Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 232, Heifers 427, Bulls 213)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $274.87/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −96.17 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$274.87

101 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

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

$3.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.69

vs VA average

−32.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	557	276.82	1,541	40
Medium and Large 1	568	273.59	1,553	61

One grade step is worth $3.23/cwt here — about −$13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale101 hd

274.87

—

VA average7 barns · 526 hd

271.18

+3.69

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−32.14

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−96.17

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

68 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 2	450–500	486	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,487	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,367	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	850–900	872	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,189	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	300.38/cwt	261.00–307.00	1,760	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,207	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	600–650	612	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,781	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,152	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,705	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,762	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,914	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	738	273.53/cwt	271.00–276.00	2,019	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,530	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	504	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,658	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	821	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,036	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	653	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,913	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	289.32/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	518	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,787	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	950–1000	988	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,134	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	581	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,848	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	998	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,246	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	727	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,839	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,665	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	871	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,038	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	908	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,206	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,589	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,731	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	340.77/cwt	315.00–343.00	1,465	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,351	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,275	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,569	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	222.27/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,471	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,364	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	669	249.17/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,667	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,531	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	307.19/cwt	275.00–311.00	1,745	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	333.78/cwt	318.00–335.00	1,429	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,218	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,514	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,105	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	240.93/cwt	231.00–242.00	1,595	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,166	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	282.37/cwt	260.00–288.00	1,601	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	790	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,770	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,445	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,421	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,560	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,604	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	329.11/cwt	294.00–332.00	1,231	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	915	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,931	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	276.51/cwt	267.50–277.00	1,543	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,525	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	450	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	445	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,282	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	222.48/cwt	219.00–226.00	1,568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	642	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,541	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	680	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,625	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	298.37/cwt	277.50–299.00	1,462	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,382	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,649	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	208.33/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,385	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,017	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,795	10

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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