Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-09-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 125, Heifers 191, Bulls 59)

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 $127.48/cwt on 190 head.

Average price

$127.48

190 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$704

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$40.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.74

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	482	135.18	652	36
Medium and Large 1	582	132.42	771	105
Medium and Large 3	558	124.58	695	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	459	112.60	516	25
Medium and Large 2-3	686	95.00	652	12thin

One grade step is worth $40.18/cwt here — about $0 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 sale190 hd

127.48

—

VA average11 barns · 1,827 hd

128.22

−0.74

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

54 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 1-2Value Added	—	567	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	930	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	595	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	958	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,050	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,187	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	162.12/cwt	156.00–163.00	801	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	989	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	943	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	763	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	969	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	652	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	900	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	135.02/cwt	134.00–144.00	586	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	867	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	741	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	893	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	766	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	823	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	553	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	877	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	146.95/cwt	144.00–149.00	675	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	805	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,119	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	624	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	905	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	892	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	155.25/cwt	141.00–161.00	910	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,044	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	723	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	878	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	722	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	757	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	625	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	856	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	704	2
Bulls	Small 1	—	555	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	549	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	564	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	823	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	420	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	357	122.97/cwt	122.00–129.00	439	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	562	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	787	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	—	686	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	652	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	675	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	617	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	802	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	506	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	698	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	—	580	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	528	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	495	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	133.38/cwt	133.00–135.00	567	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	337	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	479	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	600	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	595	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	774	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	506	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	592	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	502	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	688	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	129.40/cwt	129.00–131.00	726	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	492	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	679	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	546	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	718	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	553	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	353	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	357	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	771	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	708	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	977	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	779	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	974	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	539	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	744	11

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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