Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 253, Heifers 395, Bulls 236)

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 $292.70/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −78.34 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$292.70

75 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$9

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

$13.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.09

vs VA average

−28.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	302.00	1,622	5thin
Medium and Large 1	557	293.95	1,638	46
Medium and Large 2	565	288.38	1,630	24

One grade step is worth $13.63/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale75 hd

292.70

—

VA average9 barns · 595 hd

300.79

−8.09

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−28.68

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−78.34

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 1	400–450	430	341.15/cwt	339.00–352.50	1,467	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	327.28/cwt	307.50–328.00	1,597	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	623	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,763	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	723	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,916	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	341.74/cwt	324.00–344.00	1,914	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,048	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	493	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,627	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,060	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,300	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,102	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,032	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,724	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	535	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,824	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	535	365.72/cwt	365.00–366.00	1,957	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,931	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,157	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	472	387.16/cwt	370.00–399.00	1,827	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	305.75/cwt	301.00–306.00	2,003	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	365.90/cwt	324.00–369.00	1,855	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	608	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,049	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,141	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	595	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,053	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	357	371.45/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,326	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,771	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	354	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,469	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	393.46/cwt	355.00–397.50	1,432	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	401.03/cwt	335.00–409.00	1,732	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	289.27/cwt	288.00–295.00	1,892	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	261.65/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,926	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	385.33/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,260	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,725	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,566	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	382.75/cwt	335.00–390.00	1,217	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	609	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,507	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	350–400	390	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,424	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	334.64/cwt	332.00–335.00	1,874	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	512	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,736	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	385.34/cwt	345.00–397.50	1,445	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,743	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	751	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,930	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	360.76/cwt	337.50–363.00	1,212	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	361.57/cwt	349.00–363.00	1,783	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	320.67/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,786	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	440	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,514	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,742	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,332	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	401.77/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,643	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,847	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	268.69/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,760	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	360.34/cwt	345.00–362.00	1,366	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,733	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	885	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,044	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	497	323.82/cwt	280.00–327.00	1,609	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,650	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	290.79/cwt	274.00–292.00	1,614	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	475	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,629	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	569	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,701	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	348.82/cwt	347.50–349.00	1,472	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	453	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,518	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	537	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,622	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,204	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	606	321.39/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,948	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	765	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,111	8

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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