Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 172, Heifers 173. Bulls 94)

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 $233.31/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −137.73 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$233.31

79 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$19.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.06

vs VA average

−30.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	244.22	1,294	34
Medium and Large 1	541	225.06	1,218	45

One grade step is worth $19.17/cwt here — about $75 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 sale79 hd

233.31

—

VA average10 barns · 705 hd

243.37

−10.06

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−30.65

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−137.73

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

61 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 1Value Added	700–750	725	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	313.31/cwt	295.00–317.00	1,554	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,129	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	750	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,845	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,447	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,514	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	975	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,334	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,745	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	266.75/cwt	246.00–269.00	1,721	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	226.36/cwt	216.00–227.00	1,139	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,078	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	268.41/cwt	247.50–276.00	1,307	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	294.71/cwt	291.00–297.00	1,692	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	307.09/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,161	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,112	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,077	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,339	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,619	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,355	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,624	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,668	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,168	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	925	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,906	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	796	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,592	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	608	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,404	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	467	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,228	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	250–300	278	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	803	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	450–500	473	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,183	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	680	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,177	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,573	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	676	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,433	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	527	247.44/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,304	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	979	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	279.15/cwt	264.00–292.00	1,778	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,116	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	299.55/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,258	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,204	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	285.44/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,362	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,420	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,560	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,269	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,077	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	220.65/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	876	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,387	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	508	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,524	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	669	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,418	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	258.39/cwt	234.00–261.00	1,083	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	831	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,820	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	268.59/cwt	266.00–269.00	1,013	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	224.19/cwt	217.00–232.00	1,271	27

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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