Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-06-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-06-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 150, Heifers 169, Bulls 26)

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 $145.60/cwt on 169 head.

Average price

$145.60

169 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$182

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

$20.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.73

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	151.14	867	99
Medium and Large 1-2	734	139.70	1,025	46
Medium and Large 2	539	135.62	731	13thin
Medium and Large 2-3	645	133.00	858	7thin
Medium and Large 3	523	131.00	685	4thin

One grade step is worth $20.14/cwt here — about $182 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 sale169 hd

145.60

—

VA average8 barns · 1,709 hd

142.88

+2.73

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

53 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 1Value Added	—	590	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,092	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	760	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	535	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	872	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	611	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,100	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	615	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	861	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	174.53/cwt	166.00–180.50	1,161	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	923	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	182.56/cwt	164.00–189.50	1,026	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	890	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,344	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	722	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	978	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	146.97/cwt	139.00–151.00	1,235	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	715	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,138	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	568	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,011	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	523	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	952	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	670	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,159	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	792	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,038	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	987	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	915	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	392	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	706	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	775	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	345	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	992	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	559	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	889	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	706	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	960	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	570	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	861	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	655	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	917	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	442	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	495	162.91/cwt	137.50–167.00	806	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	523	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	643	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	611	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	645	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	858	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	595	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	716	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	589	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	782	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,103	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	819	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	152.05/cwt	145.00–155.00	885	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	478	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	779	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	993	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	927	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,123	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	704	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	993	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	607	174.25/cwt	174.25–174.25	1,058	19

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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