Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 180, Heifers 172, Bulls 104)

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 $384.47/cwt on 66 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −78.30 against this barn's trailing median of $462.77.

Average price

$384.47

66 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,194

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$170

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

$0.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.18

vs VA average

+5.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	532	384.62	2,047	9thin
Medium and Large 1	577	384.45	2,217	57

One grade step is worth $0.18/cwt here — about −$170 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

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 sale66 hd

384.47

—

VA average8 barns · 776 hd

367.29

+17.18

National average158 barns · 13,435 hd

378.58

+5.89

This barn, trailing median13 sales

462.77

−78.30

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

57 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 2	400–450	413	416.87/cwt	395.00–439.00	1,722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,355	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	411.06/cwt	392.50–413.00	1,541	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	785	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,198	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	786	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,193	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	497	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,869	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	482	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,988	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	383.58/cwt	382.00–384.00	2,213	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	1,676	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,172	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,319	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	590	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,947	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,771	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,383	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	364.24/cwt	341.00–365.00	1,777	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	718	317.83/cwt	316.00–320.00	2,282	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	581	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,254	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	623	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,218	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	416.13/cwt	380.00–429.00	1,544	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,739	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	908	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,633	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	698	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,282	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,590	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,851	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,123	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	393.46/cwt	380.00–394.00	1,948	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	349.07/cwt	325.00–351.00	2,011	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,788	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	734	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,136	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	355.95/cwt	350.00–359.00	1,698	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	537	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,878	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,046	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,124	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,943	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,660	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	380.46/cwt	367.50–383.00	1,606	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	678	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,068	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	486	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,769	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	875	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	654	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,282	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,987	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	420.60/cwt	340.00–439.00	1,775	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,142	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	312.86/cwt	287.50–325.00	1,933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	786	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,499	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,884	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,039	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	338.76/cwt	326.00–343.00	2,175	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	386.23/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,051	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	428.62/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,577	7

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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