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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-06-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-01

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Jun 1

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← May 18Jun 1Jun 15 →

Receipts

511 head

▲ 178 vs last sale 333▲ 55 vs year ago 456 · +12.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 160, Heifers 203, Bulls 148)

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 $261.54/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −104.51 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$261.54

89 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,461

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$20

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

$3.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.17

vs VA average

−6.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	537	263.57	1,415	20
Medium and Large 1	572	261.44	1,494	45
Medium and Large 2	552	260.05	1,435	24

One grade step is worth $3.52/cwt here — about −$20 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale89 hd

261.54

—

VA average5 barns · 343 hd

261.38

+0.17

National average129 barns · 6,320 hd

267.62

−6.08

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−104.51

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,186	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	362.38/cwt	357.50–365.00	1,305	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	357.47/cwt	325.00–363.00	1,333	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	348.28/cwt	320.00–353.00	1,512	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,620	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,505	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	497	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,610	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	324.35/cwt	304.00–330.00	1,664	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,465	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	311.47/cwt	309.00–320.00	1,794	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,716	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,886	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	651	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,888	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	655	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,926	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	739	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,848	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,933	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2Value Added	927	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,900	16
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,164	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,258	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	312	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	952	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,162	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,254	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	294.20/cwt	275.00–302.50	1,256	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	427	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,217	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	294.03/cwt	260.00–307.00	1,282	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,366	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,380	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	520	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,362	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	537	263.57/cwt	263.00–265.00	1,415	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,438	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	261.28/cwt	236.00–262.00	1,510	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	579	258.40/cwt	255.00–259.00	1,496	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,716	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	622	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,599	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,583	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	662	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,642	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,658	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,711	9
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,687	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls23 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	360.59/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,147	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,216	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	358	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,260	14
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	361	325.92/cwt	315.00–354.00	1,177	11
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,363	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	285.72/cwt	225.00–345.00	1,186	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	327.82/cwt	300.00–341.00	1,410	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,418	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	485	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,499	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,504	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	315.91/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,557	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	525	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,431	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	545	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,567	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	568	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,534	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	277.80/cwt	277.50–278.00	1,595	31
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,668	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,783	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,813	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	277.78/cwt	277.50–280.00	1,817	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,818	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	665	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,862	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	737	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,787	5
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	800	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,940	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 Jun 1, 2024

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

Receipts 511Last week 333Year ago 456

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 160, Heifers 203, Bulls 148)

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	900–950	927	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	360	357.50–365.00	362.38
6	400–450	439	369.00	369.00
1	450–500	495	304.00	304.00
35	500–550	513	304.00–330.00	324.35
34	550–600	576	309.00–320.00	311.47
7	600–650	637	296.00	296.00
1	750–800	755	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	365.00	365.00
7	350–400	373	325.00–363.00	357.47
7	400–450	434	320.00–353.00	348.28
10	450–500	497	324.00	324.00
1	500–550	525	279.00	279.00
6	550–600	576	298.00	298.00
4	650–700	651	290.00	290.00
5	700–750	739	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1150–1200	1,164	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	655	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	345.00–375.00	360.59
1	350–400	395	345.00	345.00
2	400–450	415	225.00–345.00	285.72
10	450–500	493	315.00–325.00	315.91
2	500–550	545	287.50	287.50
5	550–600	580	287.50	287.50
1	600–650	620	287.50	287.50
9	650–700	654	277.50–280.00	277.78
1	800–850	800	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	357.50	357.50
11	350–400	361	315.00–354.00	325.92
6	400–450	430	300.00–341.00	327.82
8	450–500	490	307.00	307.00
1	500–550	525	272.50	272.50
31	550–600	574	277.50–278.00	277.80
7	600–650	636	285.00	285.00
1	650–700	655	277.50	277.50
5	700–750	737	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	443	320.00	320.00
6	650–700	665	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	485	309.00	309.00
4	550–600	568	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	358	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	317.50	317.50
10	400–450	427	275.00–302.50	294.20
13	450–500	493	280.00	280.00
10	500–550	549	262.00	262.00
35	550–600	578	236.00–262.00	261.28
1	600–650	600	286.00	286.00
7	650–700	666	249.00	249.00
9	700–750	728	235.00	235.00
1	800–850	815	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	427	285.00	285.00
20	500–550	537	263.00–265.00	263.57
7	650–700	662	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	312	305.00	305.00
3	350–400	381	305.00	305.00
11	400–450	436	260.00–307.00	294.03
20	450–500	486	281.00	281.00
13	550–600	579	255.00–259.00	258.40
12	600–650	646	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	520	262.00	262.00
8	600–650	622	257.00	257.00

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.