Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 120, Bulls 83)

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 $340.28/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −30.76 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$340.28

25 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$17.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.45

vs VA average

−49.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	553	350.00	1,936	3thin
Medium and Large 2	526	349.61	1,839	8thin
Medium and Large 1	570	332.86	1,899	14thin

One grade step is worth $17.14/cwt here — about $37 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale25 hd

340.28

—

VA average7 barns · 212 hd

336.83

+3.45

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−49.63

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−30.76

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

52 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	700–750	716	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,277	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	673	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	771	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,699	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,088	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	302.00/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	455	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,936	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	616	320.75/cwt	301.00–329.00	1,976	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	368.69/cwt	362.50–369.00	1,744	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	450	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,070	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	379.70/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,917	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	812	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,111	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,814	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	358	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,536	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,180	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,102	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	439.19/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,880	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,074	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	610	364.80/cwt	350.00–372.50	2,225	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	725	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,885	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,725	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,029	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	708	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,251	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,785	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,383	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	419.20/cwt	395.00–423.00	2,318	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,147	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,954	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	458.28/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,213	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,090	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	436.79/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,931	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,096	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	602	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,101	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	740	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,346	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,358	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	368.29/cwt	330.00–374.00	1,786	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,188	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	423.91/cwt	380.00–465.00	1,403	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	526	349.61/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,839	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	545	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,330	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	297.07/cwt	291.00–299.00	2,189	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,971	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,286	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,228	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,759	9

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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