Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 156, Heifers 262, Bulls 112)

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 $232.50/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −138.54 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$232.50

84 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,304

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$18.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.88

vs VA average

−32.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	239.00	1,300	13thin
Medium and Large 3	592	235.00	1,391	5thin
Medium and Large 1	567	234.59	1,330	49
Medium and Large 2	548	220.76	1,211	17thin

One grade step is worth $18.24/cwt here — about $89 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 sale84 hd

232.50

—

VA average9 barns · 646 hd

225.61

+6.88

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−32.60

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−138.54

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

63 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	750–800	761	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,773	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	223.58/cwt	203.00–230.00	1,091	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	233.44/cwt	233.00–234.00	985	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	231.79/cwt	201.00–234.00	1,004	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	260.41/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,263	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	231.27/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,661	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	871	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,472	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	565	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,350	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	855	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,009	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	929	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	273.99/cwt	237.00–278.00	1,600	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,047	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	756	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,822	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	651	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,628	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	523	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,574	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	784	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,882	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,446	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	295.06/cwt	240.00–297.50	1,490	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,588	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,052	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,395	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,302	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,232	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	490	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,274	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,528	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,040	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	246.08/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,193	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	280.79/cwt	252.50–290.00	1,196	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,101	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,416	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,231	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,350	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,472	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,304	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,436	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,476	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,439	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	205.92/cwt	200.00–212.00	1,098	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	816	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	280.57/cwt	265.00–282.50	1,327	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	478	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,147	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	280.44/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,088	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	484	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,147	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	592	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,391	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,334	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	226.21/cwt	205.00–228.00	1,088	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,418	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	961	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	544	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,300	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	333	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	780	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	224.20/cwt	200.00–228.00	839	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	539	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,197	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,531	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	294.87/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,280	8

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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