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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-04-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-24

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Apr 24

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Apr 17Apr 24May 1 →

Receipts

721 head

▼ 53 vs last sale 774▲ 373 vs year ago 348 · +107.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle Steers (310, Heifers 281, Bulls 130)

Value Added 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 $146.50/cwt on 310 head.

Average price

$146.50

310 head · 636 lb average

Value per head Derived

$932

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$130

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

$13.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.58

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	573	153.32	879	137
Medium and Large 2	562	145.62	819	40
Medium and Large 1-2	722	139.74	1,009	133

One grade step is worth $13.58/cwt here — about −$130 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 sale310 hd

146.50

—

VA average10 barns · 1,798 hd

151.08

−4.58

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

Every lot

63 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	340	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	561	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	418	162.86/cwt	155.00–164.00	681	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	735	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	157.36/cwt	147.00–162.00	744	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	715	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	501	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	812	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	572	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	864	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	152.35/cwt	136.00–158.50	876	43
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	581	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	912	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	583	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	909	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	643	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	971	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	667	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	907	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	943	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	673	145.52/cwt	139.00–151.00	979	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	702	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	772	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	706	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	960	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	955	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	765	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,002	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	793	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,031	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	798	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,069	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	801	125.73/cwt	110.00–131.00	1,007	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	851	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,072	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	899	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,137	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	482	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	332	140.36/cwt	135.00–142.00	466	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	375	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	555	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	536	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	426	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	601	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	615	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	477	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	529	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	134.19/cwt	128.00–135.00	644	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	489	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	675	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	511	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	764	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	518	138.92/cwt	119.00–141.00	720	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	545	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	594	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	555	128.03/cwt	119.00–128.50	711	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	558	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	759	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	752	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	589	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	881	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	110.02/cwt	109.00–112.00	685	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	657	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	762	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	681	128.27/cwt	127.00–129.50	874	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	690	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	752	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	799	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	725	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	703	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	751	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	804	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	759	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	835	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	848	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	823	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	373	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	597	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	415	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	598	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	421	154.15/cwt	149.00–157.00	649	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	425	152.58/cwt	142.00–155.00	648	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	491	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	719	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	493	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	685	15
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	530	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	623	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	556	128.79/cwt	111.50–130.50	716	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	581	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	802	24
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2-3	588	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	726	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	643	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	810	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	648	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	752	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	665	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	771	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	742	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	809	12

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 Apr 24, 2021

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

Receipts 721Last week 774Year ago 348

State Graded Feeder Cattle Steers (310, Heifers 281, Bulls 130)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	665	116.00	116.00
7	—	491	146.50	146.50
24	—	581	138.00	138.00
12	—	742	109.00	109.00
8	—	643	126.00	126.00
8	—	421	149.00–157.00	154.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	493	139.00	139.00
11	—	425	142.00–155.00	152.58
3	—	648	116.00	116.00
4	—	373	160.00	160.00
23	—	556	111.50–130.50	128.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	415	144.00	144.00
6	—	530	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	588	123.50	123.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	667	136.00	136.00
1	—	765	131.00	131.00
9	—	572	151.00	151.00
9	—	500	143.00	143.00
1	—	340	165.00	165.00
2	—	702	110.00	110.00
8	—	418	155.00–164.00	162.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	706	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	801	110.00–131.00	125.73
18	—	581	157.00	157.00
17	—	643	151.00	151.00
36	—	673	139.00–151.00	145.52
11	—	899	126.50	126.50
35	—	793	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	583	156.00	156.00
6	—	798	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	713	134.00	134.00
5	—	851	126.00	126.00
43	—	575	136.00–158.50	152.35
12	—	671	140.50	140.50
30	—	501	162.00	162.00
10	—	473	147.00–162.00	157.36
10	—	435	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	511	149.50	149.50
16	—	681	127.00–129.50	128.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	426	141.00	141.00
8	—	657	116.00	116.00
2	—	725	97.00	97.00
18	—	489	138.00	138.00
3	—	623	109.00–112.00	110.02
2	—	545	109.00	109.00
16	—	570	132.00	132.00
8	—	332	135.00–142.00	140.36
12	—	375	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	759	110.00	110.00
16	—	589	149.50	149.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	477	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	558	136.00	136.00
4	—	848	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	518	119.00–141.00	138.92
41	—	555	119.00–128.50	128.03
15	—	427	144.00	144.00
30	—	480	128.00–135.00	134.19
14	—	650	118.00	118.00
7	—	720	111.00	111.00
5	—	380	141.00	141.00
4	—	330	146.00	146.00
3	—	751	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	690	109.00	109.00

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.