Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 152, Heifers 153, Bulls 81)

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 $118.71/cwt on 153 head.

Average price

$118.71

153 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$73

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

$1.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.56

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	454	120.23	546	29
Medium and Large 1	524	118.36	620	124

One grade step is worth $1.88/cwt here — about −$73 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 sale153 hd

118.71

—

VA average8 barns · 1,446 hd

112.15

+6.56

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

48 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	141.28/cwt	134.00–144.00	689	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	590	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	648	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	488	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	661	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	345	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	555	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	357	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	721	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	150.28/cwt	145.00–151.00	645	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	118.75/cwt	118.75–118.75	585	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	480	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	117.51/cwt	115.00–118.00	490	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	578	127.84/cwt	122.00–129.00	739	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	424	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	640	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	629	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	755	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	789	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	896	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	838	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	602	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	740	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	779	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	990	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	713	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	833	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	415	152.56/cwt	150.00–156.00	633	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	775	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	373	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	615	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	115.71/cwt	115.25–116.25	604	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	709	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	718	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	119.44/cwt	117.50–122.50	572	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	116.74/cwt	110.00–119.25	675	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	127.91/cwt	121.00–133.50	491	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	145.36/cwt	131.00–147.50	817	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,136	97.89/cwt	93.50–104.00	1,112	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	854	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	668	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	552	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	980	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,073	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	545	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	153.40/cwt	148.00–158.00	759	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	704	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	766	111.17/cwt	110.50–111.50	852	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	686	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	789	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	730	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	317	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	523	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	485	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	616	1

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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