Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle Steers (310, Heifers 281, Bulls 130)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.50/cwt on 310 head.

Average price

$146.50

310 head · 636 lb average

Value per head Derived

$932

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$130

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

$13.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.58

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	153.32	879	137
Medium and Large 2	562	145.62	819	40
Medium and Large 1-2	722	139.74	1,009	133

One grade step is worth $13.58/cwt here — about −$130 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 sale310 hd

146.50

—

VA average10 barns · 1,798 hd

151.08

−4.58

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	771	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	491	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	719	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,002	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	511	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	764	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	601	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	657	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	762	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	706	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	960	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	493	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	685	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	703	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	152.58/cwt	142.00–155.00	648	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	675	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	648	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	864	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	759	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	589	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	881	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	801	125.73/cwt	110.00–131.00	1,007	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	477	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	529	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	415	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	530	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	623	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	759	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	848	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	138.92/cwt	119.00–141.00	720	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	588	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	726	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	110.02/cwt	109.00–112.00	685	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	373	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	597	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	128.03/cwt	119.00–128.50	711	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	615	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	583	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	909	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	500	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	715	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	594	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	752	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	134.19/cwt	128.00–135.00	644	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	955	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	140.36/cwt	135.00–142.00	466	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	702	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	772	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	690	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	799	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,072	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	681	128.27/cwt	127.00–129.50	874	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	162.86/cwt	155.00–164.00	681	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	556	128.79/cwt	111.50–130.50	716	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	798	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,069	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	152.35/cwt	136.00–158.50	876	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	943	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	555	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	581	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	912	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	643	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	971	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	812	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	157.36/cwt	147.00–162.00	744	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	735	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	673	145.52/cwt	139.00–151.00	979	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	899	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,137	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	793	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,031	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	482	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	804	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	581	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	802	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	742	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	809	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	643	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	810	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	421	154.15/cwt	149.00–157.00	649	8

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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