Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 161, Heifers 228, Bulls 104)

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 $309.13/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −61.91 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$309.13

65 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,736

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$45

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$20.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.20

vs VA average

−54.83 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	524	314.44	1,648	16thin
Medium and Large 1	573	310.42	1,779	40
Medium and Large 3	576	294.00	1,693	9thin

One grade step is worth $20.44/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale65 hd

309.13

—

VA average8 barns · 413 hd

323.33

−14.20

National average183 barns · 20,348 hd

363.96

−54.83

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−61.91

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

50 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	550–600	580	359.31/cwt	353.00–360.00	2,084	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	341.52/cwt	300.00–355.00	1,274	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	341.72/cwt	309.00–345.00	1,483	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	800	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	569	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,792	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	467	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,494	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	383.48/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,921	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,105	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,695	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,474	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	330.94/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,585	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	313.54/cwt	311.00–324.00	2,261	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,381	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	309.27/cwt	287.50–310.00	1,775	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,736	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	396.41/cwt	330.00–407.50	1,681	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	950–1000	985	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,061	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,300	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	605	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,972	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1200–1250	1,210	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	3,243	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	381.89/cwt	350.00–386.00	1,871	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	308.78/cwt	282.00–310.00	2,056	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,647	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	410.93/cwt	350.00–430.00	1,529	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,863	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,064	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,379	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,919	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,405	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	874	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,914	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,379	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	426.44/cwt	422.50–429.00	1,864	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	279.61/cwt	250.00–287.00	1,792	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,225	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	847	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,380	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	769	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,069	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	750–800	770	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,894	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,028	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,321	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,836	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	318.00/cwt	270.00–322.00	1,622	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	766	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,915	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	830	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	576	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,693	9

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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