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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-15

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Feb 15

● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

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Receipts

230 head

▼ 292 vs last sale 522▼ 102 vs year ago 332 · −30.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 72, Bulls 66)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $273.51/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −172.38 against this barn's trailing median of $445.89.

Average price

$273.51

14 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,518

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$238

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

$29.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.88

vs VA average

−65.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	279.93	1,571	11thin
Medium and Large 2	533	250.00	1,333	3thin

One grade step is worth $29.93/cwt here — about $238 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale14 hd

273.51

—

VA average5 barns · 166 hd

302.40

−28.88

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

−65.16

This barn, trailing median16 sales

445.89

−172.38

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

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $476.94, low $360.43, median $445.89 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	320	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	912	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,040	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	304.17/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,186	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	405	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	911	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,404	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	441	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,477	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,625	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,565	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	533	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,333	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	543	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,493	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,602	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	578	276.40/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,598	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	607	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,654	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	657	266.47/cwt	262.50–272.50	1,751	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,812	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	740	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,872	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	762	241.48/cwt	200.00–259.00	1,840	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	810	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,887	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	811	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,044	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,964	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,130	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	861	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	988	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	410	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,097	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,144	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,283	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	260.64/cwt	207.50–267.00	1,261	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	531	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,269	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,231	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,392	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	260.90/cwt	255.00–271.00	1,503	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	595	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,196	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,500	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,511	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,478	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	747	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,569	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,066	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,088	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,156	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	295.26/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,278	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,209	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	292.33/cwt	286.00–296.00	1,418	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,546	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,588	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,528	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	257.50/cwt	255.00–258.00	1,589	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,598	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,562	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	752	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,662	7

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 Feb 15, 2025

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

Receipts 230Last week 522Year ago 332

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 92, Heifers 72, Bulls 66)

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
1	300–350	325	320.00	320.00
15	400–450	432	325.00	325.00
2	450–500	485	335.00	335.00
5	550–600	562	285.00	285.00
2	700–750	732	247.50	247.50
1	800–850	825	238.00	238.00
1	900–950	930	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	543	275.00	275.00
3	550–600	578	265.00–300.00	276.40
7	600–650	607	272.50	272.50
7	750–800	762	200.00–259.00	241.48
1	800–850	810	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	285.00	285.00
6	350–400	390	300.00–305.00	304.17
1	400–450	405	225.00	225.00
6	450–500	489	320.00	320.00
3	500–550	533	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	441	335.00	335.00
10	650–700	657	262.50–272.50	266.47
4	700–750	740	253.00	253.00
10	800–850	811	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	382	302.50	302.50
5	400–450	446	271.00	271.00
14	450–500	485	286.00–296.00	292.33
2	550–600	552	280.00	280.00
1	600–650	605	252.50	252.50
7	750–800	752	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	320.00	320.00
3	350–400	375	290.00	290.00
4	400–450	433	280.00–300.00	295.26
8	550–600	567	280.00	280.00
6	600–650	617	255.00–258.00	257.50
9	650–700	666	240.00	240.00
1	700–750	710	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	380	260.00	260.00
9	450–500	484	207.50–267.00	260.64
13	550–600	576	255.00–271.00	260.90
1	600–650	625	240.00	240.00
5	650–700	657	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	267.50	267.50
3	500–550	531	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	262.50	262.50
7	400–450	430	266.00	266.00
12	450–500	477	269.00	269.00
1	500–550	535	230.00	230.00
3	550–600	566	246.00	246.00
4	650–700	672	220.00	220.00
4	700–750	747	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	595	201.00	201.00

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.