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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-05

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Apr 5

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Mar 15Apr 5Apr 12 →

Receipts

884 head

▼ 175 vs last sale 1,059▲ 39 vs year ago 845 · +4.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 253, Heifers 395, Bulls 236)

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 $292.70/cwt on 75 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −73.35 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$292.70

75 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,634

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$9

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

$13.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.09

vs VA average

−28.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	302.00	1,622	5thin
Medium and Large 1	557	293.95	1,638	46
Medium and Large 2	565	288.38	1,630	24

One grade step is worth $13.63/cwt here — about −$9 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 sale75 hd

292.70

—

VA average9 barns · 595 hd

300.79

−8.09

National average178 barns · 12,751 hd

321.38

−28.68

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−73.35

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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	354	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,469	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	357	371.45/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,326	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	393.46/cwt	355.00–397.50	1,432	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,724	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,599	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	472	387.16/cwt	370.00–399.00	1,827	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,771	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	365.90/cwt	324.00–369.00	1,855	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	535	365.72/cwt	365.00–366.00	1,957	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	535	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,824	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	341.74/cwt	324.00–344.00	1,914	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,032	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	595	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,053	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	606	321.39/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,948	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	608	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,049	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	305.75/cwt	301.00–306.00	2,003	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,102	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	682	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,141	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,904	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,931	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	765	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,111	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	770	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,048	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	846	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,157	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,204	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	360.76/cwt	337.50–363.00	1,212	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,332	12
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	360.34/cwt	345.00–362.00	1,366	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	348.82/cwt	347.50–349.00	1,472	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	341.15/cwt	339.00–352.50	1,467	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	440	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,514	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	453	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,518	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	475	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,629	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	327.28/cwt	307.50–328.00	1,597	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	493	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,627	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	497	323.82/cwt	280.00–327.00	1,609	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,545	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,494	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	537	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,622	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	290.79/cwt	274.00–292.00	1,614	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	569	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,701	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,650	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	609	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,507	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	623	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,763	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	268.69/cwt	265.00–269.00	1,760	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,742	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,733	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	723	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,916	32
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	751	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,930	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	885	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,044	5
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,060	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,300	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	318	382.75/cwt	335.00–390.00	1,217	8
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	385.33/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,260	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	385.34/cwt	345.00–397.50	1,445	11
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,566	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	390	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,424	7
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	409	401.77/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,643	32
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	401.03/cwt	335.00–409.00	1,732	20
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	361.57/cwt	349.00–363.00	1,783	19
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,743	38
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,725	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	512	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,736	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	516	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,847	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	320.67/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,786	11
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	334.64/cwt	332.00–335.00	1,874	33
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	289.27/cwt	288.00–295.00	1,892	11
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,890	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	261.65/cwt	255.00–263.00	1,926	6

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 Apr 5, 2025

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

Receipts 884Last week 1,059Year ago 845

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 253, Heifers 395, Bulls 236)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	362.50	362.50
12	350–400	368	362.00	362.00
30	400–450	430	339.00–352.50	341.15
27	450–500	488	307.50–328.00	327.28
2	500–550	505	306.00	306.00
30	550–600	555	274.00–292.00	290.79
20	650–700	655	266.00	266.00
1	700–750	700	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	537	302.00	302.00
34	600–650	623	283.00	283.00
32	700–750	723	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	493	330.00	330.00
14	550–600	569	299.00	299.00
5	850–900	885	231.00	231.00
7	1050–1100	1,060	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	344.00	344.00
9	450–500	475	343.00	343.00
5	600–650	609	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	336	337.50–363.00	360.76
20	350–400	379	345.00–362.00	360.34
16	400–450	422	347.50–349.00	348.82
28	450–500	497	280.00–327.00	323.82
3	500–550	526	284.00	284.00
21	550–600	571	289.00	289.00
13	650–700	655	265.00–269.00	268.69
6	750–800	751	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	453	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	360.00–377.50	371.45
3	400–450	431	371.00	371.00
9	450–500	480	369.00	369.00
9	550–600	560	324.00–344.00	341.74
4	650–700	661	318.00	318.00
1	700–750	705	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	770	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	364	355.00–397.50	393.46
8	400–450	431	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	460	330.00	330.00
31	500–550	507	324.00–369.00	365.90
27	550–600	574	354.00	354.00
20	650–700	655	301.00–306.00	305.75
6	700–750	726	266.00	266.00
4	800–850	846	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	535	341.00	341.00
13	600–650	608	337.00	337.00
5	650–700	682	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	472	370.00–399.00	387.16
17	500–550	535	365.00–366.00	365.72
16	550–600	595	345.00	345.00
14	600–650	606	300.00–325.00	321.39
8	750–800	765	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	354	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	327	365.00–390.00	385.33
4	350–400	382	410.00	410.00
20	400–450	432	335.00–409.00	401.03
38	450–500	498	350.00	350.00
4	500–550	500	345.00	345.00
33	550–600	560	332.00–335.00	334.64
11	650–700	654	288.00–295.00	289.27
6	700–750	736	255.00–263.00	261.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	335.00–390.00	382.75
11	350–400	375	345.00–397.50	385.34
32	400–450	409	350.00–405.00	401.77
19	450–500	493	349.00–363.00	361.57
11	500–550	516	358.00	358.00
11	550–600	557	320.00–327.50	320.67
6	650–700	675	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	390	365.00	365.00
10	500–550	512	339.00	339.00

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.