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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Oct 23

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

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Receipts

616 head

▼ 122 vs last sale 738▼ 184 vs year ago 800 · −23.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 171, Heifers 296, Bulls 149)

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 $126.01/cwt on 296 head.

Average price

$126.01

296 head · 514 lb average

Value per head Derived

$648

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$30

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

$5.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.11

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	478	127.68	611	96
Medium and Large 1	529	126.37	668	144
Medium and Large 3	567	122.33	693	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	524	122.17	641	38

One grade step is worth $5.50/cwt here — about −$30 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 sale296 hd

126.01

—

VA average12 barns · 2,829 hd

124.90

+1.11

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	338	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	517	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	423	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	664	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	150.98/cwt	132.50–154.50	654	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	158.45/cwt	155.00–164.00	780	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	735	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	517	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	698	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	157.45/cwt	149.00–158.00	913	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	590	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	841	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	615	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	916	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	625	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	944	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	638	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	938	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	657	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	953	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	138.30/cwt	132.00–139.00	935	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	724	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,014	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	747	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	994	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	956	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	940	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	853	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,169	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	871	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,080	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,038	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,630	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	296	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	388	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	121.07/cwt	114.00–123.00	396	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	331	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	434	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	341	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	443	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	385	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	518	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	386	130.21/cwt	111.00–132.00	503	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	428	129.97/cwt	123.00–130.50	556	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	435	128.70/cwt	124.00–129.50	560	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	472	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	581	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	479	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	616	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	616	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	128.38/cwt	119.00–129.00	629	52
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	595	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	637	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	121.63/cwt	114.00–122.50	681	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	572	125.13/cwt	119.00–125.75	716	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	575	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	661	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	578	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	659	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	732	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	728	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	657	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	854	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	665	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	855	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	771	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	833	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	685	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	870	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	731	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	874	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	751	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	946	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	852	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	980	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	314	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	421	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	332	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	505	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	380	145.42/cwt	121.00–150.00	553	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	381	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	491	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	384	151.10/cwt	120.00–155.00	580	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	433	137.16/cwt	120.00–140.00	594	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	435	144.13/cwt	135.00–145.00	627	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	470	135.52/cwt	120.00–137.00	637	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	490	141.29/cwt	131.00–144.00	692	29
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	564	141.20/cwt	124.00–142.00	796	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	573	123.49/cwt	116.00–126.00	708	8
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	633	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	582	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	641	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	878	16
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	653	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	797	7
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	747	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	687	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	784	116.72/cwt	101.00–119.00	915	8

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 23, 2021

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

Receipts 616Last week 738Year ago 800

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 171, Heifers 296, Bulls 149)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	622	117.00	117.00
7	—	331	131.00	131.00
14	—	575	115.00	115.00
8	—	479	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	472	123.00	123.00
6	—	685	127.00	127.00
4	—	578	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	327	114.00–123.00	121.07
7	—	435	124.00–129.50	128.70
2	—	620	118.00	118.00
11	—	385	134.50	134.50
2	—	522	122.00	122.00
52	—	490	119.00–129.00	128.38
44	—	572	119.00–125.75	125.13
6	—	852	115.00	115.00
5	—	672	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	386	111.00–132.00	130.21
1	—	665	116.00	116.00
1	—	500	119.00	119.00
8	—	341	130.00	130.00
14	—	428	123.00–130.50	129.97
4	—	731	119.50	119.50
6	—	296	131.00	131.00
27	—	485	127.00	127.00
10	—	560	114.00–122.50	121.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	657	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	751	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	765	125.00	125.00
1	—	615	149.00	149.00
16	—	580	149.00–158.00	157.45
10	—	676	132.00–139.00	138.30
2	—	517	135.00	135.00
21	—	492	155.00–164.00	158.45
1	—	810	116.00	116.00
6	—	433	132.50–154.50	150.98
7	—	747	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	500	147.00	147.00
11	—	423	157.00	157.00
10	—	590	142.50	142.50
7	—	638	147.00	147.00
4	—	338	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	657	145.00	145.00
8	—	1,038	157.00	157.00
6	—	625	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	853	137.00	137.00
25	—	724	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	871	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	564	124.00–142.00	141.20
16	—	641	137.00	137.00
11	—	435	135.00–145.00	144.13
9	—	384	120.00–155.00	151.10
8	—	784	101.00–119.00	116.72
5	—	314	134.00	134.00
29	—	490	131.00–144.00	141.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	470	120.00–137.00	135.52
7	—	433	120.00–140.00	137.16
6	—	380	121.00–150.00	145.42
7	—	653	122.00	122.00
3	—	633	92.00	92.00
2	—	747	92.00	92.00
2	—	332	152.00	152.00
8	—	573	116.00–126.00	123.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	381	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.