Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 230, Heifers 411, Bulls 167)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.03/cwt on 81 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −124.01 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$247.03

81 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,354

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$142

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$16.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.43

vs VA average

−21.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	255.00	1,349	35
Medium and Large 1	580	242.70	1,408	22
Medium and Large 2	567	239.58	1,357	16thin
Medium and Large 3	505	239.00	1,207	8thin

One grade step is worth $16.00/cwt here — about $142 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.23, low $340.28, median $371.04 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale81 hd

247.03

—

VA average2 barns · 98 hd

246.61

+0.43

National average181 barns · 16,149 hd

268.88

−21.85

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−124.01

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

Every lot, as filed

74 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	507	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,303	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	497	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,566	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	317.80/cwt	280.00–327.50	1,074	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	771	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	429	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,163	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	864	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,858	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,554	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	625	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,400	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,397	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	658	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,467	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	798	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,811	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,097	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,920	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	625	251.51/cwt	229.00–258.00	1,572	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,725	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	306	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	722	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	279.08/cwt	273.00–283.00	1,599	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,500	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	833	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,858	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	947	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,856	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	252.06/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,091	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	294.99/cwt	287.50–299.00	1,419	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	251.51/cwt	222.00–259.00	1,670	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	286.60/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,556	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,277	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,677	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,408	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	263.17/cwt	226.00–267.00	1,011	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,210	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	242.70/cwt	219.00–245.00	1,408	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	244.01/cwt	227.00–245.00	1,391	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	248.30/cwt	225.00–249.00	1,217	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	312.58/cwt	269.00–316.00	1,338	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	314.12/cwt	245.00–321.00	1,200	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,485	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	198.28/cwt	193.00–200.00	1,475	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	970	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	404	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,018	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	505	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,207	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	254.01/cwt	229.00–255.00	1,234	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,362	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	300.98/cwt	255.00–311.00	1,478	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,251	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	265.80/cwt	255.00–267.00	1,587	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,230	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,238	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,160	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	235.65/cwt	229.00–239.00	1,572	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	240.69/cwt	223.00–242.00	1,370	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	875	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,344	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	310.18/cwt	289.00–320.00	1,160	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,182	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,441	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	285.23/cwt	261.00–297.00	1,398	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	303.55/cwt	267.50–318.00	974	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	440	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,430	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	655	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,238	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	263.90/cwt	230.00–269.00	1,114	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	273.25/cwt	247.00–275.00	1,038	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,259	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,303	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	584	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,460	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,418	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	680	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,428	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	511	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,290	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	908	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,698	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	478	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,205	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	705	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	496	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,280	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	450	313.50/cwt	305.00–322.00	1,411	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	881	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,894	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	748	219.91/cwt	215.00–222.00	1,645	80

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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