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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-24

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Oct 24

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

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Receipts

800 head

▲ 9 vs last sale 791▲ 0 vs year ago 800 · +0.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 337, Heifers 333, Bulls 139)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $133.32/cwt on 331 head.

Average price

$133.32

331 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$853

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$122

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

$14.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.06

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	611	137.07	838	194
Medium and Large 2	508	136.65	694	51
Medium and Large 1-2	781	122.87	960	86

One grade step is worth $14.20/cwt here — about −$122 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 sale331 hd

133.32

—

VA average12 barns · 2,693 hd

133.38

−0.06

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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	559	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	381	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	587	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	604	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	435	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	631	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	440	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	642	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	136.24/cwt	136.00–136.50	661	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	495	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	693	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	690	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	540	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	686	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	570	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	827	34
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	129.03/cwt	127.00–131.00	746	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	581	144.86/cwt	144.00–145.50	842	32
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	613	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	834	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	631	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	877	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	646	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	814	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	825	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	683	138.30/cwt	138.00–139.00	945	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	722	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	881	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	745	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	894	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	863	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	881	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	817	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	989	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	951	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	947	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,084	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,057	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,168	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,118	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	1,235	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	295	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	407	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	330	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	446	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	384	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	507	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	387	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	488	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	115.21/cwt	110.00–116.00	490	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	441	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	490	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	571	49
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	489	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	533	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	494	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	467	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	511	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	560	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	520	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	551	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	559	114.08/cwt	111.50–115.00	638	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	567	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	612	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	577	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	675	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	596	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	632	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	606	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	648	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	616	105.38/cwt	105.00–106.00	649	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	629	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	100.02/cwt	93.00–102.00	638	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Natural	665	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	688	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	695	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	646	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	752	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	842	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	767	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	844	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	851	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	949	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	320	163.05/cwt	159.00–167.50	522	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	327	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	428	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	363	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	577	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	375	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	600	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	431	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	629	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	442	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	645	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	478	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	621	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	488	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	654	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	538	124.03/cwt	119.00–125.00	667	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	540	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	653	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	573	131.56/cwt	121.00–133.00	754	34
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	644	119.48/cwt	116.00–120.50	769	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	657	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	756	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	755	110.38/cwt	101.00–112.00	833	7

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 24, 2020

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

Receipts 800Last week 791Year ago 800

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 337, Heifers 333, Bulls 139)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	581	144.00–145.50	144.86
20	—	683	138.00–139.00	138.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	535	129.00	129.00
34	—	570	145.00	145.00
33	—	495	140.00	140.00
28	—	655	126.00	126.00
11	—	766	115.00	115.00
5	—	1,118	110.50	110.50
5	—	857	111.00	111.00
2	—	337	166.00	166.00
9	—	631	139.00	139.00
7	—	440	146.00	146.00
5	—	385	157.00	157.00
2	—	1,057	110.50	110.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	578	127.00–131.00	129.03
9	—	435	145.00	145.00
26	—	485	136.00–136.50	136.24
1	—	750	115.00	115.00
1	—	540	127.00	127.00
5	—	745	120.00	120.00
5	—	381	154.00	154.00
2	—	646	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	722	122.00	122.00
18	—	613	136.00	136.00
27	—	817	121.00	121.00
20	—	947	114.50	114.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	665	103.50	103.50
8	—	606	107.00	107.00
26	—	577	117.00	117.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	488	117.00	117.00
23	—	638	93.00–102.00	100.02
15	—	425	110.00–116.00	115.21
9	—	384	132.00	132.00
66	—	559	111.50–115.00	114.08
1	—	695	93.00	93.00
1	—	295	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	330	135.00	135.00
1	—	520	106.00	106.00
14	—	441	111.00	111.00
14	—	387	126.00	126.00
22	—	489	109.00	109.00
4	—	635	99.00	99.00
7	—	567	108.00	108.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	596	106.00	106.00
5	—	494	94.50	94.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	851	111.50	111.50
7	—	752	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	511	109.50	109.50
21	—	616	105.00–106.00	105.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	767	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	573	121.00–133.00	131.56
15	—	488	134.00	134.00
13	—	644	116.00–120.50	119.48
9	—	442	146.00	146.00
7	—	755	101.00–112.00	110.38
4	—	363	159.00	159.00
2	—	320	159.00–167.50	163.05
1	—	540	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	657	115.00	115.00
2	—	327	131.00	131.00
13	—	478	130.00	130.00
9	—	375	160.00	160.00
8	—	431	146.00	146.00
6	—	538	119.00–125.00	124.03

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.