Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2022-02-05

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Feb 5
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169
Receipts
473 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 435▼ 5 vs year ago 478 · −1.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 276, Heifers 155, Bulls 42)

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 $159.68/cwt on 276 head.
Average price
$159.68
276 head · 693 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,107
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.13
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1714161.191,151223
Medium and Large 2560155.3187027
Medium and Large 1-2653151.2798826
One grade step is worth $9.92/cwt here — about $163 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 sale276 hd
159.68
—
VA average9 barns · 1,004 hd
162.82
−3.13
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

60 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 1370189.00/cwt189.00–189.006996
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added453172.50/cwt172.50–172.507815
Steers—Medium and Large 1487200.00/cwt200.00–200.009747
Steers—Medium and Large 2490150.00/cwt150.00–150.007351
Steers—Medium and Large 2500142.50/cwt142.50–142.507132
Steers—Medium and Large 1504182.50/cwt182.50–182.509209
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added521150.00/cwt150.00–150.007824
Steers—Medium and Large 2557163.00/cwt163.00–163.009089
Steers—Medium and Large 1563180.62/cwt177.50–188.001,01723
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added597155.00/cwt155.00–155.009258
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added609162.85/cwt161.50–165.0099219
Steers—Medium and Large 1645143.00/cwt143.00–143.009221
Steers—Medium and Large 1659158.28/cwt156.00–160.001,04314
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added671156.41/cwt149.00–160.001,05023
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,00210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added681151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0288
Steers—Medium and Large 2687140.00/cwt140.00–140.009625
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added757160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,21156
Steers—Medium and Large 1759142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,0785
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added830129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0711
Steers—Medium and Large 2835129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0771
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added883149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,31658
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added1,000124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,2401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320142.50/cwt142.50–142.504561
Heifers—Medium and Large 1332142.50/cwt142.50–142.504732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365154.00/cwt154.00–154.005622
Heifers—Medium and Large 2369152.04/cwt140.00–156.005614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415150.86/cwt135.00–156.006267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added426150.00/cwt150.00–150.006393
Heifers—Medium and Large 2432150.00/cwt150.00–150.006482
Heifers—Medium and Large 3438149.50/cwt149.50–149.506556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476150.00/cwt150.00–150.0071411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added498152.00/cwt152.00–152.007574
Heifers—Medium and Large 2502144.00/cwt144.00–144.007234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added515153.00/cwt153.00–153.007885
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added515148.00/cwt148.00–148.007627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518156.50/cwt156.50–156.508118
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added546131.00/cwt131.00–131.007153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1553151.00/cwt151.00–151.008357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added557159.75/cwt159.75–159.7589011
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562140.00/cwt140.00–140.007872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1644132.54/cwt132.00–134.0085411
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added661129.00/cwt129.00–129.008538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682134.00/cwt134.00–134.0091436
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737111.00/cwt111.00–111.008188
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added785110.00/cwt110.00–110.008642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added890102.00/cwt102.00–102.009081
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2330157.50/cwt157.50–157.505201
Bulls—Medium and Large 1332184.00/cwt184.00–184.006112
Bulls—Medium and Large 1380155.00/cwt155.00–155.005891
Bulls—Medium and Large 1415162.50/cwt162.50–162.506741
Bulls—Medium and Large 2429160.98/cwt159.00–167.506914
Bulls—Medium and Large 1471160.00/cwt160.00–160.007543
Bulls—Medium and Large 2495172.50/cwt172.50–172.508542
Bulls—Medium and Large 2538146.00/cwt146.00–146.007853
Bulls—Medium and Large 1568147.99/cwt130.00–151.008417
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added622135.00/cwt135.00–135.008404
Bulls—Medium and Large 1662144.00/cwt144.00–144.009537
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added742122.00/cwt122.00–122.009055
Bulls—Medium and Large 1770121.00/cwt121.00–121.009322

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.