Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-08-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 94, Heifers 163, Bulls 98)

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 $353.32/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −17.72 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$353.32

17 head · 576 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,037

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$396

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

$34.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.87

vs VA average

+5.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	561	367.00	2,059	7thin
Medium and Large 1	597	345.00	2,060	9thin
Medium and Large 3	500	332.50	1,663	1thin

One grade step is worth $34.50/cwt here — about $396 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale17 hd

353.32

—

VA average7 barns · 230 hd

336.45

+16.87

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

+5.82

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−17.72

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

52 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 1-2	250–300	280	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,169	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	688	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,353	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	412.15/cwt	392.50–415.00	1,566	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	263.78/cwt	257.50–270.00	2,440	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	371.76/cwt	350.00–375.00	1,851	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,731	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	393.86/cwt	317.50–419.00	1,891	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	795	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,528	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	245.36/cwt	231.00–250.00	1,906	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	438.72/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,654	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	401.11/cwt	360.00–406.00	1,255	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	406.51/cwt	395.00–408.00	1,760	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	397.72/cwt	362.50–399.00	1,913	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,139	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,111	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	313.16/cwt	280.00–320.00	2,083	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,415	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,060	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	530	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,258	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	990	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,921	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	912	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,590	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	424.20/cwt	418.00–425.00	1,794	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,039	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,312	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,982	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,774	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	500	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,786	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	1,545	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	303	427.48/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,295	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,059	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	329.90/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,118	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,764	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,863	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,781	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	456.21/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,464	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,470	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,806	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	498	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,892	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	687	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,930	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	785	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,292	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	573	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,212	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	437	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,923	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	602	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,821	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,658	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,397	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,094	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,321	8

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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