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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-05

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Oct 5

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Sep 21Oct 5Oct 12 →

Receipts

506 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 532▼ 153 vs year ago 659 · −23.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 175, Heifers 211, Bulls 120)

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 $215.48/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −150.57 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$215.48

54 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,195

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$24.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.14

vs VA average

−31.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	568	236.00	1,340	5thin
Medium and Large 3	514	220.00	1,131	8thin
Medium and Large 2	563	215.00	1,210	5thin
Medium and Large 1	561	211.69	1,187	36

One grade step is worth $24.31/cwt here — about $154 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale54 hd

215.48

—

VA average9 barns · 338 hd

226.62

−11.14

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

−31.30

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−150.57

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	259.80/cwt	245.00–265.00	987	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,190	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	429	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,304	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,344	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,321	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,330	21
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	503	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,308	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	555	218.41/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,212	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	237.23/cwt	232.50–238.00	1,328	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,438	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	576	264.78/cwt	235.00–280.00	1,525	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	603	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,492	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	632	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,390	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,527	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	670	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,575	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,530	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	727	229.61/cwt	228.00–230.00	1,669	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,536	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,558	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	855	198.00/cwt	190.00–206.00	1,693	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	868	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	975	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,009	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	878	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	247.92/cwt	246.00–249.00	1,071	36
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	445	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	946	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,154	28
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,142	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	514	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,131	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,035	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,191	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,210	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	568	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,340	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,165	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,375	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,361	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	681	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,498	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	770	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,471	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	802	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,299	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	872	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	291.25/cwt	277.50–300.00	973	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,107	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	269.72/cwt	230.00–280.00	1,011	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,183	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	294.01/cwt	240.00–300.00	1,267	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	958	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,278	25
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	511	246.90/cwt	226.00–255.00	1,262	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,406	23
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,430	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,489	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,586	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 Oct 5, 2024

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

Receipts 506Last week 532Year ago 659

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 175, Heifers 211, Bulls 120)

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
8	300–350	334	277.50–300.00	291.25
8	350–400	372	297.50	297.50
10	400–450	431	240.00–300.00	294.01
25	450–500	484	264.00	264.00
23	550–600	558	252.00	252.00
5	650–700	659	226.00	226.00
3	750–800	755	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	270.00	270.00
5	350–400	375	230.00–280.00	269.72
9	400–450	430	275.00	275.00
2	450–500	472	203.00	203.00
15	500–550	511	226.00–255.00	246.90
3	650–700	650	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	260.00	260.00
3	550–600	555	210.00–235.00	218.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	700–750	727	228.00–230.00	229.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	305.00	305.00
11	400–450	430	312.50	312.50
21	500–550	502	265.00	265.00
33	550–600	566	254.00	254.00
10	600–650	639	239.00	239.00
1	650–700	680	225.00	225.00
6	700–750	735	209.00	209.00
1	800–850	820	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	245.00–265.00	259.80
11	400–450	429	304.00	304.00
5	450–500	494	267.50	267.50
7	550–600	560	232.50–238.00	237.23
2	600–650	632	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	576	235.00–280.00	264.78
3	600–650	603	247.50	247.50
1	650–700	670	235.00	235.00
2	850–900	855	190.00–206.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	568	236.00	236.00
6	650–700	681	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	365	267.00	267.00
2	400–450	420	209.00	209.00
24	450–500	490	233.00	233.00
5	550–600	563	215.00	215.00
6	600–650	622	221.00	221.00
2	800–850	802	162.00	162.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	770	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	335	259.00	259.00
17	350–400	375	269.00	269.00
36	400–450	432	246.00–249.00	247.92
28	450–500	487	237.00	237.00
1	500–550	515	201.00	201.00
35	550–600	562	212.00	212.00
2	600–650	613	190.00	190.00
10	650–700	651	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	514	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	212.50	212.50

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.