Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 325, Heifers 264, Bulls 131)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $392.39/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −70.38 against this barn's trailing median of $462.77.

Average price

$392.39

130 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$18

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

$3.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.32

vs VA average

−12.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	569	396.05	2,253	8thin
Medium and Large 1	579	392.15	2,271	122

One grade step is worth $3.90/cwt here — about −$18 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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.60, low $426.56, median $462.77 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 sale130 hd

392.39

—

VA average9 barns · 495 hd

401.71

−9.32

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−12.25

This barn, trailing median13 sales

462.77

−70.38

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

60 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 1-2Value Added	700–750	704	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,274	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	571	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,044	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,151	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	472.97/cwt	430.00–495.00	1,514	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	595	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,440	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	364.18/cwt	341.00–365.00	2,400	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	473.43/cwt	422.50–485.00	2,050	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,637	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,665	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	411.46/cwt	390.00–413.00	1,580	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,111	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	382.56/cwt	355.00–408.00	2,219	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	432.02/cwt	417.00–435.00	2,117	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	458.02/cwt	407.50–470.00	1,768	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	396.10/cwt	372.50–398.00	1,703	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,170	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,205	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	435.77/cwt	427.00–437.00	2,135	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	481.49/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,094	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	493.14/cwt	455.00–502.50	1,913	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,376	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	370.90/cwt	370.00–371.00	2,144	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	313.81/cwt	313.00–318.00	2,463	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	361.67/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,819	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	366.39/cwt	333.00–370.00	1,861	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,895	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,394	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	522	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,916	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	502	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,189	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	871	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,700	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	631	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,240	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	620	405.62/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,515	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	874	314.57/cwt	311.00–318.00	2,749	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,955	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	372	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	371.12/cwt	359.00–377.50	2,134	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,088	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	565	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,322	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	807	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,655	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	608	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,143	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	522	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,790	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	337.40/cwt	335.00–338.00	2,207	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	356	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,638	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,574	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	344.37/cwt	318.00–348.00	1,956	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	544	358.36/cwt	340.00–362.00	1,949	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,407	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	358.44/cwt	337.50–360.00	1,771	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	392.42/cwt	380.00–394.00	1,664	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	693	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,509	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,148	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,730	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,562	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	447.43/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,893	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,065	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	800	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,664	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	678	373.40/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,532	32

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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