Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2019-11-16

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Nov 16
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169
Receipts
929 head
▲ 512 vs last sale 417▲ 929 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 384, Heifers 360, Bulls 185)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.17/cwt on 380 head.
Average price
$137.17
380 head · 607 lb average
Value per head Derived
$833
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$228
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$8.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.26
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2489139.4668274
Medium and Large 1611138.96848213
Medium and Large 1-2693131.2491093
One grade step is worth $8.22/cwt here — about −$228 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 sale380 hd
137.17
—
VA average10 barns · 2,502 hd
134.91
+2.26
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1315145.00/cwt145.00–145.004571
Steers—Medium and Large 2347146.00/cwt146.00–146.005072
Steers—Medium and Large 1375140.00/cwt140.00–140.005253
Steers—Medium and Large 2381141.00/cwt141.00–141.005378
Steers—Medium and Large 1426144.50/cwt144.50–144.5061615
Steers—Medium and Large 2431139.50/cwt130.00–140.0060119
Steers—Medium and Large 1491148.50/cwt148.50–148.5072932
Steers—Medium and Large 2495144.00/cwt144.00–144.0071327
Steers—Medium and Large 1524150.00/cwt150.00–150.0078629
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added525137.00/cwt137.00–137.0071916
Steers—Medium and Large 1564141.75/cwt141.75–141.7579930
Steers—Medium and Large 2571133.50/cwt133.50–133.5076211
Steers—Medium and Large 1621127.00/cwt127.00–127.0078912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added630131.77/cwt131.00–133.0083035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634127.00/cwt127.00–127.0080523
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added636135.00/cwt135.00–135.0085919
Steers—Medium and Large 1654134.00/cwt134.00–134.008769
Steers—Medium and Large 2658127.55/cwt124.00–129.008397
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added713120.00/cwt120.00–120.008565
Steers—Medium and Large 1774117.43/cwt114.00–118.009097
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added796133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,06335
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added898132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,19232
Steers—Medium and Large 1946118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1163
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2336121.00/cwt121.00–121.004076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379122.00/cwt122.00–122.0046217
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380119.50/cwt119.50–119.504549
Heifers—Medium and Large 2419114.73/cwt107.00–116.0048121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435117.34/cwt113.00–117.5051028
Heifers—Medium and Large 2497104.27/cwt97.00–109.0051834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1499114.50/cwt114.50–114.5057152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1535120.35/cwt120.00–120.5064430
Heifers—Medium and Large 2561112.00/cwt112.00–112.0062814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572114.50/cwt114.50–114.5065552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576112.50/cwt112.50–112.5064831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611102.83/cwt95.00–104.006288
Heifers—Medium and Large 264091.00/cwt91.00–91.005821
Heifers—Medium and Large 265691.79/cwt91.00–92.0060210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666113.00/cwt113.00–113.0075310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669114.00/cwt114.00–114.0076324
Heifers—Medium and Large 176793.00/cwt93.00–93.007137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840104.00/cwt104.00–104.008741
Heifers—Medium and Large 284799.00/cwt99.00–99.008392
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2315118.00/cwt118.00–118.003726
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332141.58/cwt131.00–144.004705
Bulls—Medium and Large 2383133.76/cwt122.50–137.005129
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385139.00/cwt139.00–139.005353
Bulls—Medium and Large 2431131.00/cwt131.00–131.005658
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3436118.00/cwt118.00–118.005147
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2440130.00/cwt130.00–130.0057214
Bulls—Medium and Large 1445131.57/cwt130.00–133.0058519
Bulls—Medium and Large 2-3452122.50/cwt122.50–122.505549
Bulls—Medium and Large 2489114.51/cwt112.50–115.0056015
Bulls—Medium and Large 1501123.20/cwt115.00–123.5061729
Bulls—Medium and Large 2582115.58/cwt113.00–116.006737
Bulls—Medium and Large 1584123.00/cwt123.00–123.0071831
Bulls—Medium and Large 2644112.00/cwt112.00–112.007215
Bulls—Medium and Large 1654118.50/cwt118.50–118.5077511
Bulls—Medium and Large 1767114.00/cwt114.00–114.008746

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.