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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-12-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-07

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Dec 7

● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Nov 16Dec 7Dec 21 →

Receipts

670 head

▲ 140 vs last sale 530▲ 17 vs year ago 653 · +2.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 222, Heifers 318, Bulls 130)

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 $245.18/cwt on 117 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −120.87 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$245.18

117 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,399

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3

$5.55/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.11

vs VA average

−38.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	246.55	1,414	82
Medium and Large 2	563	242.32	1,365	26
Medium and Large 2-3	564	241.00	1,359	9thin

One grade step is worth $5.55/cwt here — about $55 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 sale117 hd

245.18

—

VA average9 barns · 688 hd

241.08

+4.11

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

−38.14

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−120.87

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

65 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 2	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	348.83/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,301	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	294.51/cwt	270.00–302.00	1,258	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,484	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,263	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,534	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	473	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,466	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,580	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	300.86/cwt	262.50–320.00	1,564	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	527	314.58/cwt	304.00–320.00	1,658	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,699	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	581	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,728	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	587	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,738	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	617	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,743	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	631	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,861	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,779	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	653	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,894	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,886	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	671	274.42/cwt	267.50–280.00	1,841	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	728	223.36/cwt	212.50–245.00	1,626	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	734	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,890	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,943	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	777	246.32/cwt	239.00–252.50	1,914	20
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	831	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,015	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	846	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,005	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	308	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	901	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	279.70/cwt	222.50–299.00	906	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	304.32/cwt	257.50–308.00	1,166	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	296.63/cwt	282.50–299.00	1,136	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	288.97/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,234	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	286.73/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,242	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	444	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,221	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	472	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,274	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	257.92/cwt	240.00–259.00	1,238	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	263.40/cwt	260.00–270.00	1,296	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,220	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,145	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	243.61/cwt	210.00–245.00	1,374	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	564	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,359	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	242.28/cwt	218.00–244.00	1,391	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	577	251.97/cwt	248.00–255.00	1,454	36
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	621	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,484	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,103	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	654	218.33/cwt	217.00–221.00	1,428	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,465	22
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,463	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	717	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,549	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,586	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,596	14
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	344.48/cwt	325.00–347.50	1,102	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,136	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	341.62/cwt	325.00–343.00	1,298	12
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	310.83/cwt	280.00–325.00	1,200	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,394	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	324.70/cwt	280.00–329.00	1,373	12
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	313.10/cwt	280.00–315.00	1,534	18
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	297.54/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,467	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,455	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,533	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	270.54/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,577	23
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,589	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	233.89/cwt	233.00–234.00	1,562	9
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,716	11
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	827	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,737	4

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 Dec 7, 2024

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

Receipts 670Last week 530Year ago 653

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 222, Heifers 318, Bulls 130)

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
6	550–600	587	296.00	296.00
17	600–650	631	295.00	295.00
3	650–700	653	290.00	290.00
20	750–800	777	239.00–252.50	246.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	360.00	360.00
4	400–450	427	270.00–302.00	294.51
1	450–500	455	277.50	277.50
7	500–550	500	316.00	316.00
16	550–600	581	297.50	297.50
2	600–650	635	250.00	250.00
6	700–750	728	212.50–245.00	223.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	345.00–350.00	348.83
5	400–450	434	342.00	342.00
20	450–500	458	335.00	335.00
6	500–550	520	262.50–320.00	300.86
21	550–600	572	297.00	297.00
2	600–650	647	275.00	275.00
17	650–700	657	287.00	287.00
12	750–800	762	255.00	255.00
3	800–850	846	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	734	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	473	310.00	310.00
9	500–550	527	304.00–320.00	314.58
11	600–650	617	282.50	282.50
14	650–700	671	267.50–280.00	274.42
4	800–850	831	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	472	270.00	270.00
36	550–600	577	248.00–255.00	251.97
4	600–650	621	239.00	239.00
17	700–750	717	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	444	275.00	275.00
9	550–600	564	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	308	292.50	292.50
7	350–400	383	282.50–299.00	296.63
23	400–450	427	265.00–290.00	288.97
38	450–500	492	260.00–270.00	263.40
2	500–550	502	243.00	243.00
44	550–600	574	218.00–244.00	242.28
1	600–650	645	171.00	171.00
22	650–700	660	222.00	222.00
1	700–750	700	209.00	209.00
14	750–800	771	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	324	222.50–299.00	279.70
14	350–400	383	257.50–308.00	304.32
7	400–450	433	267.50–290.00	286.73
17	450–500	480	240.00–259.00	257.92
1	500–550	545	210.00	210.00
25	550–600	564	210.00–245.00	243.61
12	650–700	654	217.00–221.00	218.33
1	750–800	770	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	334	340.00	340.00
3	350–400	386	280.00–325.00	310.83
12	400–450	423	280.00–329.00	324.70
4	450–500	493	290.00–300.00	297.54
5	500–550	544	267.50	267.50
2	550–600	573	267.50	267.50
5	650–700	665	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	827	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	320	325.00–347.50	344.48
12	350–400	380	325.00–343.00	341.62
10	400–450	416	335.00	335.00
18	450–500	490	280.00–315.00	313.10
23	550–600	583	250.00–272.50	270.54
9	650–700	668	233.00–234.00	233.89
11	750–800	766	224.00	224.00

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.