Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 199, Hiefers 207, Bulls 93)

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 $307.54/cwt on 59 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −63.50 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$307.54

59 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,729

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$21.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.60

vs VA average

−9.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	545	320.23	1,746	22
Medium and Large 1-2	577	303.00	1,748	8thin
Medium and Large 1	571	299.17	1,707	29

One grade step is worth $21.05/cwt here — about $39 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 sale59 hd

307.54

—

VA average10 barns · 448 hd

304.94

+2.60

National average178 barns · 10,561 hd

316.55

−9.01

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−63.50

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

63 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	750–800	765	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,760	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	298.89/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,728	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	352.31/cwt	337.00–359.00	1,349	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	610	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,001	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1100–1150	1,143	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,572	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	704	307.89/cwt	307.00–309.00	2,168	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,074	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	577	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,748	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	430	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,501	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	688	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,864	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	590	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,965	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	828	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,236	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,951	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,316	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	353.77/cwt	351.00–359.00	1,921	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	534	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,853	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	685	324.05/cwt	313.00–334.00	2,220	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	602	345.97/cwt	330.00–347.00	2,083	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,202	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	360.55/cwt	337.50–365.00	2,098	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	338.86/cwt	310.00–344.00	1,904	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,763	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,820	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,927	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	406.40/cwt	398.00–415.00	1,687	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,178	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	386	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,440	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,344	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	640	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	405.53/cwt	387.00–413.00	1,492	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	299.56/cwt	290.00–301.00	1,740	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	286.05/cwt	232.00–292.00	1,902	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	346.45/cwt	337.50–347.00	1,500	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,982	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	439	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,440	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	392.11/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,298	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	349.62/cwt	340.00–352.00	1,717	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	471	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,272	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,738	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,634	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,409	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,752	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,554	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	338.71/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,440	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	775	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,721	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	507	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,754	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	450–500	474	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,607	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	341.59/cwt	333.00–342.00	1,650	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,706	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,766	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,598	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	593	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,874	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	392	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,548	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,207	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,725	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	429	341.38/cwt	328.00–346.00	1,465	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,833	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,213	1

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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