Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-06-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 198, Bulls 243, Bulls 108)

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 $126.56/cwt on 243 head.

Average price

$126.56

243 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$693

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$149

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

$16.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.62

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	462	131.55	608	88
Medium and Large 1	574	127.57	732	104
Medium and Large 3	583	118.82	693	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	658	115.09	757	40

One grade step is worth $16.46/cwt here — about −$149 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 sale243 hd

126.56

—

VA average10 barns · 1,500 hd

124.94

+1.62

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

58 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 2Value Added	—	901	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	964	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	137.44/cwt	130.00–140.00	786	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	150.67/cwt	144.00–152.00	645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	502	131.08/cwt	121.00–131.50	658	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	127.05/cwt	125.50–130.00	729	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	147.00/cwt	144.00–165.00	573	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	720	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	852	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	854	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	630	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	841	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	758	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	974	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	148.90/cwt	141.00–156.00	858	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	484	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	554	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	768	132.25/cwt	132.25–132.25	1,016	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	616	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	906	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	858	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	576	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	632	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	147.46/cwt	122.00–150.00	802	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	930	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,014	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	569	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	825	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	591	131.11/cwt	129.00–133.00	775	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	541	134.55/cwt	131.00–135.00	728	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	666	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	872	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	484	145.35/cwt	130.00–147.50	703	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	652	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	753	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	694	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	972	13
Steers	Medium and Large 3	—	647	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	662	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	804	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	151.52/cwt	134.00–160.00	639	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	644	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	656	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	808	100.31/cwt	98.00–105.00	811	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	123.31/cwt	100.00–144.00	462	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	568	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	659	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	642	122.42/cwt	105.00–124.50	786	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	506	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	125.62/cwt	122.00–133.50	600	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	870	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	400	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	577	123.16/cwt	118.00–123.50	711	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	322	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	539	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	767	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	897	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	653	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	484	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	566	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	741	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	158.70/cwt	158.00–159.50	595	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	431	145.07/cwt	132.00–146.00	625	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	486	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	637	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	584	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	730	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	559	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	727	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	655	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	363	164.91/cwt	162.50–167.50	599	2

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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