Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 186, Heifers 275, Bulls 150)

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 $342.05/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −28.99 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$342.05

60 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$18.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.26

vs VA average

+12.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	555	352.87	1,957	24
Medium and Large 1	553	334.84	1,851	36

One grade step is worth $18.03/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale60 hd

342.05

—

VA average8 barns · 504 hd

320.79

+21.26

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

+12.71

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−28.99

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

60 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 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	297.03/cwt	245.00–310.00	1,972	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	757	279.80/cwt	274.00–285.00	2,118	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	395.11/cwt	372.00–396.00	1,932	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,236	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	423.79/cwt	392.50–430.00	1,564	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,090	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	624	322.58/cwt	316.00–324.00	2,013	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	380.42/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,647	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,953	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,424	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	388.46/cwt	350.00–392.50	1,224	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,806	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	547	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,794	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,007	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	423.90/cwt	370.00–427.00	1,602	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	368.09/cwt	329.00–375.00	1,800	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	406.23/cwt	384.00–410.00	1,735	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	551	331.34/cwt	280.00–336.00	1,826	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	359.15/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,749	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,917	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,475	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,645	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,136	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	535	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,947	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	713	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,317	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,831	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	341.86/cwt	310.00–352.00	1,928	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	880	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,420	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	545	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,848	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	491	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,743	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	433	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,700	5
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	376	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,692	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	416	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,352	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,356	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	406.80/cwt	390.00–433.00	1,570	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,139	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,242	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	672	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,137	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,031	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	348.29/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,971	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,757	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	390.02/cwt	330.00–402.00	1,876	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	382.99/cwt	350.00–389.00	1,624	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,170	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	340.14/cwt	305.00–349.00	1,708	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	381.74/cwt	340.00–386.00	1,462	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	601	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,953	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,918	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,256	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,267	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	623	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,006	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,746	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	411.09/cwt	347.50–416.00	1,759	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,784	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,312	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	822	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,367	7

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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