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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-18

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Jan 18

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Jan 4Jan 18Feb 1 →

Receipts

568 head

▲ 109 vs last sale 459▲ 422 vs year ago 146 · +289.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 219, Heifers 235, Bulls 114)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $259.77/cwt on 122 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −106.28 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$259.77

122 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,468

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$22

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

$18.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.20

vs VA average

−44.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	263.27	1,477	94
Medium and Large 2	569	249.99	1,422	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	594	245.00	1,455	11thin

One grade step is worth $18.26/cwt here — about $22 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale122 hd

259.77

—

VA average8 barns · 482 hd

259.57

+0.20

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

−44.26

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−106.28

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $388.79, low $307.53, median $366.05 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

63 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	337	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,180	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,357	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,264	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,477	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,479	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	338.10/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,606	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	475	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,473	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	520	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,669	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,484	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,709	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	568	328.55/cwt	328.00–330.00	1,866	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,833	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	612	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,916	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	623	302.21/cwt	280.00–308.00	1,883	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,835	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	662	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,940	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	677	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,984	25
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	679	282.66/cwt	240.00–291.00	1,919	18
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,939	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	727	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,796	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	732	270.36/cwt	269.00–272.00	1,979	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	763	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,037	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	251.96/cwt	245.00–259.00	1,978	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	868	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,066	3
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,014	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	2,018	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	326	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	936	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	960	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,096	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,161	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	418	286.88/cwt	286.00–297.00	1,199	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	284.37/cwt	251.00–289.00	1,223	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	261.19/cwt	246.00–264.00	1,264	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	261.14/cwt	229.00–265.00	1,298	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,295	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	504	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,406	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	251.67/cwt	227.00–258.00	1,419	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	249.43/cwt	241.00–250.00	1,429	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	587	260.18/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,527	51
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	594	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,455	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	219.29/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,397	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	642	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,329	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,394	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	685	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,651	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,240	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,642	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	772	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,698	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	860	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,815	2
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,002	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,804	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,072	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,077	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	345.51/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,309	15
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,422	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	434	325.90/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,414	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	482	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,364	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	318.69/cwt	311.00–323.00	1,552	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,377	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,560	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,383	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	266.17/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,512	16
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,550	15
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,476	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,605	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	214.37/cwt	208.00–216.00	1,649	15

This sale against other markets

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Harrisonburg, VA

Sat Jan 18, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 568Last week 459Year ago 146

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 219, Heifers 235, Bulls 114)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	360.00	360.00
6	400–450	435	340.00	340.00
22	450–500	475	300.00–340.00	338.10
11	550–600	571	321.00	321.00
3	600–650	646	284.00	284.00
5	700–750	718	270.00	270.00
2	750–800	785	245.00–259.00	251.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	520	321.00	321.00
36	550–600	568	328.00–330.00	328.55
16	600–650	612	313.00	313.00
25	650–700	677	293.00	293.00
13	700–750	732	269.00–272.00	270.36
6	1000–1050	1,014	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	662	293.00	293.00
4	700–750	727	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	395	320.00	320.00
6	400–450	428	345.00	345.00
4	450–500	475	310.00	310.00
1	500–550	530	280.00	280.00
3	550–600	566	302.00	302.00
10	600–650	623	280.00–308.00	302.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	679	240.00–291.00	282.66
8	750–800	763	267.00	267.00
3	850–900	868	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	331	290.00	290.00
2	350–400	387	300.00	300.00
12	400–450	430	251.00–289.00	284.37
18	450–500	497	229.00–265.00	261.14
19	550–600	564	227.00–258.00	251.67
14	600–650	637	210.00–220.00	219.29
1	750–800	760	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	504	279.00	279.00
51	550–600	587	255.00–270.00	260.18
15	650–700	685	241.00	241.00
6	750–800	772	220.00	220.00
2	850–900	860	211.00	211.00
2	1000–1050	1,002	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	326	287.00	287.00
5	350–400	374	293.00	293.00
12	400–450	418	286.00–297.00	286.88
13	450–500	484	246.00–264.00	261.19
1	500–550	500	259.00	259.00
16	550–600	573	241.00–250.00	249.43
2	650–700	680	205.00	205.00
1	700–750	725	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	642	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	594	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	379	340.00–360.00	345.51
9	400–450	431	330.00	330.00
11	450–500	487	311.00–323.00	318.69
1	500–550	520	300.00	300.00
16	550–600	568	240.00–270.00	266.17
15	600–650	643	241.00	241.00
6	650–700	680	236.00	236.00
15	750–800	769	208.00–216.00	214.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	335.00	335.00
1	350–400	365	295.00	295.00
5	400–450	434	310.00–330.00	325.90
1	450–500	490	281.00	281.00
8	550–600	560	247.00	247.00
3	650–700	665	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	482	283.00	283.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.