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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-07-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-13

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Jul 13

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Jun 15Jul 13Aug 3 →

Receipts

639 head

▲ 253 vs last sale 386▲ 167 vs year ago 472 · +35.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 200, Heifers 292, Bulls 147)

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 $241.08/cwt on 109 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −124.97 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$241.08

109 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,358

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$20

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

$5.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.80

vs VA average

−27.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	562	245.64	1,380	11thin
Medium and Large 3	534	245.00	1,308	10thin
Medium and Large 1	567	240.06	1,361	88

One grade step is worth $5.57/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 sale109 hd

241.08

—

VA average9 barns · 694 hd

252.88

−11.80

National average164 barns · 12,328 hd

268.86

−27.78

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−124.97

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

58 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	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,037	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,113	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	300.84/cwt	300.00–302.50	1,273	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,422	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	279.67/cwt	255.00–282.00	1,370	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	514	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,408	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	298.76/cwt	297.00–301.00	1,679	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	571	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,673	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	289.45/cwt	240.00–298.00	1,664	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	291.28/cwt	288.00–294.00	1,820	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	625	282.34/cwt	257.50–291.00	1,765	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	640	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,840	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	278.68/cwt	277.00–282.50	1,853	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	719	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,891	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,986	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,763	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Value Added	823	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,959	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,977	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	244.40/cwt	225.00–265.00	819	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	896	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	226.79/cwt	221.00–232.00	850	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	270.53/cwt	225.00–274.00	1,039	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	250.01/cwt	223.00–253.00	1,065	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	248.15/cwt	222.00–256.00	1,062	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	432	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	994	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	455	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,160	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,169	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	234.10/cwt	218.00–240.00	1,147	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	534	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,308	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	540	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,388	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	554	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,468	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	237.57/cwt	224.00–249.00	1,349	80
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	588	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,364	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,355	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	643	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,530	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	225.76/cwt	207.00–230.00	1,497	22
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	674	225.17/cwt	224.00–230.00	1,518	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3	698	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,529	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,705	10
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	876	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	285.08/cwt	247.50–297.50	975	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	268.36/cwt	240.00–280.00	993	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,107	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,170	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	257.15/cwt	236.00–266.00	1,103	16
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,139	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	260.09/cwt	228.00–267.00	1,269	21
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	255.87/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,267	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	511	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,170	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	243.67/cwt	242.00–247.00	1,304	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,232	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,362	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	252.95/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,422	22
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	586	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,289	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,729	19
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,536	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,204	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,542	2

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 Jul 13, 2024

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

Receipts 639Last week 386Year ago 472

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 200, Heifers 292, Bulls 147)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	423	300.00–302.50	300.84
11	450–500	482	295.00	295.00
36	550–600	562	297.00–301.00	298.76
13	600–650	625	288.00–294.00	291.28
8	700–750	722	275.00	275.00
1	800–850	845	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	514	274.00	274.00
19	600–650	625	257.50–291.00	282.34
9	800–850	823	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	571	293.00	293.00
2	600–650	640	287.50	287.50
16	700–750	719	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	275.00	275.00
8	400–450	420	265.00	265.00
11	450–500	490	255.00–282.00	279.67
17	550–600	575	240.00–298.00	289.45
13	650–700	665	277.00–282.50	278.68
2	750–800	760	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	540	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	338	265.00	265.00
14	350–400	384	225.00–274.00	270.53
13	400–450	428	222.00–256.00	248.15
26	450–500	490	218.00–240.00	234.10
80	550–600	568	224.00–249.00	237.57
1	600–650	605	224.00	224.00
22	650–700	663	207.00–230.00	225.76
10	750–800	761	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	455	255.00	255.00
14	600–650	643	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	554	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	225.00–265.00	244.40
2	350–400	375	221.00–232.00	226.79
10	400–450	426	223.00–253.00	250.01
30	450–500	479	244.00	244.00
5	550–600	588	232.00	232.00
5	650–700	674	224.00–230.00	225.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	432	230.00	230.00
10	500–550	534	245.00	245.00
8	650–700	698	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	342	247.50–297.50	285.08
6	350–400	385	287.50	287.50
16	400–450	429	236.00–266.00	257.15
21	450–500	488	228.00–267.00	260.09
3	500–550	535	242.00–247.00	243.67
22	550–600	562	249.00–257.00	252.95
19	600–650	645	268.00	268.00
2	650–700	665	231.00	231.00
2	750–800	767	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	313	280.00	280.00
5	350–400	370	240.00–280.00	268.36
3	400–450	418	280.00	280.00
12	450–500	495	240.00–259.00	255.87
1	500–550	545	226.00	226.00
7	550–600	558	244.00	244.00
1	700–750	700	172.00	172.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	465	245.00	245.00
6	500–550	511	229.00	229.00
5	550–600	586	220.00	220.00

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.