Sale reports / Virginia / Shenandoah Valley Livestock / 2022-11-05

Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Nov 5
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169
Receipts
438 head
▼ 90 vs last sale 528▼ 80 vs year ago 518 · −15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 192, Heifers 167, Bulls 79)

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 $163.37/cwt on 192 head.
Average price
$163.37
192 head · 619 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,011
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$231
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$12.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.25
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2453174.7879115thin
Medium and Large 1-2672163.201,09715thin
Medium and Large 1629162.331,022162
One grade step is worth $12.45/cwt here — about −$231 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 sale192 hd
163.37
—
VA average10 barns · 1,496 hd
162.11
+1.25
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2390170.00/cwt170.00–170.006631
Steers—Medium and Large 2420185.07/cwt142.50–201.0077711
Steers—Medium and Large 1427140.00/cwt140.00–140.005982
Steers—Medium and Large 1488190.85/cwt165.00–195.0093125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added529184.00/cwt184.00–184.009737
Steers—Medium and Large 1538186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,0018
Steers—Medium and Large 1579168.38/cwt140.00–171.0097568
Steers—Medium and Large 2593138.62/cwt135.00–146.008223
Steers—Medium and Large 1646143.09/cwt139.00–143.5092422
Steers—Medium and Large 1655150.00/cwt150.00–150.0098310
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added664142.00/cwt142.00–142.009436
Steers—Medium and Large 1753138.71/cwt130.00–140.001,0448
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added797145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1568
Steers—Medium and Large 1830134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,1122
Steers—Medium and Large 11,164130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,51311
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305132.50/cwt132.50–132.504041
Heifers—Medium and Large 2346135.00/cwt135.00–135.004673
Heifers—Medium and Large 2359147.00/cwt147.00–147.005286
Heifers—Medium and Large 1360135.00/cwt135.00–135.004861
Heifers—Medium and Large 2437140.67/cwt130.00–146.006156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438143.22/cwt132.00–145.0062714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486143.52/cwt131.00–149.0069828
Heifers—Medium and Large 2490143.51/cwt129.00–145.0070310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added537142.00/cwt142.00–142.0076310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1541135.00/cwt135.00–135.007303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565135.34/cwt114.00–136.0076533
Heifers—Medium and Large 2586139.00/cwt139.00–139.008157
Heifers—Medium and Large 3620135.00/cwt135.00–135.008371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625127.00/cwt127.00–127.007941
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added638147.00/cwt147.00–147.009386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1653131.00/cwt131.00–131.0085516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2661145.50/cwt145.50–145.509625
Heifers—Medium and Large 2663132.48/cwt128.00–137.0087810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735130.00/cwt130.00–130.009562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2750142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,0694
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1338132.44/cwt130.00–135.004482
Bulls—Medium and Large 1367147.50/cwt147.50–147.505412
Bulls—Medium and Large 2395102.50/cwt102.50–102.504051
Bulls—Medium and Large 1407145.00/cwt145.00–145.005902
Bulls—Medium and Large 2426139.00/cwt139.00–139.005923
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473167.92/cwt166.00–170.0079420
Bulls—Medium and Large 2481140.00/cwt140.00–140.006734
Bulls—Medium and Large 1515142.50/cwt142.50–142.507341
Bulls—Medium and Large 1574150.00/cwt150.00–150.008615
Bulls—Medium and Large 2583139.00/cwt139.00–139.008106
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625134.00/cwt134.00–134.008389
Bulls—Medium and Large 2637120.72/cwt120.00–121.007697
Bulls—Medium and Large 1721128.25/cwt120.00–129.0092512
Bulls—Medium and Large 277292.00/cwt92.00–92.007105

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.