Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 128, Bulls 77)

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 $294.77/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −76.27 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$294.77

23 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$39.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.94

vs VA average

−75.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	308.60	1,714	15thin
Medium and Large 2	555	268.84	1,492	8thin

One grade step is worth $39.76/cwt here — about $222 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 sale23 hd

294.77

—

VA average9 barns · 340 hd

315.71

−20.94

National average194 barns · 19,992 hd

370.45

−75.68

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−76.27

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

48 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,302	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,950	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,915	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,738	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	498	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,544	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,075	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	268.84/cwt	252.50–285.00	1,492	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	261.05/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,243	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,287	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	487	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	261.44/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,604	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	574	361.06/cwt	335.00–370.00	2,072	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,929	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,190	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	280.04/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,389	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	253.23/cwt	237.50–270.00	1,575	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,117	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,353	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	561	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,300	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,735	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	849	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,859	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,813	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,736	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	997	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,902	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	601	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,911	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	450	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	313.13/cwt	265.00–320.00	1,512	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	431.13/cwt	320.00–450.00	1,811	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,107	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	297.59/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,268	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,911	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,487	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,284	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,241	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,250	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	1

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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