Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 174, Heifers 251, Bulls 172)

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 $330.82/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −40.21 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$330.82

103 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

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

$18.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.01

vs VA average

−53.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	333.13	1,774	89
Medium and Large 1-2	587	327.00	1,919	2thin
Medium and Large 2	567	314.37	1,782	12thin

One grade step is worth $18.76/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale103 hd

330.82

—

VA average10 barns · 585 hd

323.81

+7.01

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−53.57

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−40.21

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

61 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	750–800	764	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,437	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,973	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	671	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,087	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	365.51/cwt	329.00–368.00	1,568	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,180	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,712	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	482.52/cwt	435.00–487.50	1,834	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	461.40/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,030	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	325.08/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,833	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,323	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	354.71/cwt	335.00–356.00	2,004	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,159	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	297.40/cwt	296.00–300.00	2,266	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,587	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,445	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	360.26/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,407	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,137	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	325.96/cwt	320.00–329.00	1,477	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	436.38/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,628	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	314.22/cwt	314.00–318.00	2,077	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,051	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,009	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	572	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,065	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	650	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,126	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	730	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,526	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,266	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,025	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,757	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	316.42/cwt	310.00–317.00	2,076	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	677	350.11/cwt	316.00–363.00	2,370	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,370	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	426.66/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,123	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,521	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	730	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,307	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,250	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,478	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,770	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,266	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	314.37/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,782	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,904	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,031	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	486	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,211	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	474	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,654	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,108	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,066	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	335.89/cwt	325.00–338.00	1,606	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,910	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	736	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,142	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	587	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,919	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	884	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,263	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	812	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,446	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	382.19/cwt	347.50–394.00	2,228	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,086	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,606	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,474	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,580	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	335.77/cwt	334.00–345.00	1,951	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	14

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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