Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 160, Heifers 203, Bulls 148)

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $261.54/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −109.50 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$261.54

89 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$20

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 2

$3.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.17

vs VA average

−6.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	537	263.57	1,415	20
Medium and Large 1	572	261.44	1,494	45
Medium and Large 2	552	260.05	1,435	24

One grade step is worth $3.52/cwt here — about −$20 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 sale89 hd

261.54

—

VA average5 barns · 343 hd

261.38

+0.17

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−6.08

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−109.50

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 2Value Added	900–950	927	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,900	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	311.47/cwt	309.00–320.00	1,794	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,711	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	325.92/cwt	315.00–354.00	1,177	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,418	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	261.28/cwt	236.00–262.00	1,510	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	277.78/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,817	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	360.59/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,147	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,668	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,783	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,254	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	315.91/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,557	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	285.72/cwt	225.00–345.00	1,186	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	549	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,438	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,687	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	324.35/cwt	304.00–330.00	1,664	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,620	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	362.38/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,305	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,610	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	485	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,499	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,886	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,380	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	327.82/cwt	300.00–341.00	1,410	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,658	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	294.20/cwt	275.00–302.50	1,256	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1150–1200	1,164	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,258	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,505	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,933	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	568	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,534	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	358	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,260	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,716	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	650–700	662	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,642	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	348.28/cwt	320.00–353.00	1,512	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	427	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,217	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,162	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	520	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,362	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	258.40/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,496	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	263.57/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,415	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	294.03/cwt	260.00–307.00	1,282	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	739	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,848	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,504	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	622	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,599	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,216	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,186	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	277.80/cwt	277.50–278.00	1,595	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,813	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,431	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,583	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,888	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	357.47/cwt	325.00–363.00	1,333	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	737	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,787	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,366	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,862	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	312	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	952	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	655	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,926	6

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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