Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-08-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 75, Heifers 91, Bulls 98)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $373.26/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −38.11 against this barn's trailing median of $411.37.

Average price

$373.26

33 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$436

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

$49.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.17

vs VA average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	382.41	2,175	25
Medium and Large 2	561	365.00	2,048	3thin
Medium and Large 3	523	332.50	1,739	5thin

One grade step is worth $49.91/cwt here — about $436 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

13 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $477.43, low $371.20, median $411.37 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 sale33 hd

373.26

—

VA average6 barns · 191 hd

362.10

+11.17

This barn, trailing median13 sales

411.37

−38.11

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,240	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	801	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,691	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	464	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,042	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	336.19/cwt	316.00–349.00	2,555	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	664	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,244	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	580	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,030	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,224	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,715	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,984	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,054	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	392.14/cwt	372.50–402.50	2,023	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	301.43/cwt	295.00–303.00	2,297	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,138	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	444.47/cwt	439.00–446.00	1,898	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	404.93/cwt	402.50–407.50	1,964	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,767	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,042	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,404	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,736	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,050	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	694	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,186	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	622	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,084	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,654	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	381.08/cwt	379.00–384.00	2,195	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,393	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	707	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,581	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,294	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,869	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,958	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,501	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,476	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	561	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,048	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	780	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,838	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	398.77/cwt	397.50–400.00	1,894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,558	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,071	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,109	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,739	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	413	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,776	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	379.64/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,211	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	387	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,451	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,736	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	331.33/cwt	315.00–347.50	1,617	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,464	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,447	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,520	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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