Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 72, Bulls 66)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $273.51/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −189.25 against this barn's trailing median of $462.77.

Average price

$273.51

14 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,518

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$29.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.88

vs VA average

−65.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	279.93	1,571	11thin
Medium and Large 2	533	250.00	1,333	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.93/cwt here — about $238 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.60, low $426.56, median $462.77 across 13 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 sale14 hd

273.51

—

VA average5 barns · 166 hd

302.40

−28.88

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−65.16

This barn, trailing median13 sales

462.77

−189.25

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

49 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	550–600	562	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,602	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	578	276.40/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,598	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	607	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,654	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,404	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	543	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,493	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	911	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,565	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,130	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	657	266.47/cwt	262.50–272.50	1,751	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	762	241.48/cwt	200.00–259.00	1,840	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,333	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	811	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,044	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	810	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,887	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	304.17/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,186	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	740	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,872	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	292.33/cwt	286.00–296.00	1,418	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	295.26/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,278	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,066	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,588	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,088	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	446	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,209	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,156	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	752	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,662	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,528	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	988	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	257.50/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	260.64/cwt	207.50–267.00	1,261	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	410	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,097	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,598	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,478	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,546	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,511	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	595	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,196	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	747	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,569	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	861	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	441	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	260.90/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,503	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,283	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	531	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,392	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,144	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,625	2

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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