Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 93, Heifers 150, Bulls 69)

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 $348.28/cwt on 38 head. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −22.76 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$348.28

38 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,872

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$75

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

$18.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.70

vs VA average

+8.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	520	354.57	1,844	25
Medium and Large 1	571	336.18	1,919	13thin

One grade step is worth $18.39/cwt here — about −$75 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale38 hd

348.28

—

VA average7 barns · 336 hd

329.57

+18.70

National average164 barns · 12,891 hd

339.88

+8.40

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−22.76

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

56 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 1-2Value Added	700–750	740	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,220	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	651	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,012	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,028	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,940	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,109	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,971	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	384.28/cwt	345.00–391.00	2,029	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	697	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,966	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,778	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	390.35/cwt	370.00–397.50	1,257	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,018	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,744	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	313.31/cwt	308.00–316.00	2,068	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,659	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,964	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,572	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	323.17/cwt	317.00–324.00	1,881	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,410	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	335.16/cwt	300.00–339.00	1,699	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,537	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	792	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,988	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	553	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	1,974	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	959	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,407	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	677	316.56/cwt	316.00–318.00	2,143	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	770	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,325	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,312	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	456	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,642	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,947	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	508	354.52/cwt	338.00–358.00	1,801	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,920	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	581	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,911	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,318	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,109	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,877	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	732	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,020	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	477	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,944	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	289.99/cwt	284.00–292.00	1,789	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,624	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	381.10/cwt	375.00–386.00	1,627	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,854	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,708	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,701	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,911	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,037	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	597	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,024	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	735	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,212	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	508	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,854	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	309.15/cwt	308.00–314.00	1,638	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,570	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,260	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,361	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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