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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-16

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Mar 16

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Mar 2Mar 16Apr 6 →

Receipts

736 head

▼ 72 vs last sale 808▲ 225 vs year ago 511 · +44.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 279, Heifers 323, Bulls 134)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $257.75/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −108.30 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$257.75

96 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,451

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$71

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

$16.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.64

vs VA average

−18.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	562	266.57	1,499	41
Medium and Large 2	558	251.65	1,405	37
Medium and Large 1	574	250.25	1,436	14thin
Medium and Large 3	571	250.00	1,428	4thin

One grade step is worth $16.57/cwt here — about $71 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale96 hd

257.75

—

VA average9 barns · 525 hd

257.11

+0.64

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−18.42

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−108.30

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $388.79, low $307.53, median $366.05 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

68 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,294	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,323	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	328.86/cwt	309.00–334.00	1,424	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,431	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	307.16/cwt	290.00–309.00	1,490	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	499	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,572	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,439	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	510	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,596	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	568	286.36/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,627	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,713	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	280.94/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,615	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	592	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,711	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	596	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,621	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	619	275.50/cwt	275.50–275.50	1,705	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	276.62/cwt	249.00–281.00	1,776	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	670	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,863	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	675	272.73/cwt	227.00–286.00	1,841	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,708	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	229.22/cwt	209.00–250.00	1,650	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	723	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,714	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,736	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	753	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,845	45
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	753	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,581	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	760	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,915	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	883	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,031	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	292.92/cwt	280.00–294.00	949	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,097	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	292.21/cwt	267.00–296.00	1,099	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	286.89/cwt	270.00–289.00	1,239	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	284.51/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,229	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	447	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,292	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	272.46/cwt	266.00–273.00	1,319	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	274.47/cwt	261.00–277.00	1,350	25
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	492	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,348	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	533	270.93/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,444	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,466	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	561	248.29/cwt	224.00–250.00	1,393	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	571	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,428	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	250.25/cwt	228.00–252.00	1,436	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	593	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,554	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	604	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,450	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	642	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,425	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	218.51/cwt	216.00–219.00	1,405	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,472	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	681	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,505	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,509	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	713	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,519	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	787	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,385	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,716	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	322.89/cwt	285.00–338.00	1,043	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,106	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	323.86/cwt	317.50–330.00	1,237	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,206	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	413	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,332	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,396	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	487	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,400	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	272.17/cwt	258.00–274.00	1,325	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,384	14
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,367	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,332	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	558	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,116	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,304	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,448	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,544	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,410	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	746	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,522	3

This sale against other markets

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Harrisonburg, VA

Sat Mar 16, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 736Last week 808Year ago 511

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 279, Heifers 323, Bulls 134)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	596	272.00	272.00
3	750–800	753	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	510	313.00	313.00
16	550–600	568	282.00–290.00	286.36
11	650–700	670	278.00	278.00
9	750–800	760	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	375	345.00	345.00
5	400–450	433	309.00–334.00	328.86
19	450–500	485	290.00–309.00	307.16
15	550–600	573	299.00	299.00
7	600–650	642	249.00–281.00	276.62
1	650–700	675	253.00	253.00
1	700–750	745	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	592	289.00	289.00
16	600–650	619	275.50	275.50
20	650–700	675	227.00–286.00	272.73
3	700–750	723	237.00	237.00
45	750–800	753	245.00	245.00
21	850–900	883	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	349.00	349.00
4	400–450	435	329.00	329.00
8	450–500	499	315.00	315.00
1	500–550	505	285.00	285.00
16	550–600	575	280.00–281.00	280.94
6	650–700	650	275.00	275.00
2	700–750	720	209.00–250.00	229.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	447	289.00	289.00
21	500–550	533	270.00–274.00	270.93
20	550–600	593	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	604	240.00	240.00
3	650–700	681	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	372	295.00	295.00
15	400–450	432	277.50–285.00	284.51
39	450–500	484	266.00–273.00	272.46
14	550–600	574	228.00–252.00	250.25
6	600–650	643	216.00–219.00	218.51
5	650–700	657	224.00	224.00
6	700–750	712	212.00	212.00
4	850–900	858	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	492	274.00	274.00
4	550–600	571	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	324	280.00–294.00	292.92
19	350–400	376	267.00–296.00	292.21
24	400–450	432	270.00–289.00	286.89
25	450–500	492	261.00–277.00	274.47
6	500–550	545	269.00	269.00
31	550–600	561	224.00–250.00	248.29
2	600–650	642	222.00	222.00
11	700–750	713	213.00	213.00
4	750–800	787	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	323	285.00–338.00	322.89
5	350–400	383	315.00	315.00
9	400–450	435	321.00	321.00
17	450–500	487	258.00–274.00	272.17
4	500–550	511	267.50	267.50
10	550–600	579	250.00	250.00
10	600–650	630	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	413	322.50	322.50
2	450–500	487	287.50	287.50
4	550–600	558	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	330.00	330.00
6	350–400	382	317.50–330.00	323.86
17	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
14	450–500	489	283.00	283.00
12	500–550	548	243.00	243.00
2	550–600	567	230.00	230.00
3	600–650	641	220.00	220.00
3	700–750	746	204.00	204.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.