Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 224, Heifers 327, Bulls 200)

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 $224.01/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −147.03 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$224.01

96 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,252

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$16

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$10.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.06

vs VA average

−36.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	543	230.03	1,248	35
Medium and Large 1	569	220.58	1,254	59
Medium and Large 3	560	220.00	1,232	2thin

One grade step is worth $10.03/cwt here — about $16 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale96 hd

224.01

—

VA average8 barns · 631 hd

227.07

−3.06

National average194 barns · 26,693 hd

260.46

−36.45

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−147.03

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

67 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	850–900	880	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,874	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	481	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,135	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	273.25/cwt	256.00–279.00	1,530	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	661	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,633	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	452	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,116	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	938	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,979	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	234.91/cwt	231.00–245.00	1,520	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	881	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,639	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,357	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,068	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,200	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	246.25/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,409	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,635	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,245	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	310.23/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,318	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	819	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	306.33/cwt	260.00–315.00	1,182	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	292.38/cwt	268.00–300.00	1,427	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	817	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,871	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,038	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,471	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	970	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,047	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	579	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,448	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	397	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,211	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	711	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,714	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	541	283.08/cwt	273.00–288.00	1,531	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,254	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	238.81/cwt	238.00–239.00	1,278	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	985	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,458	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	291.56/cwt	252.00–297.00	1,114	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,461	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,298	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	277.26/cwt	239.00–282.00	1,198	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,363	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	311	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	896	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	269.30/cwt	240.00–278.00	1,029	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	268.67/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,333	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,412	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,392	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,148	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	600–650	627	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,241	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	233.05/cwt	221.00–234.00	1,119	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	198.08/cwt	188.00–199.00	1,488	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	219.82/cwt	218.00–220.00	1,253	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	888	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	565	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,283	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	545	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,254	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,443	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	507	264.93/cwt	238.00–268.00	1,343	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	212.86/cwt	211.00–213.00	1,379	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	243.27/cwt	221.00–244.00	1,053	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	204.35/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,573	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,307	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,836	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,212	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,181	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	970	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	265.94/cwt	238.00–269.00	997	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	668	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,483	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,032	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	452	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	238.31/cwt	237.00–239.00	875	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,232	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	864	4

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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