Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 175, Heifers 211, Bulls 120)

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 $215.48/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −155.56 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$215.48

54 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$24.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.14

vs VA average

−31.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	236.00	1,340	5thin
Medium and Large 3	514	220.00	1,131	8thin
Medium and Large 2	563	215.00	1,210	5thin
Medium and Large 1	561	211.69	1,187	36

One grade step is worth $24.31/cwt here — about $154 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 sale54 hd

215.48

—

VA average9 barns · 338 hd

226.62

−11.14

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−31.30

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−155.56

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

52 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	372	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,107	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	294.01/cwt	240.00–300.00	1,267	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,586	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,489	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	958	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	269.72/cwt	230.00–280.00	1,011	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	555	218.41/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,212	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	727	229.61/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,669	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,344	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,330	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,321	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	237.23/cwt	232.50–238.00	1,328	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,527	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,438	33
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,304	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	503	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,308	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,536	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	568	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,340	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	681	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,498	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	632	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,390	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	259.80/cwt	245.00–265.00	987	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	670	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	855	198.00/cwt	190.00–206.00	1,693	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	975	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	878	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,530	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	802	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,299	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	770	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,471	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,191	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	576	264.78/cwt	235.00–280.00	1,525	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	603	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,492	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,210	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	514	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,131	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	291.25/cwt	277.50–300.00	973	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,375	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,142	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,154	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,009	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,278	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,183	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	400–450	445	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	946	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	247.92/cwt	246.00–249.00	1,071	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	872	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,430	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	246.90/cwt	226.00–255.00	1,262	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,406	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,361	10

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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