Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 175, Heifers 219, Bulls 128)

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 $281.34/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −89.70 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$281.34

58 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,581

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$36

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

$2.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.39

vs VA average

−23.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	557	282.90	1,576	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	525	282.00	1,481	11thin
Medium and Large 1	574	280.73	1,612	37

One grade step is worth $2.17/cwt here — about −$36 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.

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 sale58 hd

281.34

—

VA average6 barns · 487 hd

268.95

+12.39

National average182 barns · 24,858 hd

304.64

−23.30

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−89.70

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

66 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	631	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,634	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	831	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,762	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,562	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,728	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,539	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	692	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,842	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	1,757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	497	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,516	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	311.87/cwt	256.00–328.00	1,831	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,778	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,255	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	297.12/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,878	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,679	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	504	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,578	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,679	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,798	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	709	273.04/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,936	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	590	320.83/cwt	307.00–329.00	1,893	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	675	298.84/cwt	283.00–308.00	2,017	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	941	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,145	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	756	224.47/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,697	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	861	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,109	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,259	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	643	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,492	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	554	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,418	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,570	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	589	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,502	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	488	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,610	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	371.82/cwt	332.50–382.50	1,625	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,391	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	392.30/cwt	365.00–417.50	1,471	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,427	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,695	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	277.31/cwt	265.00–278.00	1,600	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,556	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,435	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,486	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,476	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,313	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	248.19/cwt	232.00–258.00	1,653	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	278.75/cwt	252.00–281.00	1,614	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	251.17/cwt	237.00–256.00	1,602	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	317.33/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,158	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	293.80/cwt	269.00–299.00	1,266	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,056	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	399.76/cwt	345.00–409.00	1,347	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,488	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	238.38/cwt	220.00–276.00	1,259	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	300.64/cwt	278.00–306.00	1,272	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,330	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	284.77/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,364	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,073	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	756	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,693	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	328.30/cwt	297.50–331.00	1,257	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,481	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,687	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,607	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	448	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,402	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	420	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,008	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	578	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,665	21

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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