Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-05-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 160, Heifers 92, Bulls 16)

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 $159.52/cwt on 160 head.

Average price

$159.52

160 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,119

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$349

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

$8.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.79

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	478	166.97	798	14thin
Medium and Large 1	723	158.81	1,148	146

One grade step is worth $8.16/cwt here — about −$349 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 sale160 hd

159.52

—

VA average10 barns · 1,776 hd

165.31

−5.79

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

43 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	—	625	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	894	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	787	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,031	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	432	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	760	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	509	171.26/cwt	166.00–173.00	872	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	492	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	827	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	586	151.57/cwt	139.00–158.00	888	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	760	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,106	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,122	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	962	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	606	173.77/cwt	166.00–175.50	1,053	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	850	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	902	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	803	149.75/cwt	149.75–149.75	1,202	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	1,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	757	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,004	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	491	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	1,055	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	911	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,262	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	685	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,165	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	646	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	799	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	172.68/cwt	171.50–175.00	760	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	809	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	138.52/cwt	136.00–141.00	888	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	829	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	570	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	913	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	715	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	413	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	669	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	161.29/cwt	158.00–163.50	674	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	614	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	811	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	448	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	453	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	686	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	435	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	726	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	612	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	594	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	947	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	645	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	909	1

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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