Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 90, Heifers 184, Bulls 59)

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 $257.64/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −113.40 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$257.64

86 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,406

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$15.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.69

vs VA average

−12.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	264.27	1,412	39
Medium and Large 3	537	259.00	1,391	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	557	251.46	1,401	29
Medium and Large 2	566	248.60	1,407	10thin

One grade step is worth $15.67/cwt here — about $5 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale86 hd

257.64

—

VA average8 barns · 451 hd

248.94

+8.69

National average167 barns · 11,471 hd

270.00

−12.36

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−113.40

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

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	550	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	552	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,587	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	338.75/cwt	330.00–347.50	1,338	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,772	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,839	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	474	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,541	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,644	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,991	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,493	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,578	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,194	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,338	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	263.57/cwt	236.00–265.00	1,481	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,402	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,282	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,596	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,652	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,174	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	536	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,554	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,648	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	762	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,745	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	718	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,831	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	283.82/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,825	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,742	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	693	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,677	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	557	251.46/cwt	210.00–260.00	1,401	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	633	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,905	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	491	301.25/cwt	260.00–325.00	1,479	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	293.21/cwt	269.00–305.00	1,120	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,021	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	317.80/cwt	295.00–322.50	1,300	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,509	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	690	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	375	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	881	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,147	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,188	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,241	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,668	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	410	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,242	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,391	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	276.58/cwt	260.00–280.00	1,308	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,180	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,475	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	482	269.27/cwt	269.00–270.00	1,298	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	568	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,414	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,807	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,308	5

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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