Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 222, Heifers 318, Bulls 130)

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 $245.18/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −125.86 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$245.18

117 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,399

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$5.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.11

vs VA average

−38.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	246.55	1,414	82
Medium and Large 2	563	242.32	1,365	26
Medium and Large 2-3	564	241.00	1,359	9thin

One grade step is worth $5.55/cwt here — about $55 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 sale117 hd

245.18

—

VA average9 barns · 688 hd

241.08

+4.11

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−38.14

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−125.86

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

65 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 1-2Value Added	600–650	631	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,861	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	717	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,549	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,886	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	400–450	444	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,221	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,534	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,484	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,779	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	587	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,738	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	300.86/cwt	262.50–320.00	1,564	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	294.51/cwt	270.00–302.00	1,258	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,263	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	223.36/cwt	212.50–245.00	1,626	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,728	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	734	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,890	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,943	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	527	314.58/cwt	304.00–320.00	1,658	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	831	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,015	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,580	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	653	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,894	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	671	274.42/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,841	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	617	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,743	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	473	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,466	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	777	246.32/cwt	239.00–252.50	1,914	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,455	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	324.70/cwt	280.00–329.00	1,373	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	297.54/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,467	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	827	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,737	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	270.54/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,577	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	313.10/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,534	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	233.89/cwt	233.00–234.00	1,562	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,136	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,589	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	341.62/cwt	325.00–343.00	1,298	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,716	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,220	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,394	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	308	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	901	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	344.48/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,102	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	257.92/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,238	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	310.83/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,200	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	242.28/cwt	218.00–244.00	1,391	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,465	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	296.63/cwt	282.50–299.00	1,136	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	263.40/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,296	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	279.70/cwt	222.50–299.00	906	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	577	251.97/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,454	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	286.73/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,242	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	304.32/cwt	257.50–308.00	1,166	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	288.97/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,234	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,596	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	472	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,274	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,145	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	550–600	564	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,359	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,484	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	218.33/cwt	217.00–221.00	1,428	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,699	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	243.61/cwt	210.00–245.00	1,374	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	348.83/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,301	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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