Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 210, Heifers 279, Bulls 178)

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 $349.67/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −21.37 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$349.67

55 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

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

$48.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.81

vs VA average

−48.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	357.91	2,069	40
Medium and Large 2	576	349.08	2,011	7thin
Medium and Large 3	560	309.00	1,730	8thin

One grade step is worth $48.91/cwt here — about $338 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 sale55 hd

349.67

—

VA average8 barns · 394 hd

332.87

+16.81

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−48.19

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−21.37

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

58 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	385	447.66/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,383	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	430.70/cwt	409.00–433.00	2,123	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,692	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	654	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,021	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	338.54/cwt	307.00–347.00	2,241	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	356.11/cwt	330.00–357.00	2,058	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	365.39/cwt	349.00–366.00	2,123	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,534	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	445.21/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,941	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,147	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	418.29/cwt	408.00–420.00	1,347	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,173	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,502	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	352.96/cwt	341.00–355.00	1,892	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,674	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	353.84/cwt	325.00–354.50	1,752	44
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,971	40
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	313.62/cwt	310.00–314.00	2,318	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	439.08/cwt	421.00–445.00	1,638	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,918	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	379.79/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,633	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	399.89/cwt	371.00–404.00	1,496	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	586	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,162	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	746	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,283	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	903	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,835	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	662	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,343	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	415.03/cwt	413.00–418.00	2,013	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,224	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,345	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	442.68/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	605	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,202	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	560	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,730	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	460	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,513	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,517	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,575	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	592	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,168	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	452.23/cwt	445.00–457.50	2,130	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	331.71/cwt	327.50–332.00	1,881	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,153	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	335.05/cwt	323.00–338.00	2,161	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	526	374.40/cwt	325.00–390.00	1,969	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	639	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,211	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	674	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,413	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,214	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	326	401.26/cwt	372.00–410.00	1,308	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	343	427.41/cwt	425.00–437.50	1,466	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,746	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,237	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	793	349.92/cwt	348.00–351.00	2,775	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,033	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	349.08/cwt	301.00–357.00	2,011	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,752	3

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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