Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-09-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 242, Heifers 304, Bulls 146)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $239.57/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −131.46 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$239.57

76 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,310

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$88

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

$7.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.79

vs VA average

−1.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	243.71	1,368	33
Medium and Large 3	506	238.00	1,204	8thin
Medium and Large 2	542	236.04	1,280	35

One grade step is worth $7.67/cwt here — about $88 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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

239.57

—

VA average8 barns · 385 hd

230.79

+8.79

National average148 barns · 7,025 hd

240.69

−1.12

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−131.46

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

62 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	300–350	326	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	905	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	255.07/cwt	250.00–260.00	867	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,685	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,393	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	493	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,228	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	311.20/cwt	265.00–315.00	1,323	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	272.50/cwt	246.00–277.00	1,523	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	678	253.89/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,721	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,344	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	807	223.24/cwt	212.50–226.00	1,802	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	650–700	692	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,716	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,640	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	272.33/cwt	235.00–290.00	1,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	650–700	662	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,509	2
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	500–550	526	241.59/cwt	239.00–244.00	1,271	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,802	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,177	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,474	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	582	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,566	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	602	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,487	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	235.09/cwt	227.00–242.00	1,486	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	450–500	461	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,056	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	550–600	571	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,490	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	613	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,588	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	284.82/cwt	247.50–287.50	1,230	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	927	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	224.81/cwt	214.00–229.00	1,524	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	261.13/cwt	239.00–288.00	1,005	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,576	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,236	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	285.23/cwt	247.50–290.00	1,375	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,461	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	601	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,412	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	539	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,348	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,091	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,038	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	282.05/cwt	255.00–284.00	1,365	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,255	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	257.12/cwt	227.50–259.00	1,124	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	229.70/cwt	225.00–242.00	1,429	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,095	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	186.78/cwt	183.00–188.00	1,556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	252.64/cwt	236.00–253.00	1,225	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,026	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,063	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	628	225.79/cwt	220.00–229.00	1,418	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	600–650	616	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,423	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	251.59/cwt	237.00–253.00	1,233	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,192	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	702	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,460	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	237.52/cwt	226.00–241.00	1,347	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,430	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	273.66/cwt	232.50–282.50	892	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	240.78/cwt	229.00–242.00	1,387	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	279.43/cwt	233.00–282.00	1,065	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	237.27/cwt	224.00–240.00	1,590	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	289.50/cwt	280.00–290.00	1,421	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,395	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	506	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,204	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	528	235.16/cwt	201.00–245.00	1,242	22

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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