Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 260, Heifers 248, Bulls 95)

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 $364.94/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −97.83 against this barn's trailing median of $462.77.

Average price

$364.94

92 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,047

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$35.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.19

vs VA average

−64.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	368.83	2,067	82
Medium and Large 2	565	333.00	1,881	10thin

One grade step is worth $35.83/cwt here — about $185 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

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 sale92 hd

364.94

—

VA average7 barns · 334 hd

361.74

+3.19

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−64.78

This barn, trailing median13 sales

462.77

−97.83

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

56 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	400–450	431	359.12/cwt	322.50–370.00	1,548	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,777	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,836	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,823	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,648	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,813	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	383.36/cwt	345.00–401.00	1,257	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	380.57/cwt	370.00–383.00	2,131	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,922	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,059	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,881	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,659	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	397.35/cwt	371.00–410.00	1,490	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	741	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,927	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	380.96/cwt	352.50–394.00	1,417	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	550–600	585	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,536	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	306.98/cwt	301.00–310.00	2,210	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,700	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,577	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	554	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,723	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	808	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,319	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	919	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,803	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	804	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,533	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,851	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	300.32/cwt	291.00–303.00	2,045	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,792	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	364.11/cwt	351.00–365.00	2,083	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,045	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,967	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,093	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	303.00/cwt	302.00–304.00	2,006	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	341.19/cwt	341.00–345.00	2,248	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	383.52/cwt	340.00–389.00	1,645	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	385.67/cwt	360.00–425.00	1,454	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	366.38/cwt	337.00–373.00	1,865	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,588	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,502	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,306	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	678	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,292	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1150–1200	1,168	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,873	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	329.64/cwt	327.00–333.00	2,340	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	341.71/cwt	340.00–342.00	2,177	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	539	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,833	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	554	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,884	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	383.18/cwt	340.00–398.00	1,295	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	850–900	863	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,693	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	384.42/cwt	368.00–386.00	1,884	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	356.70/cwt	343.00–358.00	1,723	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	331.29/cwt	312.50–336.00	1,888	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	331.73/cwt	324.00–333.00	1,904	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	828	298.46/cwt	296.00–301.00	2,471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,790	6

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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