Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-07-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Heifers 149, Bulls 93)

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 $348.72/cwt on 42 head. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −22.32 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$348.72

42 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$148

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

$18.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.71

vs VA average

+9.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	501	360.00	1,804	11thin
Medium and Large 2	542	349.46	1,892	13thin
Medium and Large 1	572	341.29	1,951	18thin

One grade step is worth $18.71/cwt here — about −$148 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

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 sale42 hd

348.72

—

VA average9 barns · 401 hd

335.01

+13.71

National average151 barns · 8,478 hd

338.74

+9.98

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−22.32

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

48 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	327.45/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,686	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	807	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,098	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	570	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,318	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,132	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	347.76/cwt	340.00–349.00	1,367	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	375.65/cwt	343.00–388.00	1,442	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,006	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,477	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	313.86/cwt	271.00–321.00	1,789	7
Heifers	Small 1Value Added	450–500	457	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,904	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,436	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,067	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,046	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	358.55/cwt	344.00–360.00	1,746	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,712	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,159	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	588	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,073	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	801	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,243	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	719	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,279	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	496	389.80/cwt	377.50–392.50	1,933	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	341.45/cwt	339.00–342.00	1,953	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,966	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,269	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,856	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,099	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,631	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	329.79/cwt	326.00–331.00	1,402	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,877	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,582	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	307.69/cwt	291.00–340.00	1,618	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,330	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,748	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,246	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,222	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	537	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,987	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	500	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,730	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,775	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	351.57/cwt	340.00–354.00	1,487	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,347	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,454	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	457	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,663	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	501	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,804	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	440	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,514	2

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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