Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 279, Heifers 323, Bulls 134)

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 $257.75/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −113.29 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$257.75

96 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,451

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$16.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.64

vs VA average

−18.42 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	562	266.57	1,499	41
Medium and Large 2	558	251.65	1,405	37
Medium and Large 1	574	250.25	1,436	14thin
Medium and Large 3	571	250.00	1,428	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.57/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale96 hd

257.75

—

VA average9 barns · 525 hd

257.11

+0.64

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−18.42

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−113.29

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

68 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	753	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,581	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	286.36/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,627	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	533	270.93/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,444	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	510	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,596	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	276.62/cwt	249.00–281.00	1,776	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	619	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,705	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	447	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,292	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	760	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,915	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	604	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,450	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	681	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,505	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	218.51/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,405	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	272.73/cwt	227.00–286.00	1,841	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	723	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	307.16/cwt	290.00–309.00	1,490	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,713	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,097	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	284.51/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,229	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	592	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,711	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,294	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	250.25/cwt	228.00–252.00	1,436	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,509	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	272.17/cwt	258.00–274.00	1,325	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	272.46/cwt	266.00–273.00	1,319	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	328.86/cwt	309.00–334.00	1,424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,472	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,716	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,544	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,448	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,396	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	322.89/cwt	285.00–338.00	1,043	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,206	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,367	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,332	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,116	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,439	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	492	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,348	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	286.89/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,239	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	487	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	571	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,428	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,384	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	292.21/cwt	267.00–296.00	1,099	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	292.92/cwt	280.00–294.00	949	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,466	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	787	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,385	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,410	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	713	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,519	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	248.29/cwt	224.00–250.00	1,393	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	274.47/cwt	261.00–277.00	1,350	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,323	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	229.22/cwt	209.00–250.00	1,650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	596	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,621	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,332	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	323.86/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,237	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,522	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,863	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	593	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,554	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,304	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	280.94/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,615	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	499	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,572	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,431	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	753	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,845	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	883	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,031	21

How this sale compares

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.

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