Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 167, Heifers 254, Bulls 147)

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 $222.27/cwt on 73 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −148.77 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$222.27

73 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,255

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$0.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.39

vs VA average

−35.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	560	223.00	1,249	9thin
Medium and Large 1	565	222.17	1,255	64

One grade step is worth $0.83/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale73 hd

222.27

—

VA average9 barns · 680 hd

225.67

−3.39

National average191 barns · 21,361 hd

257.81

−35.54

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−148.77

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

56 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	252.90/cwt	211.00–257.00	824	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	229.66/cwt	212.00–230.00	1,125	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	617	242.52/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,496	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	496	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,032	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,654	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	263.82/cwt	262.00–267.00	1,504	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,249	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	506	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,194	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	288.31/cwt	239.00–302.00	1,384	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	276.67/cwt	210.00–279.00	1,444	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	733	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,341	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	880	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,839	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,086	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	552	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,330	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,159	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	950–1000	955	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,557	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	618	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,471	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	649	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,571	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	272.26/cwt	249.00–280.00	1,201	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,211	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,570	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	275.89/cwt	239.00–285.00	1,164	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,474	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	240.35/cwt	235.00–241.00	1,312	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,562	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	294.62/cwt	250.00–306.00	999	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,453	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	233.07/cwt	215.00–236.00	1,335	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	265.36/cwt	226.00–267.00	1,287	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	751	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,540	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	430	234.91/cwt	220.00–265.00	1,010	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	479	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,083	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,086	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,096	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	275.40/cwt	271.00–286.00	1,170	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,434	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	304.57/cwt	292.50–308.00	1,151	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	245.33/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,416	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,002	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,435	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	401	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	902	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,417	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,309	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	901	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,532	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	845	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	260.59/cwt	249.00–262.00	1,110	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	223.87/cwt	223.00–224.00	1,081	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	221.25/cwt	211.00–222.00	1,259	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	255.18/cwt	231.00–259.00	1,100	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	615	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,298	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	964	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,147	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	716	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,640	4

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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