Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2019-10-26

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-26

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Oct 26

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

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Receipts

800 head

▲ 299 vs last sale 501▲ 800 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 316, Heifers 340, Bulls 144)

Value Added Cattle 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 $115.16/cwt on 335 head.

Average price

$115.16

335 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$619

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$34

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

$3.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.90

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	115.85	655	208
Medium and Large 2	469	114.75	538	94
Medium and Large 1-2	555	112.03	622	33

One grade step is worth $3.82/cwt here — about $34 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 sale335 hd

115.16

—

VA average11 barns · 2,375 hd

113.27

+1.90

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

Every lot

64 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	338	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	456	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	511	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	538	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	430	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	482	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	433	117.06/cwt	110.00–119.00	507	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	580	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	468	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	590	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	135.86/cwt	135.00–145.00	666	22
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	492	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	615	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	506	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	645	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	121.14/cwt	116.00–126.00	642	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	540	102.00/cwt	90.00–114.00	551	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	559	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	643	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	738	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	580	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	731	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	601	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	829	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	612	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	698	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	851	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	653	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	816	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	125.60/cwt	116.00–130.50	834	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	674	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	822	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	731	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	819	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	751	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	849	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	778	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,035	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	786	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,022	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	850	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	935	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	853	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	964	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	965	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,086	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	331	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	407	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	338	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	423	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	378	115.57/cwt	102.00–119.00	437	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	472	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	448	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	513	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	445	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	503	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	460	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	483	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	483	111.22/cwt	93.00–115.50	537	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	486	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	583	43
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	520	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	619	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	111.32/cwt	92.00–117.00	589	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	115.42/cwt	103.50–116.25	650	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	636	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	705	28
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	658	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	724	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	108.80/cwt	107.00–109.00	727	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	686	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	823	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	762	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	846	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	877	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	947	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	327	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	445	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	340	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	459	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	372	130.46/cwt	121.00–135.00	485	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	385	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	497	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	432	115.51/cwt	115.00–120.00	499	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	434	112.92/cwt	110.00–115.00	490	14
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	477	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	529	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	483	95.81/cwt	92.00–104.00	463	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	500	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	573	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	547	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	662	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	547	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	585	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	558	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	675	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	573	117.41/cwt	107.00–122.50	673	18
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	620	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	620	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	751	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	789	9

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 26, 2019

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

Receipts 800Last week 501Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 316, Heifers 340, Bulls 144)

Value Added Cattle Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	100.00	100.00
17	—	558	121.00	121.00
14	—	434	110.00–115.00	112.92
13	—	477	111.00	111.00
9	—	751	105.00	105.00
9	—	340	135.00	135.00
7	—	547	107.00	107.00
6	—	372	121.00–135.00	130.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	547	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	573	107.00–122.50	117.41
18	—	500	114.50	114.50
9	—	432	115.00–120.00	115.51
5	—	327	136.00	136.00
3	—	483	92.00–104.00	95.81
2	—	385	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	430	112.00	112.00
5	—	559	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	506	127.50	127.50
8	—	674	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	492	125.00	125.00
14	—	433	110.00–119.00	117.06
7	—	580	126.00	126.00
5	—	751	113.00	113.00
5	—	338	135.00	135.00
3	—	853	113.00	113.00
2	—	540	90.00–114.00	102.00
2	—	390	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	786	130.00	130.00
7	—	612	114.00	114.00
6	—	468	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	653	125.00	125.00
15	—	778	133.00	133.00
12	—	965	112.50	112.50
10	—	601	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	568	130.00	130.00
37	—	664	116.00–130.50	125.60
22	—	490	135.00–145.00	135.86
12	—	443	131.00	131.00
11	—	621	137.00	137.00
7	—	370	138.00	138.00
4	—	731	112.00	112.00
2	—	530	116.00–126.00	121.14
1	—	850	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	520	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	483	93.00–115.50	111.22
17	—	445	113.00	113.00
14	—	378	102.00–119.00	115.57
13	—	563	113.00	113.00
13	—	331	123.00	123.00
6	—	658	110.00	110.00
1	—	775	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	686	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	460	105.00	105.00
7	—	423	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	762	111.00	111.00
14	—	877	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	563	103.50–116.25	115.42
43	—	486	120.00	120.00
28	—	621	113.50	113.50
19	—	381	124.00	124.00
14	—	433	118.50	118.50
13	—	529	92.00–117.00	111.32
10	—	668	107.00–109.00	108.80
4	—	338	125.00	125.00

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.