Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 277, Heifers 257, Bulls 144)

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 $344.79/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −117.98 against this barn's trailing median of $462.77.

Average price

$344.79

79 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$29.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.10

vs VA average

−29.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	350.94	1,952	48
Medium and Large 1-2	576	347.00	1,999	17thin
Medium and Large 2	583	320.98	1,871	14thin

One grade step is worth $29.96/cwt here — about $81 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

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 sale79 hd

344.79

—

VA average8 barns · 416 hd

362.89

−18.10

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

−29.23

This barn, trailing median13 sales

462.77

−117.98

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

59 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	650–700	665	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,168	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	630	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,136	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	359.77/cwt	329.00–365.00	1,918	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	381.62/cwt	380.00–386.00	1,652	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	533	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,802	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	390.31/cwt	357.00–413.00	1,877	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	742	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,167	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,762	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,512	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	366.55/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,785	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,715	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	324.14/cwt	315.00–328.00	1,818	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	387.35/cwt	350.00–393.00	1,325	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,777	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,968	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,578	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,669	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	322.09/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,817	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,989	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	387.18/cwt	365.00–389.00	1,444	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	316.79/cwt	287.50–347.50	1,635	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,261	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	348.21/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,981	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	478	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,003	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,781	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	825	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,269	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	786	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,004	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	361	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,574	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,827	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,559	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	517	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,551	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,904	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,618	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	419.26/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,597	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,569	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	676	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,697	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,814	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	338.75/cwt	326.00–342.00	1,965	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,845	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,365	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	414.62/cwt	365.00–424.00	1,795	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,920	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,083	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,696	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	682	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,882	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	290.22/cwt	253.00–330.00	1,532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,956	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	800	239.33/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,915	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,878	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	593	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,809	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,628	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	294.15/cwt	253.00–305.00	1,662	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,807	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,890	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	429.83/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,436	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	576	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,999	17

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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