Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 188, Heifers 235, Bulls 92)

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 $238.61/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −132.43 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$238.61

76 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,378

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$14

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

$4.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.65

vs VA average

−19.85 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	567	241.00	1,366	5thin
Medium and Large 1	581	238.93	1,388	53
Medium and Large 2	571	237.00	1,353	18thin

One grade step is worth $4.00/cwt here — about $14 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 sale76 hd

238.61

—

VA average8 barns · 393 hd

242.27

−3.65

National average139 barns · 7,218 hd

258.46

−19.85

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−132.43

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

63 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 1	350–400	387	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,248	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	219.80/cwt	211.00–221.00	1,387	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	980	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,290	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,004	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	738	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,808	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	227.53/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,509	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	597	240.76/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,437	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	915	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	257.57/cwt	225.00–266.00	1,102	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,592	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,402	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	1,276	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,623	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	588	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,485	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,185	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	254.07/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,469	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	209.00/cwt	205.00–211.00	1,538	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,318	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,665	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,070	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,143	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	258.74/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,516	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,555	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,373	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	239.66/cwt	226.00–253.00	1,505	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,502	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,421	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,335	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	681	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,553	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	574	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,343	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,395	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,668	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,088	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,235	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	567	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,366	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	415	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	830	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,093	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	647	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,365	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	442	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,193	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,104	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,397	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	267.91/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,037	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	457	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,143	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	998	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,295	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	446	308.46/cwt	297.50–314.00	1,376	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	531	293.19/cwt	288.00–297.00	1,557	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,545	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,109	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,277	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	886	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,109	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	527	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,112	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	454	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,403	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	245.16/cwt	222.00–251.00	1,196	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,247	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,248	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	868	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,927	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	771	229.96/cwt	207.50–243.00	1,773	24

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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