Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 155, Bulls 85)

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 $243.09/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −127.94 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$243.09

40 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$18.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.35

vs VA average

−25.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	569	248.33	1,412	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	568	247.17	1,404	18thin
Medium and Large 1	568	229.48	1,303	10thin

One grade step is worth $18.85/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale40 hd

243.09

—

VA average8 barns · 455 hd

248.44

−5.35

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−25.29

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−127.94

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

52 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	259.44/cwt	237.00–263.00	1,505	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,615	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,142	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	273.29/cwt	232.50–277.00	1,189	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	229.48/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,303	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	580	247.20/cwt	236.00–253.00	1,434	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	460	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,168	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,353	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,507	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,642	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,497	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,638	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,373	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,198	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,290	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	188.50/cwt	165.00–237.00	1,261	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,039	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,471	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,751	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	476	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,790	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	561	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,445	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,613	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,340	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	439	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,174	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	274.85/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,459	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	984	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	235.22/cwt	227.50–262.50	1,009	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	457	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,371	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,014	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	238.48/cwt	207.00–254.00	1,157	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,257	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	622	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,633	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,041	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	275.19/cwt	267.50–282.50	1,329	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	313.04/cwt	272.00–317.00	1,330	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	563	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,402	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	597	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,463	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	685	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,918	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	805	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,900	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	457	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,428	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	670	245.10/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,642	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	285.34/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,093	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	524	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,467	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	508	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,255	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,568	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,249	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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