Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 332, Heifers 420, Bulls 248)

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 $307.87/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −63.17 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$307.87

119 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$19.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.59

vs VA average

−61.04 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	309.78	1,755	92
Medium and Large 2	544	308.06	1,677	17thin
Medium and Large 3	557	290.00	1,615	10thin

One grade step is worth $19.78/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale119 hd

307.87

—

VA average8 barns · 542 hd

316.46

−8.59

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−61.04

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−63.17

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

64 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 2	550–600	554	308.21/cwt	282.00–312.00	1,707	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	431.95/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,637	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	355.78/cwt	317.00–361.00	1,537	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	371.75/cwt	350.00–401.00	2,138	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	439.84/cwt	375.00–447.50	2,146	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	491.94/cwt	435.00–500.00	2,101	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	636	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,717	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	541	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,747	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	296.37/cwt	253.00–300.00	2,241	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	281.60/cwt	276.00–282.00	1,895	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	394.48/cwt	349.00–400.00	1,495	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	694	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,408	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	963	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,918	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,220	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	441.50/cwt	401.00–444.00	1,647	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	333.67/cwt	302.00–336.00	1,932	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	350.22/cwt	349.00–351.00	1,156	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	320.62/cwt	291.00–324.00	2,472	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	445.41/cwt	404.00–452.50	1,675	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,881	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	443.82/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,860	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,756	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	343.15/cwt	314.00–344.00	1,678	69
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	434.46/cwt	390.00–439.00	1,408	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	741	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,505	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	664	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,052	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	605	366.36/cwt	364.00–368.00	2,216	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	756	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,676	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	295.71/cwt	275.00–298.00	1,958	50
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	405.21/cwt	371.00–408.00	1,986	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	387	421.28/cwt	394.00–430.00	1,630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	410	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	381.98/cwt	331.00–385.00	1,448	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,470	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,615	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,920	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,884	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,963	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,861	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,818	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,838	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,500	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,671	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	596	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,038	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,606	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	728	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,827	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	532	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,692	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,375	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,382	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	376.96/cwt	351.00–380.00	1,821	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	521	412.72/cwt	408.00–419.00	2,150	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	580	369.47/cwt	317.50–373.00	2,143	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	752	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,264	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	957	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,393	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,950	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,394	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,660	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	334.73/cwt	308.00–340.00	2,253	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	362.12/cwt	321.00–406.00	1,894	18

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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