Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2019-10-12

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-10-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-12

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Oct 12

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Oct 5Oct 12Oct 19 →

Receipts

635 head

▲ 61 vs last sale 574▲ 635 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 194, Heifers 289, Bulls 152)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $115.44/cwt on 285 head.

Average price

$115.44

285 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$8.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.36

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	501	117.94	591	179
Medium and Large 1-2	540	112.92	610	49
Medium and Large 2	480	109.75	527	57

One grade step is worth $8.19/cwt here — about $63 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 sale285 hd

115.44

—

VA average10 barns · 2,120 hd

112.08

+3.36

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

56 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	369	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	528	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	513	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	398	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	569	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	427	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	551	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	442	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	606	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	484	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	663	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	639	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	766	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	126.66/cwt	126.00–129.00	730	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	610	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	854	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	641	124.45/cwt	114.00–126.50	798	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	656	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	846	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	669	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	833	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	735	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	875	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	871	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	773	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	986	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	881	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,145	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	989	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,231	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	288	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	346	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	323	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	381	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	336	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	400	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	115.43/cwt	110.00–116.00	439	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	467	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	393	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	495	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	116.81/cwt	108.00–118.00	501	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	434	110.58/cwt	105.00–113.00	480	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	573	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	517	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	485	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	549	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	574	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	115.98/cwt	102.00–118.00	651	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	626	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	634	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	672	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	635	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	730	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	669	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	769	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	608	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	702	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	821	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	97.88/cwt	95.00–99.00	710	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	776	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	869	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	333	135.72/cwt	130.00–137.00	452	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	340	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	466	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	374	135.39/cwt	127.00–138.00	506	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	380	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	490	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	407	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	549	25
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	423	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	548	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	438	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	556	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	491	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	565	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	492	122.99/cwt	111.00–125.00	605	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	518	112.52/cwt	111.00–114.00	583	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	537	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	634	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	561	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	679	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	579	116.89/cwt	116.00–117.00	677	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	580	116.89/cwt	115.00–118.00	678	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	665	101.50/cwt	101.50–101.50	675	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	678	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	766	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	739	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	783	5

This sale against other markets

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Harrisonburg, VA

Sat Oct 12, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 635Last week 574Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 194, Heifers 289, Bulls 152)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	393	126.00	126.00
9	—	702	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	561	102.00–118.00	115.98
31	—	488	117.50	117.50
16	—	429	108.00–118.00	116.81
10	—	384	121.50	121.50
9	—	635	115.00	115.00
7	—	725	95.00–99.00	97.88
3	—	336	119.00	119.00
2	—	510	95.00	95.00
1	—	675	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	549	104.50	104.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	669	115.00	115.00
10	—	776	112.00	112.00
15	—	288	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	323	118.00	118.00
6	—	580	108.00	108.00
10	—	380	110.00–116.00	115.43
10	—	634	106.00	106.00
13	—	434	105.00–113.00	110.58
14	—	488	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	333	130.00–137.00	135.72
9	—	579	116.00–117.00	116.89
9	—	380	129.00	129.00
8	—	491	115.00	115.00
7	—	438	127.00	127.00
4	—	665	101.50	101.50
2	—	518	111.00–114.00	112.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	407	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	561	121.00	121.00
9	—	537	118.00	118.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	492	111.00–125.00	122.99
13	—	580	115.00–118.00	116.89
9	—	678	113.00	113.00
8	—	423	129.50	129.50
5	—	739	106.00	106.00
4	—	374	127.00–138.00	135.39
2	—	340	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	134.00	134.00
6	—	641	114.00–126.50	124.45
6	—	735	118.50	118.50
8	—	442	137.00	137.00
13	—	488	131.00	131.00
32	—	576	126.00–129.00	126.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	610	140.00	140.00
30	—	773	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	398	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	989	124.50	124.50
10	—	881	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	735	119.00	119.00
5	—	369	143.00	143.00
5	—	427	129.00	129.00
6	—	669	124.50	124.50
15	—	572	134.00	134.00
16	—	484	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	656	129.00	129.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.