Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2020-11-14

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Nov 14
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169
Receipts
359 head
▼ 437 vs last sale 796▼ 570 vs year ago 929 · −61.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 155, Heifers 172, Bulls 32)

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 $121.38/cwt on 172 head.
Average price
$121.38
172 head · 502 lb average
Value per head Derived
$609
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$110
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.51
vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2429122.8452744
Medium and Large 1527120.87637128
One grade step is worth $1.97/cwt here — about −$110 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 sale172 hd
121.38
—
VA average10 barns · 2,330 hd
118.87
+2.51
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

40 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
BullsMedium and Large 1—436149.00/cwt149.00–149.006503
BullsMedium and Large 1—551133.00/cwt133.00–133.007333
BullsMedium and Large 1—731119.50/cwt119.50–119.508743
BullsMedium and Large 1—384156.00/cwt156.00–156.005995
BullsMedium and Large 1—474145.00/cwt145.00–145.006875
BullsMedium and Large 1—670124.00/cwt124.00–124.008316
SteersMedium and Large 1—718124.03/cwt119.00–126.0089111
SteersMedium and Large 1—310158.00/cwt158.00–158.004901
SteersMedium and Large 1—386153.00/cwt153.00–153.005914
SteersMedium and Large 1—653132.00/cwt132.00–132.0086218
SteersMedium and Large 1—612137.00/cwt137.00–137.0083815
SteersMedium and Large 1—498159.00/cwt159.00–159.0079216
SteersMedium and Large 1—578140.70/cwt131.50–146.5081337
SteersMedium and Large 1—431153.42/cwt139.00–158.006614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—487123.00/cwt123.00–123.0059926
HeifersMedium and Large 1—570123.04/cwt105.00–123.5070139
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630106.00/cwt106.00–106.006681
HeifersMedium and Large 1—732114.00/cwt114.00–114.008342
HeifersMedium and Large 1—325133.80/cwt121.00–137.004355
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377123.59/cwt115.00–130.004667
HeifersMedium and Large 1—438119.92/cwt115.00–122.0052524
HeifersMedium and Large 1—655113.71/cwt112.50–116.5074524
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—698129.00/cwt129.00–129.0090011
BullsMedium and Large 2—375152.00/cwt152.00–152.005701
BullsMedium and Large 2—485140.00/cwt140.00–140.006791
SteersMedium and Large 2Value Added—721122.00/cwt122.00–122.008806
BullsMedium and Large 2—640122.50/cwt122.50–122.507842
BullsMedium and Large 2—443139.00/cwt139.00–139.006163
HeifersMedium and Large 2—90587.00/cwt87.00–87.007871
SteersMedium and Large 2—407143.45/cwt139.00–152.0058412
HeifersMedium and Large 2—414117.65/cwt107.00–124.0048712
HeifersMedium and Large 2—484121.56/cwt110.00–122.5058813
SteersMedium and Large 2—373150.00/cwt150.00–150.005603
SteersMedium and Large 2—331159.00/cwt159.00–159.005264
SteersMedium and Large 2—578137.00/cwt137.00–137.007924
SteersMedium and Large 2—489156.76/cwt140.00–159.507677
HeifersMedium and Large 2—376128.00/cwt128.00–128.004813
SteersMedium and Large 2—627128.00/cwt128.00–128.008032
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565115.00/cwt115.00–115.006503
HeifersMedium and Large 2—324133.07/cwt120.00–135.0043112

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.