Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 86, Heifers 130, Bulls 82)

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 $245.92/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −125.12 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$245.92

26 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,340

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$32.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.50

vs VA average

−6.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	252.93	1,364	14thin
Medium and Large 2	570	246.62	1,406	8thin
Medium and Large 3	513	220.00	1,129	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.93/cwt here — about $235 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 sale26 hd

245.92

—

VA average8 barns · 289 hd

251.43

−5.50

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−6.02

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−125.12

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

60 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 1-2Value Added	700–750	701	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,535	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	282.68/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,594	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,723	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	835	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,921	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,331	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	246.62/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,406	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,507	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,229	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	277.36/cwt	268.00–295.00	1,598	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	902	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,654	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,564	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	442	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,370	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,344	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	420	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	715	248.52/cwt	242.50–249.00	1,777	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,040	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,132	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	950	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,947	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	428	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,370	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,414	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,199	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	442	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,182	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,326	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	506	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,432	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	285.12/cwt	263.00–302.50	1,109	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	899	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	282.10/cwt	282.00–282.50	1,425	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,592	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	260.20/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,504	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,313	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,752	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	485	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,256	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,000	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	512	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,362	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	313.73/cwt	290.00–333.00	1,318	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,287	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,717	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,915	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,093	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,582	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,321	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,315	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,184	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,205	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	961	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,184	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,052	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	513	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,129	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	624	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,498	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	350	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	945	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,529	1

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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