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	655	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	950	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	450	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	756	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	922	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,079	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	801	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,035	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	507	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	669	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	441	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	666	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	334	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	601	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	630	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	699	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	575	132.12/cwt	120.00–137.50	760	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	391	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	555	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	499	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	704	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	786	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	848	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	436	134.80/cwt	127.00–141.00	588	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	321	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	478	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	455	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	375	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	563	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	663	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	702	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	793	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	131.34/cwt	128.00–131.50	574	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	522	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	600	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	696	5

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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