Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 150, Heifers 249, Bulls 102)

Value Added and Natural Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $245.25/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −125.79 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$245.25

98 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,385

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$191

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

$23.56/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.33

vs VA average

−24.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	581	262.00	1,522	15thin
Medium and Large 2	575	250.39	1,440	23
Medium and Large 3	545	245.00	1,335	6thin
Medium and Large 1	558	238.44	1,331	54

One grade step is worth $23.56/cwt here — about $191 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 sale98 hd

245.25

—

VA average8 barns · 492 hd

247.58

−2.33

National average178 barns · 11,596 hd

270.19

−24.94

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−125.79

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

62 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	300–350	345	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	949	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,550	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	492	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,171	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,764	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,244	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	581	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,522	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,399	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	785	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,758	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	249.22/cwt	236.00–251.00	1,224	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	812	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,835	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,749	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	292.04/cwt	259.00–300.00	1,688	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,508	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,522	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	237.29/cwt	202.00–249.00	1,362	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,185	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	267.97/cwt	256.00–276.00	994	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,351	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,470	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	240.11/cwt	202.00–248.00	1,285	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,146	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,354	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,288	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,209	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,498	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,104	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	542	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,328	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,533	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,327	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	250.39/cwt	244.00–251.00	1,440	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	251.01/cwt	237.00–253.00	1,207	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	461	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,176	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,335	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,048	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	298.21/cwt	265.00–301.00	1,154	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	369	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,055	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	280.10/cwt	240.00–284.00	1,171	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	276.84/cwt	222.00–285.00	922	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,008	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,566	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	513	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,552	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,269	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,458	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,525	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	726	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	696	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,837	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	454	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,462	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	237.58/cwt	233.00–238.00	1,359	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	627	234.46/cwt	228.00–236.00	1,470	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,469	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	680	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,666	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	850–900	857	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,963	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	620	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,606	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,061	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	4

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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