Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 216, Heifers 288, Bulls 91)

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 $341.77/cwt on 76 head. That ranks 2 of 15 comparable sales and sits −29.27 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$341.77

76 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$5.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.55

vs VA average

−49.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	342.58	1,942	64
Medium and Large 2	532	337.47	1,795	12thin

One grade step is worth $5.11/cwt here — about $147 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale76 hd

341.77

—

VA average10 barns · 615 hd

342.33

−0.55

National average186 barns · 24,193 hd

390.82

−49.05

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−29.27

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	506	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,852	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	705	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,094	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1150–1200	1,171	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,396	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,233	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	348.71/cwt	313.00–353.00	2,005	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,981	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,314	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,670	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	307.53/cwt	301.00–314.00	1,962	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,462	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,817	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	351.51/cwt	321.00–355.00	1,712	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	397.37/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,518	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,622	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,165	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	494	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,769	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	323.94/cwt	317.00–331.00	1,808	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,281	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	419.09/cwt	355.00–440.00	1,555	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,119	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,006	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	438.27/cwt	425.00–440.00	1,438	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	428.29/cwt	377.50–440.00	1,623	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,058	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	344.16/cwt	330.00–346.00	2,265	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	444.42/cwt	442.50–445.00	1,849	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,900	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	317.32/cwt	303.00–331.00	2,437	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	385.40/cwt	355.00–387.00	2,212	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	357.82/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,743	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	441	365.66/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,613	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,112	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,497	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	644	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,009	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	418.75/cwt	414.00–419.00	2,039	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,024	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	997	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,742	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	558	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,065	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	657	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,286	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	641	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,211	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	338.82/cwt	324.00–341.00	1,928	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	818	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,806	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,242	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	710	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,379	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,970	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	989	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	3,145	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,716	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,995	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	392.48/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,927	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	423	423.68/cwt	412.50–427.50	1,792	4

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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