Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 163, Heifers 186, Bulls 101)

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 $364.23/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −6.81 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$364.23

54 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,045

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$8.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.22

vs VA average

−7.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	365.51	2,096	34
Medium and Large 2	537	363.18	1,950	16thin
Medium and Large 3	556	357.50	1,988	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.01/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale54 hd

364.23

—

VA average8 barns · 456 hd

352.01

+12.22

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

−7.28

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−6.81

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

54 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	350–400	375	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	413.63/cwt	397.50–415.00	2,374	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,010	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,384	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	721	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,568	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	347.47/cwt	340.00–351.00	1,859	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,424	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,562	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,331	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	440.00/cwt	390.00–470.00	1,857	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	452.94/cwt	365.00–500.00	1,477	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	383.70/cwt	366.00–385.00	1,869	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,102	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	414.21/cwt	380.00–422.50	1,748	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	397.05/cwt	397.00–397.50	2,251	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,268	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	333.49/cwt	327.50–335.00	2,424	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,337	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	478.27/cwt	420.00–485.00	1,827	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	500	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,325	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	587	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,471	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	839	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	3,163	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	449.13/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,237	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,387	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	343.03/cwt	315.00–355.00	2,237	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	597	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,119	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	631	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,287	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	384.93/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,013	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	396.84/cwt	372.50–400.00	1,687	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	358.65/cwt	357.50–359.00	2,023	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	780	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,027	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,872	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,852	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	356.36/cwt	342.50–360.00	2,363	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	900–950	922	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,766	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	569	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,333	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	438	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,168	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,827	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	406.15/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,921	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	322.31/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,176	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	423	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,565	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	708	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,712	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,552	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,172	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,130	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	584	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,213	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,501	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	639	374.60/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,394	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	339.32/cwt	334.00–342.00	2,518	3

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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