Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 275, Heifers 241, Bulls 111)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $254.49/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −208.28 against this barn's trailing median of $462.77.

Average price

$254.49

98 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,436

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$5.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.09

vs VA average

−44.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	255.18	1,440	86
Medium and Large 2	567	249.50	1,415	12thin

One grade step is worth $5.68/cwt here — about $25 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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.60, low $426.56, median $462.77 across 13 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 sale98 hd

254.49

—

VA average10 barns · 532 hd

264.58

−10.09

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−44.55

This barn, trailing median13 sales

462.77

−208.28

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,207	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	256.32/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,451	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	907	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	237.82/cwt	223.00–242.00	1,363	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	281.96/cwt	228.00–284.00	1,387	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,320	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	590	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,298	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,460	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	933	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,174	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	753	244.89/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,844	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,454	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,552	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	589	261.19/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,538	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	693	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,642	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	245.33/cwt	239.00–248.00	1,340	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	299.18/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,152	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,615	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	534	250.19/cwt	239.00–261.00	1,336	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	540	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,345	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1150–1200	1,174	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,301	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	727	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,665	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,072	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	900	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,998	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	635	236.60/cwt	229.00–259.00	1,502	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	425	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,024	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	506	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,209	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,081	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,511	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,447	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,337	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	247.26/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,404	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	231.42/cwt	223.00–235.00	1,303	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	286.80/cwt	270.00–290.00	912	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	221.61/cwt	203.00–228.00	1,507	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	806	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,118	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	214.92/cwt	214.00–215.00	1,386	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	922	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	290.01/cwt	262.50–293.00	1,256	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	290.42/cwt	265.00–299.00	1,098	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	241.21/cwt	221.00–242.00	1,032	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	577	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,408	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	229.42/cwt	211.00–232.00	1,133	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	982	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	474	260.95/cwt	249.00–264.00	1,237	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	275.40/cwt	257.00–279.00	1,192	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	233.42/cwt	232.00–235.00	987	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,515	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	268.18/cwt	235.00–275.00	880	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	232.01/cwt	211.00–235.00	1,146	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	219.03/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,220	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	542	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,127	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	260.28/cwt	222.00–267.00	971	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	247.88/cwt	222.00–253.00	1,800	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	686	233.67/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,603	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,642	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,466	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	291.59/cwt	250.00–304.00	1,120	9

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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