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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-11-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-16

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Nov 16

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Nov 2Nov 16Dec 7 →

Receipts

530 head

▼ 221 vs last sale 751▼ 51 vs year ago 581 · −8.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 156, Heifers 262, Bulls 112)

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 $232.50/cwt on 84 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −133.55 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$232.50

84 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,304

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$89

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

$18.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.88

vs VA average

−32.60 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	239.00	1,300	13thin
Medium and Large 3	592	235.00	1,391	5thin
Medium and Large 1	567	234.59	1,330	49
Medium and Large 2	548	220.76	1,211	17thin

One grade step is worth $18.24/cwt here — about $89 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 sale84 hd

232.50

—

VA average9 barns · 646 hd

225.61

+6.88

National average194 barns · 23,548 hd

265.10

−32.60

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−133.55

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

63 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	929	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,047	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,073	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	294.87/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,280	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,254	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	260.41/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,263	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,531	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	295.06/cwt	240.00–297.50	1,490	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	523	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,574	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,446	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	584	273.99/cwt	237.00–278.00	1,600	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	651	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,628	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,588	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,589	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	718	231.27/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,661	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,773	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	784	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,882	19
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	855	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,009	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	877	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,052	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	780	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	816	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	333	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	799	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	224.20/cwt	200.00–228.00	839	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	961	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	233.44/cwt	233.00–234.00	985	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	231.79/cwt	201.00–234.00	1,004	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	226.21/cwt	205.00–228.00	1,088	39
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	484	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,147	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	223.58/cwt	203.00–230.00	1,091	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	205.92/cwt	200.00–212.00	1,098	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	539	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,197	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	544	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,300	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,231	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	565	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,350	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,334	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	592	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,391	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,060	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,344	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	645	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,419	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,439	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,418	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,472	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	756	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,822	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,350	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	871	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,472	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,040	2
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	910	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,101	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	280.44/cwt	260.00–282.50	1,088	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	280.79/cwt	252.50–290.00	1,196	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,232	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,232	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	456	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,304	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	280.57/cwt	265.00–282.50	1,327	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	478	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,147	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	246.08/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,193	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	490	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,274	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,302	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,416	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,395	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,436	7
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,528	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,476	9

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 Nov 16, 2024

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

Receipts 530Last week 751Year ago 581

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 156, Heifers 262, Bulls 112)

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
3	300–350	340	308.00	308.00
8	400–450	434	260.00–300.00	294.87
8	450–500	486	315.00	315.00
25	500–550	505	240.00–297.50	295.06
31	550–600	584	237.00–278.00	273.99
14	650–700	659	241.00	241.00
7	750–800	761	233.00	233.00
2	850–900	877	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	279.00	279.00
2	350–400	370	290.00	290.00
2	400–450	440	285.00	285.00
3	450–500	485	240.00–270.00	260.41
6	550–600	574	252.00	252.00
2	650–700	665	239.00	239.00
2	700–750	718	230.00–232.50	231.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	750–800	784	240.00	240.00
2	850–900	855	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	523	301.00	301.00
13	650–700	651	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	315	247.50	247.50
7	350–400	374	200.00–228.00	224.20
18	400–450	422	233.00–234.00	233.44
20	450–500	488	203.00–230.00	223.58
10	500–550	539	222.00	222.00
7	550–600	562	219.00	219.00
1	600–650	640	210.00	210.00
2	650–700	660	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	255.00	255.00
9	350–400	383	251.00	251.00
15	400–450	433	201.00–234.00	231.79
39	450–500	481	205.00–228.00	226.21
2	500–550	533	200.00–212.00	205.92
30	550–600	570	234.00	234.00
1	600–650	620	171.00	171.00
15	650–700	669	212.00	212.00
2	700–750	747	197.00	197.00
3	800–850	818	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	565	239.00	239.00
7	600–650	645	220.00	220.00
10	750–800	756	241.00	241.00
5	850–900	871	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	484	237.00	237.00
5	550–600	592	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	544	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	267.50	267.50
10	350–400	388	260.00–282.50	280.44
5	400–450	436	282.50	282.50
5	450–500	485	240.00–250.00	246.08
11	550–600	554	235.00	235.00
7	650–700	665	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	315.00	315.00
7	350–400	367	300.00	300.00
9	400–450	426	252.50–290.00	280.79
9	450–500	473	265.00–282.50	280.57
6	550–600	572	247.50	247.50
1	600–650	600	232.50	232.50
5	650–700	670	228.00	228.00
9	750–800	769	192.00	192.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	440	280.00	280.00
6	450–500	456	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	478	240.00	240.00

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.