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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-21

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Sep 21

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Sep 7Sep 21Oct 5 →

Receipts

532 head

▼ 160 vs last sale 692▼ 87 vs year ago 619 · −14.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 161, Heifers 280, Bulls 91)

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 $226.71/cwt on 95 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −139.34 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$226.71

95 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,254

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$9.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.27

vs VA average

−10.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	544	235.00	1,278	7thin
Medium and Large 1	554	226.06	1,253	75
Medium and Large 2	553	226.00	1,250	13thin

One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about $29 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 sale95 hd

226.71

—

VA average9 barns · 538 hd

227.98

−1.27

National average181 barns · 11,482 hd

237.01

−10.30

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−139.34

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

54 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,003	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	952	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	876	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	283.37/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,099	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	302.76/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,290	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	300.83/cwt	265.00–305.00	1,282	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,291	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	270.96/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,382	39
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	543	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,434	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	266.98/cwt	266.00–272.50	1,500	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	236.26/cwt	231.00–244.00	1,519	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,552	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	694	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,596	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,611	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	747	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,718	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	851	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,753	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	252.92/cwt	234.00–255.00	830	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	847	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	252.19/cwt	234.00–259.00	933	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	250.66/cwt	220.00–254.00	970	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	411	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	945	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	246.74/cwt	222.00–249.00	1,046	35
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,043	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	473	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,135	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	230.46/cwt	225.00–231.00	1,125	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	228.61/cwt	213.00–232.00	1,120	56
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	504	229.79/cwt	212.00–232.00	1,158	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	530	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,171	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,278	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,250	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	225.25/cwt	224.00–228.00	1,286	51
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	582	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,280	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	629	220.68/cwt	216.00–224.00	1,388	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,363	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,359	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	674	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,530	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	731	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,520	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	853	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,578	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	277.54/cwt	275.00–280.00	888	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,018	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	380	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	931	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,121	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	391	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,169	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	281.56/cwt	222.50–295.00	1,208	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,232	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,273	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,294	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	519	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,085	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	248.94/cwt	248.00–250.00	1,314	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,334	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,326	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,445	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	686	195.00/cwt	191.00–215.00	1,338	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,526	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 Sep 21, 2024

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

Receipts 532Last week 692Year ago 619

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 161, Heifers 280, Bulls 91)

Value added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	295.00	295.00
4	350–400	390	287.50	287.50
10	400–450	429	222.50–295.00	281.56
9	450–500	493	262.50	262.50
11	500–550	528	248.00–250.00	248.94
1	550–600	580	230.00	230.00
9	650–700	654	221.00	221.00
2	700–750	737	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	275.00–280.00	277.54
11	350–400	391	299.00	299.00
3	400–450	436	282.50	282.50
7	450–500	476	267.50	267.50
7	600–650	600	221.00	221.00
6	650–700	686	191.00–215.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	245.00	245.00
5	500–550	519	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	473	240.00	240.00
1	500–550	530	221.00	221.00
4	550–600	582	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	674	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	249.00	249.00
10	350–400	370	234.00–259.00	252.19
35	400–450	424	222.00–249.00	246.74
56	450–500	490	213.00–232.00	228.61
19	500–550	504	212.00–232.00	229.79
51	550–600	571	224.00–228.00	225.25
1	600–650	640	213.00	213.00
7	650–700	650	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	234.00–255.00	252.92
10	350–400	387	220.00–254.00	250.66
9	400–450	431	242.00	242.00
11	450–500	488	225.00–231.00	230.46
13	550–600	553	226.00	226.00
6	600–650	629	216.00–224.00	220.68
4	700–750	731	208.00	208.00
4	850–900	853	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	544	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	411	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	295.00	295.00
3	350–400	388	280.00–285.00	283.37
15	400–450	426	265.00–305.00	300.83
39	500–550	510	245.00–275.00	270.96
33	550–600	562	266.00–272.50	266.98
22	600–650	643	231.00–244.00	236.26
3	700–750	746	216.00	216.00
5	850–900	851	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	694	230.00	230.00
7	700–750	747	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	280.00	280.00
2	350–400	365	240.00	240.00
11	400–450	426	280.00–305.00	302.76
7	450–500	473	273.00	273.00
3	500–550	543	264.00	264.00
4	650–700	672	231.00	231.00

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.