Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-08-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 265, Heifers 173, Bulls 65)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.04/cwt on 265 head.

Average price

$175.04

265 head · 715 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$12.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.58

vs VA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	711	180.81	1,286	138
Medium and Large 2	618	169.97	1,051	38
Medium and Large 1-2	761	168.24	1,281	89

One grade step is worth $12.58/cwt here — about $5 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 sale265 hd

175.04

—

VA average10 barns · 1,133 hd

171.46

+3.58

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 1-2Value Added	—	917	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	1,481	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	170.09/cwt	153.00–178.00	1,126	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	952	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	163.67/cwt	161.00–169.00	813	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	639	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	856	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	606	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	988	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	606	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,067	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,006	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	922	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,650	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	727	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,298	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	471	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	895	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	926	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	760	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,284	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	556	191.68/cwt	175.00–200.00	1,066	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,232	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	846	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	810	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,292	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	716	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,146	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	655	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,186	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	633	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,139	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	588	195.99/cwt	187.50–198.00	1,152	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	714	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,185	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	572	163.53/cwt	160.00–166.00	935	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	651	148.11/cwt	141.00–149.00	964	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	744	139.50/cwt	139.00–140.00	1,038	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	482	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	856	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	435	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	805	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	741	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	617	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	895	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	148.78/cwt	145.00–149.00	826	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	479	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	766	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	646	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	911	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	577	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	894	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	443	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	820	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	986	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	981	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	395	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	770	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	315	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	596	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	945	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	924	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	628	155.87/cwt	155.00–156.50	979	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,032	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	436	157.74/cwt	153.00–158.50	688	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	752	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,083	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,092	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	488	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	551	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	934	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	396	159.19/cwt	154.00–160.00	630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	740	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	577	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	975	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	405	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	648	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,160	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	151.74/cwt	144.00–153.00	880	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	895	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,155	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	955	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,633	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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