Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 129, Bulls 87)

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 $330.47/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −40.57 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$330.47

45 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.65

vs VA average

−3.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	588	335.00	1,970	5thin
Medium and Large 1	565	331.55	1,873	29
Medium and Large 2	571	327.89	1,873	9thin
Medium and Large 3	555	315.00	1,748	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $222 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 sale45 hd

330.47

—

VA average8 barns · 380 hd

322.82

+7.65

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−3.64

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−40.57

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

58 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	400–450	427	418.52/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,787	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,309	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	546	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,895	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	372.60/cwt	359.00–376.00	1,602	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	376.20/cwt	372.50–384.00	2,005	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,884	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,175	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,184	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,968	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,811	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	606	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,188	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,047	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,733	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	808	295.63/cwt	295.00–297.50	2,389	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	820	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,255	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	657	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,267	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	329.52/cwt	287.50–340.00	1,601	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,908	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	588	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,970	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,270	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,642	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,452	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,570	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	560	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,764	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,081	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,941	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,750	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,659	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,789	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	370.87/cwt	335.00–382.50	1,365	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,032	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,748	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	303.27/cwt	298.00–305.00	2,011	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	346.09/cwt	344.00–347.00	1,654	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	757	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,025	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	485	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,795	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,888	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,230	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	342.93/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,972	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,227	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	397.71/cwt	380.00–399.00	1,404	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	353.62/cwt	343.00–359.00	1,708	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,953	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,036	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	388.99/cwt	385.00–391.00	1,906	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,135	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	398.30/cwt	355.00–410.00	1,733	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,325	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	696	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,102	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,876	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	892	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,676	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	747	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,398	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	404.99/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,543	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	315.78/cwt	290.00–321.00	2,062	6

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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