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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-04

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, May 4

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Apr 27May 4May 18 →

Receipts

324 head

▼ 177 vs last sale 501▼ 426 vs year ago 750 · −56.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 155, Bulls 85)

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 $243.09/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −122.96 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$243.09

40 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$18.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.35

vs VA average

−25.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	569	248.33	1,412	12thin
Medium and Large 1-2	568	247.17	1,404	18thin
Medium and Large 1	568	229.48	1,303	10thin

One grade step is worth $18.85/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale40 hd

243.09

—

VA average8 barns · 455 hd

248.44

−5.35

National average173 barns · 11,009 hd

268.38

−25.29

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−122.96

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

52 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,014	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,249	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,257	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,353	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	457	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,428	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	457	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,371	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	476	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,428	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,373	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	524	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,467	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,568	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	531	274.85/cwt	272.50–280.00	1,459	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,638	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	622	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,633	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	623	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,751	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,591	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,863	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	685	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,918	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	805	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,900	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	808	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,039	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	285.34/cwt	270.00–287.00	1,093	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	235.22/cwt	227.50–262.50	1,009	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	273.29/cwt	232.50–277.00	1,189	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	439	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,174	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	460	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,168	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	238.48/cwt	207.00–254.00	1,157	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,290	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	508	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,255	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	563	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,402	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	229.48/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,303	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	580	247.20/cwt	236.00–253.00	1,434	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	597	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,463	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	188.50/cwt	165.00–237.00	1,261	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	670	245.10/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,642	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,497	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	775	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,790	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	820	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,615	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,041	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,142	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,198	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	410	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	984	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	313.04/cwt	272.00–317.00	1,330	18
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,340	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	275.19/cwt	267.50–282.50	1,329	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,471	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,370	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	561	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,445	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,507	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	259.44/cwt	237.00–263.00	1,505	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,613	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,642	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 May 4, 2024

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

Receipts 324Last week 501Year ago 750

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 84, Heifers 155, Bulls 85)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	312.50	312.50
18	400–450	425	272.00–317.00	313.04
2	450–500	483	267.50–282.50	275.19
7	550–600	580	237.00–263.00	259.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	346	330.00	330.00
3	350–400	363	330.00	330.00
8	400–450	428	313.00	313.00
7	450–500	492	299.00	299.00
2	500–550	535	256.00	256.00
13	550–600	573	263.00	263.00
9	650–700	661	244.00	244.00
3	700–750	743	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	561	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	820	197.00	197.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	371	280.00	280.00
12	400–450	435	232.50–277.00	273.29
31	450–500	498	259.00	259.00
10	550–600	568	225.00–230.00	229.48
6	650–700	669	165.00–237.00	188.50
2	700–750	713	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	460	254.00	254.00
3	500–550	508	247.00	247.00
15	550–600	580	236.00–253.00	247.20
23	650–700	670	240.00–249.00	245.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	775	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	439	267.50	267.50
10	550–600	563	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	252.50	252.50
10	350–400	383	270.00–287.00	285.34
5	400–450	429	227.50–262.50	235.22
3	450–500	485	207.00–254.00	238.48
2	550–600	597	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	370	337.50	337.50
5	400–450	433	312.50	312.50
4	450–500	486	282.50	282.50
4	500–550	527	297.50	297.50
8	550–600	563	291.00	291.00
1	600–650	630	252.50	252.50
1	650–700	670	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	476	300.00	300.00
5	600–650	623	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	430	295.00	295.00
5	500–550	524	280.00	280.00
2	600–650	622	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	327	310.00	310.00
7	350–400	382	329.00	329.00
2	450–500	457	300.00	300.00
3	500–550	531	272.50–280.00	274.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	457	312.50	312.50
22	650–700	685	280.00	280.00
6	800–850	805	236.00	236.00

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.