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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-01

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Mar 1

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Feb 15Mar 1Mar 15 →

Receipts

872 head

▲ 642 vs last sale 230▲ 64 vs year ago 808 · +7.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 232, Heifers 427, Bulls 213)

Value Added and Natural 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 $274.87/cwt on 101 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −91.18 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$274.87

101 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$13

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

$3.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.69

vs VA average

−32.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	557	276.82	1,541	40
Medium and Large 1	568	273.59	1,553	61

One grade step is worth $3.23/cwt here — about −$13 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale101 hd

274.87

—

VA average7 barns · 526 hd

271.18

+3.69

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−32.14

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−91.18

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

68 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,152	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,207	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,530	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,376	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	475	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,615	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,705	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	504	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,658	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	518	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,787	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	289.32/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,513	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,762	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	581	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,848	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	300.38/cwt	261.00–307.00	1,760	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	640	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,914	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,665	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	653	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,913	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,795	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	727	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,839	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	738	273.53/cwt	271.00–276.00	2,019	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,017	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	821	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,036	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	871	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,038	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Natural	872	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,189	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	908	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,206	20
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	988	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,134	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	998	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,246	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,105	20
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,152	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	329.11/cwt	294.00–332.00	1,231	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,382	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,367	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	445	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,282	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,382	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,487	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	298.37/cwt	277.50–299.00	1,462	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,445	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,350	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	276.51/cwt	267.50–277.00	1,543	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	567	282.37/cwt	260.00–288.00	1,601	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,525	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 3	612	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,781	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	642	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,541	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	208.33/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,385	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	669	249.17/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,667	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,604	40
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	680	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,625	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	222.48/cwt	219.00–226.00	1,568	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	746	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,649	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,514	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	790	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,770	19
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	915	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,931	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,166	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,275	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,364	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,351	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	333.78/cwt	318.00–335.00	1,429	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	340.77/cwt	315.00–343.00	1,465	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,560	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,589	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	525	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,218	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	307.19/cwt	275.00–311.00	1,745	52
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,531	22
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,421	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	240.93/cwt	231.00–242.00	1,595	25
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	662	222.27/cwt	222.00–225.00	1,471	11
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,569	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,731	14

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 Mar 1, 2025

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

Receipts 872Last week 230Year ago 808

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 232, Heifers 427, Bulls 213)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	334.00	334.00
17	400–450	430	318.00	318.00
37	450–500	486	306.00	306.00
1	500–550	500	289.00	289.00
39	550–600	558	267.50–277.00	276.51
3	650–700	665	205.00–210.00	208.33
9	700–750	746	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	445	288.00	288.00
10	600–650	612	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	450	307.00	307.00
25	550–600	567	260.00–288.00	282.37
5	600–650	642	240.00	240.00
36	650–700	669	244.00–250.00	249.17
19	750–800	790	224.00	224.00
7	900–950	915	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	328	337.00	337.00
27	350–400	374	294.00–332.00	329.11
23	400–450	428	323.00	323.00
34	450–500	490	277.50–299.00	298.37
1	500–550	540	250.00	250.00
35	550–600	569	268.00	268.00
40	650–700	671	239.00	239.00
2	700–750	705	219.00–226.00	222.48
6	750–800	753	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	650–700	680	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	475	340.00	340.00
12	550–600	581	318.00	318.00
25	600–650	640	299.00	299.00
5	650–700	653	293.00	293.00
24	700–750	738	271.00–276.00	273.53
16	800–850	821	248.00	248.00
5	850–900	871	234.00	234.00
5	950–1000	998	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	850–900	872	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	340.00	340.00
1	400–450	430	320.00	320.00
15	500–550	504	329.00	329.00
7	550–600	586	261.00–307.00	300.38
4	600–650	643	259.00	259.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	320	360.00	360.00
2	350–400	395	360.00	360.00
5	400–450	425	360.00	360.00
15	450–500	487	350.00	350.00
3	500–550	523	288.00–290.00	289.32
12	550–600	554	318.00	318.00
10	650–700	655	274.00	274.00
10	750–800	767	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	518	345.00	345.00
5	700–750	727	253.00	253.00
20	900–950	908	243.00	243.00
7	950–1000	988	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	390.00	390.00
9	350–400	385	351.00	351.00
13	400–450	430	315.00–343.00	340.77
18	450–500	495	321.00	321.00
52	550–600	568	275.00–311.00	307.19
25	650–700	662	231.00–242.00	240.93
1	700–750	710	221.00	221.00
14	750–800	766	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	313	372.50	372.50
9	350–400	380	359.00	359.00
14	400–450	428	318.00–335.00	333.78
8	450–500	489	319.00	319.00
22	550–600	569	269.00	269.00
1	600–650	640	222.00	222.00
11	650–700	662	222.00–225.00	222.27
1	700–750	730	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	525	232.00	232.00

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.