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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-06

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Apr 6

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Mar 16Apr 6Apr 13 →

Receipts

845 head

▲ 109 vs last sale 736▲ 204 vs year ago 641 · +31.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 322, Heifers 418, Bulls 105)

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 $244.64/cwt on 121 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −121.41 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$244.64

121 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,359

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$70

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

$9.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.82

vs VA average

−25.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	250.00	1,415	30
Medium and Large 3	544	248.00	1,349	15thin
Medium and Large 2	540	245.18	1,324	22
Medium and Large 1	559	240.51	1,345	54

One grade step is worth $9.49/cwt here — about $70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale121 hd

244.64

—

VA average9 barns · 488 hd

248.46

−3.82

National average179 barns · 13,329 hd

270.59

−25.95

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−121.41

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

73 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	320.94/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,072	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	316.61/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,057	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	361	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,164	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,086	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	301.57/cwt	265.00–314.00	1,258	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	307.64/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,341	26
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	273.98/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,296	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	301.58/cwt	265.00–310.00	1,460	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	506	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,523	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	302.81/cwt	285.00–306.00	1,541	46
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	531	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,535	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	562	297.58/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,672	19
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,605	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,707	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	581	300.79/cwt	298.00–306.00	1,748	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,704	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	635	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,740	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	652	274.71/cwt	259.00–280.00	1,791	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,617	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	721	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,766	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	723	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,865	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,744	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	799	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,838	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,726	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,782	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	332	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	910	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	925	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	374	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,047	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	271.49/cwt	242.00–276.00	1,037	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,059	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	262.25/cwt	241.00–267.00	1,083	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,152	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	440	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,188	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	444	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,177	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	468	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,245	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	255.79/cwt	237.00–257.00	1,218	49
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,229	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,285	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	525	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,307	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,330	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	544	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,349	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	566	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,415	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	239.19/cwt	236.00–241.00	1,385	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	584	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,221	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,316	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	610	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,434	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	620	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,432	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,448	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	657	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,564	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,543	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	736	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,524	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,688	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	748	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,705	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,338	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,675	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	830	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,743	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	282.50/cwt	260.00–305.00	918	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,002	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,187	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	391	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,228	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	412	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	896	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,259	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	296.46/cwt	267.50–305.00	1,278	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,424	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,434	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	496	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,379	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,512	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,441	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	616	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,355	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,530	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,593	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,320	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,378	1

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 Apr 6, 2024

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

Receipts 845Last week 736Year ago 641

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 322, Heifers 418, Bulls 105)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	468	266.00	266.00
30	550–600	566	250.00	250.00
20	650–700	657	238.00	238.00
13	700–750	748	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	374	280.00	280.00
10	400–450	440	270.00	270.00
6	500–550	525	249.00	249.00
5	600–650	620	231.00	231.00
13	700–750	736	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	584	209.00	209.00
16	600–650	610	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	272.00	272.00
11	350–400	385	275.00	275.00
32	400–450	413	241.00–267.00	262.25
49	450–500	476	237.00–257.00	255.79
15	500–550	506	254.00	254.00
34	550–600	579	236.00–241.00	239.19
5	600–650	638	227.00	227.00
2	750–800	772	217.00	217.00
1	800–850	830	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	444	265.00	265.00
15	500–550	544	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	332	274.00	274.00
14	350–400	382	242.00–276.00	271.49
15	400–450	430	268.00	268.00
29	450–500	480	256.00	256.00
15	500–550	543	245.00	245.00
1	550–600	585	225.00	225.00
5	650–700	668	231.00	231.00
1	750–800	760	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	737	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	581	298.00–306.00	300.79
5	700–750	723	258.00	258.00
8	750–800	799	230.00	230.00
2	900–950	900	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	334	317.50–322.50	320.94
1	350–400	395	275.00	275.00
26	400–450	436	300.00–310.00	307.64
29	450–500	484	265.00–310.00	301.58
46	500–550	509	285.00–306.00	302.81
23	550–600	571	299.00	299.00
12	600–650	624	273.00	273.00
1	650–700	660	245.00	245.00
2	750–800	755	231.00	231.00
2	800–850	822	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
10	500–550	506	301.00	301.00
19	550–600	562	295.00–300.00	297.58
7	600–650	635	274.00	274.00
20	650–700	652	259.00–280.00	274.71
15	700–750	721	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	334	300.00–320.00	316.61
11	350–400	361	322.50	322.50
16	400–450	417	265.00–314.00	301.57
5	450–500	473	270.00–275.00	273.98
9	550–600	563	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	531	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	260.00–305.00	282.50
6	350–400	378	314.00	314.00
9	400–450	431	267.50–305.00	296.46
14	450–500	486	295.00	295.00
10	550–600	560	270.00	270.00
7	650–700	672	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	412	217.50	217.50
5	450–500	496	278.00	278.00
6	600–650	616	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	299.00	299.00
7	350–400	391	314.00	314.00
4	400–450	421	299.00	299.00
15	450–500	478	298.00	298.00
8	550–600	565	255.00	255.00
3	600–650	643	238.00	238.00
1	700–750	725	182.00	182.00
1	750–800	770	179.00	179.00

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.