Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 379. Heifers 431, Bulls 249)

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 $276.78/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −94.26 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$276.78

141 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,499

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$26.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.30

vs VA average

−38.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	515	301.00	1,550	7thin
Medium and Large 2	564	277.07	1,564	36
Medium and Large 1	535	274.94	1,471	98

One grade step is worth $26.06/cwt here — about $79 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

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 sale141 hd

276.78

—

VA average10 barns · 929 hd

286.08

−9.30

National average179 barns · 17,787 hd

314.96

−38.18

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−94.26

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

73 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	450–500	463	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,394	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	484	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,539	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	900	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,755	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,025	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,337	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	432	306.03/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,322	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,872	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,493	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,940	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,856	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	422	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,743	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,940	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	365.73/cwt	345.00–387.50	1,499	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	359.38/cwt	332.50–372.50	1,736	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,790	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	746	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,671	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,681	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,747	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	451	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,612	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	565	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,791	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	532	354.12/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,884	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,493	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	480	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,908	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	345.80/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,978	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	499	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,896	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	407	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,380	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	766	269.51/cwt	255.00–274.00	2,064	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,027	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	696	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,053	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	301.46/cwt	280.00–303.00	1,700	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	382.04/cwt	340.00–387.00	1,639	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,686	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,641	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,791	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,265	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	370.34/cwt	325.00–380.00	1,589	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	403.01/cwt	399.00–413.00	1,487	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,470	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,467	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	686	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,729	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	276.69/cwt	257.00–282.00	1,569	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,404	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	244.51/cwt	229.00–259.00	1,514	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	582	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,350	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,430	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,112	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	331.89/cwt	291.00–333.00	1,613	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	324.18/cwt	301.00–325.00	1,216	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,879	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	618	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,669	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	529	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,550	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,345	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,895	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,281	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,183	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	282.38/cwt	270.00–283.00	1,333	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,525	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,381	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,678	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	277.70/cwt	262.50–288.00	1,569	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,186	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	702	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,492	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	235.51/cwt	231.00–236.00	1,696	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	329.49/cwt	306.00–339.00	1,100	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	302.45/cwt	290.00–303.00	1,282	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,550	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	833	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,157	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	247.39/cwt	232.50–249.00	1,583	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	900	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,286	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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