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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-04

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Dec 4

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Nov 20Dec 4Jan 8 →

Receipts

822 head

▲ 353 vs last sale 469▼ 42 vs year ago 864 · −4.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 257, Heifers 364, Bulls 201)

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 $131.76/cwt on 364 head.

Average price

$131.76

364 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$720

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$107

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

$9.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.71

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	134.33	744	179
Medium and Large 2	492	131.80	648	117
Medium and Large 3	525	125.80	661	27
Medium and Large 1-2	684	124.37	851	41

One grade step is worth $9.96/cwt here — about −$107 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 sale364 hd

131.76

—

VA average9 barns · 1,630 hd

128.05

+3.71

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	381	181.43/cwt	175.00–183.00	691	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	422	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	707	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	167.41/cwt	162.50–177.50	722	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	800	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	488	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	778	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	508	165.82/cwt	165.00–167.00	842	27
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	508	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	772	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	157.15/cwt	145.00–163.50	885	29
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	564	148.85/cwt	126.00–153.00	840	31
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	604	160.12/cwt	132.00–161.00	967	35
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	605	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	829	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 3	647	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	974	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	924	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	667	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	994	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	148.81/cwt	132.00–153.00	1,010	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	683	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,011	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,002	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	786	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,093	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	969	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,260	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	333	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	466	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	140.40/cwt	136.00–145.00	470	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	373	144.50/cwt	144.50–144.50	539	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	390	130.68/cwt	130.00–131.00	510	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	426	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	609	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	434	136.26/cwt	119.00–140.00	591	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	441	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	538	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	482	130.63/cwt	124.00–131.50	630	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	490	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	647	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	496	135.09/cwt	130.00–141.00	670	47
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	500	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	605	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	522	133.24/cwt	126.00–136.00	696	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	540	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	683	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	566	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	722	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	716	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	135.73/cwt	119.00–143.00	786	51
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	595	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	827	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	715	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	648	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	810	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	822	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	652	110.34/cwt	110.00–112.00	719	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 3	652	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	717	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	718	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	869	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	775	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	953	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	845	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,006	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	970	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,193	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	332	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	548	9
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	371	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	627	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	374	161.16/cwt	147.50–167.00	603	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	415	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	647	17
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	431	152.04/cwt	152.00–152.50	655	13
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	432	153.98/cwt	145.00–157.00	665	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	465	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	558	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	475	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	589	6
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	494	138.79/cwt	136.00–139.00	686	27
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	509	127.86/cwt	110.00–129.00	651	34
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	558	140.10/cwt	136.00–141.00	782	11
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	590	128.24/cwt	128.00–128.50	757	21
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	615	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	836	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 3	626	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	770	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	658	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	869	23
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	670	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	704	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	737	122.85/cwt	121.00–123.00	905	13

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 Dec 4, 2021

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

Receipts 822Last week 469Year ago 864

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 257, Heifers 364, Bulls 201)

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
1	—	615	136.00	136.00
4	—	432	145.00–157.00	153.98
6	—	371	169.00	169.00
11	—	558	136.00–141.00	140.10
13	—	737	121.00–123.00	122.85
23	—	658	132.00	132.00
27	—	494	136.00–139.00	138.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	626	123.00	123.00
6	—	475	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	509	110.00–129.00	127.86
10	—	374	147.50–167.00	161.16
9	—	332	165.00	165.00
1	—	465	120.00	120.00
21	—	590	128.00–128.50	128.24
13	—	431	152.00–152.50	152.04
1	—	670	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	415	156.00	156.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	563	145.00–163.50	157.15
27	—	508	165.00–167.00	165.82
35	—	604	132.00–161.00	160.12
2	—	777	129.00	129.00
28	—	679	132.00–153.00	148.81
8	—	431	162.50–177.50	167.41
8	—	488	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	120.00	120.00
14	—	488	159.50	159.50
5	—	381	175.00–183.00	181.43
7	—	422	167.50	167.50
1	—	605	137.00	137.00
3	—	665	139.00	139.00
31	—	564	126.00–153.00	148.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	786	139.00	139.00
4	—	508	152.00	152.00
8	—	683	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	969	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	667	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	647	150.50	150.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	845	119.00	119.00
2	—	622	115.00	115.00
14	—	652	126.00	126.00
3	—	333	140.00	140.00
3	—	390	130.00–131.00	130.68
51	—	579	119.00–143.00	135.73
47	—	496	130.00–141.00	135.09
24	—	522	126.00–136.00	133.24
18	—	426	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	500	121.00	121.00
4	—	335	136.00–145.00	140.40
22	—	434	119.00–140.00	136.26
19	—	373	144.50	144.50
6	—	652	110.00–112.00	110.34
33	—	482	124.00–131.50	130.63
8	—	718	121.00	121.00
23	—	566	127.50	127.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	775	123.00	123.00
13	—	648	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	490	132.00	132.00
9	—	540	126.50	126.50
4	—	652	110.00	110.00
3	—	441	122.00	122.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	568	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	970	123.00	123.00
7	—	595	139.00	139.00

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.