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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-17

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Aug 17

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Aug 3Aug 17Sep 7 →

Receipts

298 head

▼ 217 vs last sale 515▼ 237 vs year ago 535 · −44.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 86, Heifers 130, Bulls 82)

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 $245.92/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −120.13 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$245.92

26 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,340

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$235

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$32.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.50

vs VA average

−6.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	252.93	1,364	14thin
Medium and Large 2	570	246.62	1,406	8thin
Medium and Large 3	513	220.00	1,129	4thin

One grade step is worth $32.93/cwt here — about $235 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 sale26 hd

245.92

—

VA average8 barns · 289 hd

251.43

−5.50

National average159 barns · 7,784 hd

251.94

−6.02

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−120.13

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

60 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	902	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,229	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,344	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	420	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,281	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	428	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,370	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,370	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,372	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	495	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,386	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,507	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	282.68/cwt	260.00–285.00	1,594	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	576	277.36/cwt	268.00–295.00	1,598	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,564	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,654	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,550	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,723	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	701	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,535	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	715	248.52/cwt	242.50–249.00	1,777	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,684	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,947	1
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,071	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,040	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,132	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	961	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	337	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	876	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	350	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	945	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,093	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,052	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	411	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,184	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,184	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,315	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,205	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	485	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,256	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,321	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	510	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,331	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	513	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,129	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	246.62/cwt	240.00–249.00	1,406	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,409	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	624	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,498	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,582	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	695	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,529	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	700	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,512	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,717	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	775	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,752	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	835	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,921	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,915	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	321	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	899	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,000	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,313	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	389	285.12/cwt	263.00–302.50	1,109	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,296	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	313.73/cwt	290.00–333.00	1,318	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	442	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,182	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	282.10/cwt	282.00–282.50	1,425	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	506	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,432	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,362	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,326	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	260.20/cwt	240.00–264.00	1,504	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,199	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,414	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,592	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,287	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 Aug 17, 2024

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

Receipts 298Last week 515Year ago 535

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 86, Heifers 130, Bulls 82)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	320.00	320.00
14	550–600	576	268.00–295.00	277.36
6	700–750	701	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	367	335.00	335.00
3	400–450	420	320.00	320.00
1	450–500	490	280.00	280.00
7	500–550	511	295.00	295.00
11	550–600	564	260.00–285.00	282.68
1	600–650	630	246.00	246.00
8	650–700	650	265.00	265.00
1	700–750	740	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	322	280.00	280.00
2	400–450	442	310.00	310.00
3	450–500	495	280.00	280.00
2	550–600	590	265.00	265.00
2	600–650	630	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	420	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	715	242.50–249.00	248.52
1	850–900	850	229.00	229.00
1	950–1000	950	218.00	218.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	261.00	261.00
8	600–650	624	240.00	240.00
7	750–800	775	226.00	226.00
6	800–850	835	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	260.00	260.00
4	350–400	386	272.50	272.50
14	400–450	411	288.00	288.00
15	450–500	478	275.00	275.00
8	550–600	570	240.00–249.00	246.62
1	650–700	695	220.00	220.00
1	700–750	700	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	485	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	317	303.00	303.00
10	350–400	373	293.00	293.00
7	400–450	423	280.00	280.00
1	450–500	480	251.00	251.00
5	500–550	508	260.00	260.00
6	550–600	580	243.00	243.00
9	650–700	676	234.00	234.00
4	700–750	737	233.00	233.00
1	800–850	840	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	350	270.00	270.00
4	500–550	513	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	321	280.00	280.00
14	350–400	389	263.00–302.50	285.12
1	400–450	405	320.00	320.00
5	500–550	506	283.00	283.00
8	550–600	555	239.00	239.00
1	600–650	640	221.00	221.00
1	700–750	715	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	442	267.50	267.50
4	550–600	585	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	292.50	292.50
5	350–400	389	337.50	337.50
11	400–450	420	290.00–333.00	313.73
5	500–550	505	282.00–282.50	282.10
6	550–600	578	240.00–264.00	260.20
6	650–700	655	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	512	266.00	266.00

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.