Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-06-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 147, Heifers 178, Bulls 61)

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 $260.82/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −110.22 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$260.82

64 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,467

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$66

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

$12.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.84

vs VA average

−4.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	269.50	1,504	5thin
Medium and Large 3	564	267.00	1,506	11thin
Medium and Large 1	564	259.34	1,463	32
Medium and Large 2	560	256.81	1,438	16thin

One grade step is worth $12.69/cwt here — about $66 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 sale64 hd

260.82

—

VA average9 barns · 533 hd

261.66

−0.84

National average154 barns · 8,969 hd

265.37

−4.55

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−110.22

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

51 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 2	350–400	369	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	967	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	890	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,670	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	851	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,017	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,278	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	254.33/cwt	241.00–260.00	1,081	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,368	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	271.98/cwt	265.00–280.00	884	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,219	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,445	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,687	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,653	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	268.27/cwt	242.50–277.50	877	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	286.58/cwt	247.50–310.00	1,639	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,384	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,669	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	437	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,453	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	260.22/cwt	237.00–261.00	1,473	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	808	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,955	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	319.14/cwt	285.00–330.00	1,241	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,463	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	565	306.91/cwt	306.00–308.00	1,734	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,683	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	558	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,504	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	259.52/cwt	233.00–262.00	1,100	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,585	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,725	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,373	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	299.46/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,234	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,391	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	295.00/cwt	272.50–296.00	1,708	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	255.15/cwt	232.00–257.00	1,258	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,641	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	1,461	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	265.46/cwt	238.00–268.00	1,314	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,774	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	987	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,421	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	570	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,670	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	605	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,422	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	264.41/cwt	240.00–272.50	1,512	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	811	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,736	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	535	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,297	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	564	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,506	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	672	277.21/cwt	272.00–281.00	1,863	19

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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