Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 219, Heifers 235, Bulls 114)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.77/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −111.27 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$259.77

122 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,468

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$18.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.20

vs VA average

−44.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	263.27	1,477	94
Medium and Large 2	569	249.99	1,422	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	594	245.00	1,455	11thin

One grade step is worth $18.26/cwt here — about $22 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

15 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.23, low $340.28, median $371.04 across 15 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale122 hd

259.77

—

VA average8 barns · 482 hd

259.57

+0.20

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

−44.26

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−111.27

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,939	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,161	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	587	260.18/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,527	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,096	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,014	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,018	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	727	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,796	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,473	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	860	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,815	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	504	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,406	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	662	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,940	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	568	328.55/cwt	328.00–330.00	1,866	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	677	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,984	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,833	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	338.10/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,606	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	679	282.66/cwt	240.00–291.00	1,919	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	763	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,037	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	868	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,066	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,709	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,477	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,357	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	612	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,916	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	732	270.36/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,979	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	520	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,669	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,550	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,072	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	482	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,364	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,077	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	325.90/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,414	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,383	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	772	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,698	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	936	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,377	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,476	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	261.14/cwt	229.00–265.00	1,298	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	219.29/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,397	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,394	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	214.37/cwt	208.00–216.00	1,649	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	345.51/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,309	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	318.69/cwt	311.00–323.00	1,552	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,642	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	642	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	284.37/cwt	251.00–289.00	1,223	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,422	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	266.17/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,512	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,605	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	685	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,651	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,002	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,804	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,455	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	249.43/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,429	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	251.67/cwt	227.00–258.00	1,419	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	302.21/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,883	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,180	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	261.19/cwt	246.00–264.00	1,264	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	286.88/cwt	286.00–297.00	1,199	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	960	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,835	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	251.96/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,978	2

How this sale compares

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.

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