Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 196, Heifers 267, Bulls 141)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned & Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $230.40/cwt on 69 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −140.64 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$230.40

69 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$0.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.09

vs VA average

−34.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	230.53	1,252	41
Medium and Large 1	549	230.27	1,264	22
Medium and Large 1-2	535	230.00	1,231	6thin

One grade step is worth $0.53/cwt here — about $22 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale69 hd

230.40

—

VA average9 barns · 542 hd

241.49

−11.09

National average180 barns · 13,997 hd

264.52

−34.12

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−140.64

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

70 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 1	700–750	730	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,825	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	298.70/cwt	273.00–305.00	1,272	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	656	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,463	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,445	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,231	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,810	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	254.00/cwt	235.00–256.00	1,077	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,415	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,463	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,832	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	549	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,652	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	234.73/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,303	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	221.40/cwt	199.00–225.00	1,415	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	284.71/cwt	266.00–290.00	1,090	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	247.84/cwt	242.50–250.00	952	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	702	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,530	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	453	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,123	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,606	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	839	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,538	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,073	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,427	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	233.52/cwt	202.00–235.00	1,151	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	267.95/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,275	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	292.29/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,646	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,611	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,059	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	450–500	457	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,449	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	350–400	390	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,244	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	500–550	515	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,036	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,865	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,503	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	279.84/cwt	262.50–281.00	1,198	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	487	301.15/cwt	295.00–306.00	1,467	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	760	199.50/cwt	199.50–199.50	1,516	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,546	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	486	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,011	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	451	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,128	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	463	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,171	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	990	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	389	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,109	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	384	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,083	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,448	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,520	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	288.71/cwt	279.00–292.00	970	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	582	288.62/cwt	250.00–295.00	1,680	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	267.22/cwt	245.00–270.00	999	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	256.89/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,087	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	292.70/cwt	277.00–295.00	1,118	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,207	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,332	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	255.01/cwt	225.00–257.00	1,244	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	610	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,739	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	539	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,272	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,490	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	256.70/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,268	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	224.19/cwt	223.00–230.00	1,208	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,352	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	781	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,757	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	460	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,081	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	849	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,783	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	420	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,327	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	897	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	738	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,550	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	960	1

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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