Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-12-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 130, Bulls 121)

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 $237.80/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −133.24 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$237.80

40 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,359

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$8.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.17

vs VA average

−47.15 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	560	244.00	1,366	9thin
Medium and Large 2	553	239.17	1,323	6thin
Medium and Large 1	580	235.24	1,365	25

One grade step is worth $8.76/cwt here — about $1 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 sale40 hd

237.80

—

VA average7 barns · 305 hd

249.97

−12.17

National average180 barns · 17,940 hd

284.95

−47.15

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−133.24

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

50 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,296	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	342.72/cwt	310.00–375.00	1,278	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,460	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,632	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	223.46/cwt	216.00–225.00	1,736	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	566	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,579	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	430	359.79/cwt	330.00–390.00	1,547	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,720	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,628	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,892	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	307	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,397	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,812	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,663	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	625	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,250	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	301	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	918	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	266.67/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,528	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	882	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,037	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	620	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,674	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,441	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	283.67/cwt	217.50–293.00	1,180	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,740	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,550	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	645	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,490	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,407	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,521	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	560	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,366	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	462	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,305	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	222.29/cwt	216.00–235.00	1,578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	329.73/cwt	305.00–342.50	1,411	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,481	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,336	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,351	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	283.76/cwt	260.00–295.00	1,044	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	282.65/cwt	267.50–286.00	1,625	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	323.65/cwt	302.50–325.00	1,586	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	235.04/cwt	229.00–239.00	1,370	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,236	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,262	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,218	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	240.49/cwt	239.00–245.00	1,609	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,516	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,177	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	738	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,889	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	542	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,599	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,538	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	262.28/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,285	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,161	2

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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