Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 127, Heifers 203, Bulls 105)

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 $136.85/cwt on 203 head.

Average price

$136.85

203 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$758

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$17.54/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 1-2	529	144.04	762	56
Medium and Large 1	588	138.59	815	89
Medium and Large 2	524	127.37	668	50
Medium and Large 3	540	126.50	683	8thin

One grade step is worth $17.54/cwt here — about $79 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 sale203 hd

136.85

—

VA average10 barns · 1,459 hd

138.47

−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

57 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	984	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	654	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	779	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	395	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	972	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	902	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	665	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	951	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	873	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,039	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	662	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	511	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	792	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	775	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,015	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	164.29/cwt	157.50–166.00	835	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	590	180.79/cwt	171.00–184.50	1,067	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	845	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,175	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	666	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,039	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	160.83/cwt	155.00–162.00	914	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	141.41/cwt	139.00–142.00	1,045	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	310	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	524	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	144.77/cwt	126.00–146.00	825	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	705	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	902	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	771	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	933	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	503	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	714	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	142.04/cwt	141.00–147.50	594	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	572	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	843	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	498	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	662	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	887	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	557	120.41/cwt	113.00–133.00	671	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	386	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	579	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	466	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	566	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	764	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	643	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	472	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	661	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	835	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	133.62/cwt	130.00–135.00	563	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	508	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	584	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	587	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	925	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	698	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	907	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	440	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	620	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	505	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	763	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	587	154.43/cwt	153.00–157.00	907	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	639	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	507	122.31/cwt	110.00–130.00	620	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	694	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	143.62/cwt	123.00–146.00	817	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	686	143.52/cwt	130.00–150.00	985	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	760	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,140	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	946	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	875	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	998	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	656	122.96/cwt	118.00–124.00	807	6

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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