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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-26

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Oct 26

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Oct 19Oct 26Nov 2 →

Receipts

627 head

▲ 59 vs last sale 568▲ 110 vs year ago 517 · +21.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 275, Heifers 241, Bulls 111)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $254.49/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −191.41 against this barn's trailing median of $445.89.

Average price

$254.49

98 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,436

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$5.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.09

vs VA average

−44.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	255.18	1,440	86
Medium and Large 2	567	249.50	1,415	12thin

One grade step is worth $5.68/cwt here — about $25 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale98 hd

254.49

—

VA average10 barns · 532 hd

264.58

−10.09

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−44.55

This barn, trailing median16 sales

445.89

−191.41

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

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $476.94, low $360.43, median $445.89 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

62 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,008	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,072	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	291.59/cwt	250.00–304.00	1,120	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	299.18/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,152	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,320	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,207	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	281.96/cwt	228.00–284.00	1,387	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	534	250.19/cwt	239.00–261.00	1,336	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	540	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,345	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	245.33/cwt	239.00–248.00	1,340	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	256.32/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,451	60
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,460	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	589	261.19/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,538	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	590	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,298	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	635	236.60/cwt	229.00–259.00	1,502	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,454	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,552	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	686	233.67/cwt	232.00–240.00	1,603	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	690	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,615	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	693	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,642	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	247.88/cwt	222.00–253.00	1,800	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	727	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,665	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	753	244.89/cwt	241.00–246.00	1,844	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,998	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	933	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,174	3
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,174	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	2,301	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	922	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	268.18/cwt	235.00–275.00	880	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	982	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	260.28/cwt	222.00–267.00	971	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	233.42/cwt	232.00–235.00	987	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	241.21/cwt	221.00–242.00	1,032	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	232.01/cwt	211.00–235.00	1,146	63
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	229.42/cwt	211.00–232.00	1,133	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,129	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	542	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,127	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	219.03/cwt	211.00–220.00	1,220	58
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	237.82/cwt	223.00–242.00	1,363	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	577	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,408	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	214.92/cwt	214.00–215.00	1,386	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,515	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,466	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,642	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	907	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,714	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	806	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	318	286.80/cwt	270.00–290.00	912	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	290.42/cwt	265.00–299.00	1,098	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,118	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	425	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,024	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	290.01/cwt	262.50–293.00	1,256	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	275.40/cwt	257.00–279.00	1,192	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,081	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	474	260.95/cwt	249.00–264.00	1,237	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,337	12
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	506	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,209	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	231.42/cwt	223.00–235.00	1,303	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	247.26/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,404	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,445	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,436	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	221.61/cwt	203.00–228.00	1,507	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,447	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,511	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 Oct 26, 2024

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

Receipts 627Last week 568Year ago 517

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 275, Heifers 241, Bulls 111)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	320.00	320.00
9	350–400	384	250.00–304.00	291.59
1	400–450	435	277.50	277.50
8	550–600	568	257.00	257.00
1	600–650	635	229.00	229.00
1	650–700	690	234.00	234.00
2	700–750	727	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	325.00	325.00
6	350–400	385	295.00–300.00	299.18
12	400–450	430	307.00	307.00
37	450–500	492	228.00–284.00	281.96
10	500–550	546	239.00–248.00	245.33
60	550–600	566	255.00–268.00	256.32
23	650–700	655	237.00	237.00
10	700–750	726	222.00–253.00	247.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	540	249.00	249.00
2	550–600	590	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	534	239.00–261.00	250.19
10	550–600	589	260.00–264.00	261.19
8	650–700	693	237.00	237.00
3	900–950	933	233.00	233.00
17	1150–1200	1,174	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
20	600–650	635	229.00–259.00	236.60
14	650–700	686	232.00–240.00	233.67
9	750–800	753	241.00–246.00	244.89
2	900–950	900	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	577	244.00	244.00
2	900–950	907	189.00	189.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	235.00–275.00	268.18
7	350–400	373	222.00–267.00	260.28
2	400–450	423	232.00–235.00	233.42
8	450–500	494	211.00–232.00	229.42
9	550–600	573	223.00–242.00	237.82
6	650–700	650	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	289.00	289.00
16	350–400	365	269.00	269.00
27	400–450	428	221.00–242.00	241.21
63	450–500	494	211.00–235.00	232.01
1	500–550	535	211.00	211.00
58	550–600	557	211.00–220.00	219.03
13	600–650	645	214.00–215.00	214.92
1	650–700	685	214.00	214.00
4	750–800	771	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	542	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	425	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	506	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	455	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	313	257.50	257.50
2	350–400	387	289.00	289.00
6	400–450	433	257.00–279.00	275.40
10	450–500	474	249.00–264.00	260.95
17	550–600	563	223.00–235.00	231.42
1	600–650	630	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	270.00–290.00	286.80
8	350–400	378	265.00–299.00	290.42
10	400–450	433	262.50–293.00	290.01
12	450–500	486	275.00	275.00
8	550–600	568	245.00–248.00	247.26
1	600–650	620	233.00	233.00
4	650–700	680	203.00–228.00	221.61
5	700–750	742	195.00	195.00
1	750–800	775	195.00	195.00

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.