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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-13

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Apr 13

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Apr 6Apr 13Apr 20 →

Receipts

439 head

▼ 406 vs last sale 845▼ 454 vs year ago 893 · −50.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 172, Heifers 173. Bulls 94)

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 $233.31/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −132.74 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$233.31

79 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,251

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$75

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

$19.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.06

vs VA average

−30.65 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	530	244.22	1,294	34
Medium and Large 1	541	225.06	1,218	45

One grade step is worth $19.17/cwt here — about $75 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 sale79 hd

233.31

—

VA average10 barns · 705 hd

243.37

−10.06

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−30.65

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−132.74

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

61 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 2	330	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	957	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,112	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,168	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,077	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	299.55/cwt	295.00–301.00	1,258	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,334	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	285.44/cwt	270.00–305.00	1,362	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	496	313.31/cwt	295.00–317.00	1,554	18
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	508	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,524	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	509	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,573	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,619	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,674	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	294.71/cwt	291.00–297.00	1,692	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	608	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,404	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	279.15/cwt	264.00–292.00	1,778	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	266.75/cwt	246.00–269.00	1,721	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	651	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,745	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,624	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	680	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,360	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	725	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,349	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,845	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,668	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	820	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,730	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	831	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,820	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	925	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,906	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Value Added	278	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	803	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	880	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	321	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	876	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	361	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	975	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	268.59/cwt	266.00–269.00	1,013	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	258.39/cwt	234.00–261.00	1,083	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,077	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	467	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,228	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3Value Added	473	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,183	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	955	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,116	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	226.36/cwt	216.00–227.00	1,139	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	527	247.44/cwt	244.00–252.00	1,304	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,177	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	224.19/cwt	217.00–232.00	1,271	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,204	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,355	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	655	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,441	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	669	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,418	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	676	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,433	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,463	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	796	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,592	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	321	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	979	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,078	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,129	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	307.09/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,161	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,269	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	268.41/cwt	247.50–276.00	1,307	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,387	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,339	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,514	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,420	26
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	612	220.65/cwt	220.00–221.00	1,350	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,593	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,560	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,447	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 13, 2024

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

Receipts 439Last week 845Year ago 893

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 172, Heifers 173. Bulls 94)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	186.00	186.00
17	750–800	750	246.00	246.00
3	900–950	925	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	330.00	330.00
1	350–400	365	320.00	320.00
12	400–450	436	306.00	306.00
18	450–500	496	295.00–317.00	313.31
8	500–550	536	302.00	302.00
16	550–600	574	291.00–297.00	294.71
10	600–650	645	246.00–269.00	266.75
1	650–700	660	246.00	246.00
1	750–800	765	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	508	300.00	300.00
5	650–700	651	268.00	268.00
10	800–850	831	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	608	231.00	231.00
2	650–700	680	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	290.00	290.00
2	350–400	370	291.00	291.00
8	400–450	420	295.00–301.00	299.55
11	450–500	477	270.00–305.00	285.44
5	500–550	509	309.00	309.00
9	550–600	558	300.00	300.00
16	600–650	637	264.00–292.00	279.15
1	800–850	820	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	321	305.00	305.00
4	350–400	375	301.00	301.00
4	400–450	423	300.00	300.00
9	450–500	492	282.00	282.00
26	550–600	568	250.00	250.00
3	600–650	612	220.00–221.00	220.65
6	650–700	661	236.00	236.00
1	700–750	720	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	337	320.00	320.00
2	350–400	378	295.00–320.00	307.09
11	450–500	487	247.50–276.00	268.41
3	500–550	541	247.50	247.50
12	550–600	565	268.00	268.00
3	650–700	661	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	275.00	275.00
4	350–400	361	270.00	270.00
9	400–450	424	254.00	254.00
1	450–500	475	201.00	201.00
18	500–550	503	216.00–227.00	226.36
27	550–600	567	217.00–232.00	224.19
2	600–650	645	210.00	210.00
1	750–800	750	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	655	220.00	220.00
3	750–800	796	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	278	289.00	289.00
6	450–500	467	263.00	263.00
31	500–550	527	244.00–252.00	247.44
3	650–700	676	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	473	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	321	273.00	273.00
7	350–400	377	266.00–269.00	268.59
10	400–450	419	234.00–261.00	258.39
23	450–500	485	230.00	230.00
3	550–600	558	211.00	211.00
1	600–650	605	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	669	212.00	212.00

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.