Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 322, Heifers 418, Bulls 105)

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 $244.64/cwt on 121 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −126.40 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$244.64

121 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,359

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$9.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.82

vs VA average

−25.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	250.00	1,415	30
Medium and Large 3	544	248.00	1,349	15thin
Medium and Large 2	540	245.18	1,324	22
Medium and Large 1	559	240.51	1,345	54

One grade step is worth $9.49/cwt here — about $70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale121 hd

244.64

—

VA average9 barns · 488 hd

248.46

−3.82

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−25.95

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−126.40

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

73 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	450–500	468	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,245	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	581	300.79/cwt	298.00–306.00	1,748	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	374	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,047	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	320.94/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,072	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	562	297.58/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,672	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	799	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,838	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	584	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,221	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	307.64/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,341	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	652	274.71/cwt	259.00–280.00	1,791	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	721	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,766	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	301.58/cwt	265.00–310.00	1,460	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,086	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,726	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,704	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,285	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	723	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,865	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	302.81/cwt	285.00–306.00	1,541	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	900	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	262.25/cwt	241.00–267.00	1,083	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,707	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,059	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	925	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	239.19/cwt	236.00–241.00	1,385	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,448	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,617	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	255.79/cwt	237.00–257.00	1,218	49
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,434	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,512	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	296.46/cwt	267.50–305.00	1,278	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,593	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,187	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	282.50/cwt	260.00–305.00	918	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	444	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,177	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,164	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	543	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,330	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	412	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,229	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	544	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,349	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	620	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,432	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	273.98/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,296	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,259	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	616	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,355	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	496	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,379	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,605	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,424	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,441	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	910	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,378	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	316.61/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,057	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,543	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,002	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	271.49/cwt	242.00–276.00	1,037	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	736	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,524	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,152	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	301.57/cwt	265.00–314.00	1,258	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	525	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,307	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	531	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,535	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	737	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,688	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	391	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,228	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,740	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	657	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,564	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	506	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,523	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,316	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,415	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	440	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,188	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	748	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,705	13

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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