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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-26

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Apr 26

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Apr 12Apr 26May 3 →

Receipts

678 head

▲ 179 vs last sale 499▲ 177 vs year ago 501 · +35.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 277, Heifers 257, Bulls 144)

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 $344.79/cwt on 79 head. That ranks 1 of 16 comparable sales and sits −101.11 against this barn's trailing median of $445.89.

Average price

$344.79

79 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,949

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$29.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.10

vs VA average

−29.23 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	350.94	1,952	48
Medium and Large 1-2	576	347.00	1,999	17thin
Medium and Large 2	583	320.98	1,871	14thin

One grade step is worth $29.96/cwt here — about $81 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 sale79 hd

344.79

—

VA average8 barns · 416 hd

362.89

−18.10

National average172 barns · 11,123 hd

374.02

−29.23

This barn, trailing median16 sales

445.89

−101.11

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

59 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 1	336	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,512	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,628	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	419.26/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,597	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,781	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	478	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,003	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	390.31/cwt	357.00–413.00	1,877	70
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,814	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	359.77/cwt	329.00–365.00	1,918	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	533	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,802	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	348.21/cwt	330.00–351.00	1,981	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	576	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,999	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	338.75/cwt	326.00–342.00	1,965	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	593	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,809	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	630	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,136	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,168	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	667	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,261	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	676	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,697	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	742	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,167	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,153	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	825	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,269	61
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	305	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,083	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	387.35/cwt	350.00–393.00	1,325	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,365	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	387.18/cwt	365.00–389.00	1,444	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,618	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	381.62/cwt	380.00–386.00	1,652	33
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	433	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,559	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,696	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,715	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,578	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,878	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	557	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,827	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	322.09/cwt	310.00–329.00	1,817	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	582	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,956	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,762	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,904	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	663	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,807	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	682	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,882	17
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,920	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	786	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,004	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	800	239.33/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,915	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	429.83/cwt	415.00–435.00	1,436	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,513	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	361	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,574	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,669	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,777	16
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	414.62/cwt	365.00–424.00	1,795	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	366.55/cwt	360.00–368.00	1,785	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,845	24
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	316.79/cwt	287.50–347.50	1,635	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 3	517	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,551	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	528	290.22/cwt	253.00–330.00	1,532	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	324.14/cwt	315.00–328.00	1,818	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	294.15/cwt	253.00–305.00	1,662	14
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,890	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,989	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	710	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,569	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,968	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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 678Last week 499Year ago 501

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 277, Heifers 257, Bulls 144)

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
3	300–350	336	450.00	450.00
5	350–400	372	437.50	437.50
9	400–450	418	426.00	426.00
70	450–500	481	357.00–413.00	390.31
14	500–550	533	329.00–365.00	359.77
31	550–600	569	330.00–351.00	348.21
8	650–700	665	326.00	326.00
1	800–850	805	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	576	347.00	347.00
7	600–650	630	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	478	419.00	419.00
3	500–550	533	338.00	338.00
6	650–700	667	339.00	339.00
8	700–750	742	292.00	292.00
61	800–850	825	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	381	410.00–422.50	419.26
7	450–500	485	374.00	374.00
1	500–550	515	360.00	360.00
5	550–600	580	326.00–342.00	338.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	593	305.00	305.00
4	650–700	676	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	342	350.00–393.00	387.35
14	350–400	373	365.00–389.00	387.18
33	400–450	433	380.00–386.00	381.62
36	450–500	497	345.00	345.00
3	500–550	501	315.00	315.00
30	550–600	564	310.00–329.00	322.09
8	650–700	655	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	663	272.50	272.50
4	750–800	786	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	433	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	557	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	355.00	355.00
7	350–400	350	390.00	390.00
17	400–450	427	379.00	379.00
30	450–500	493	344.00	344.00
11	550–600	554	339.00	339.00
5	650–700	661	288.00	288.00
4	750–800	765	251.00	251.00
3	800–850	800	230.00–244.00	239.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	582	336.00	336.00
17	650–700	682	276.00	276.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	445.00	445.00
6	350–400	389	429.00	429.00
16	400–450	424	419.00	419.00
11	450–500	487	360.00–368.00	366.55
7	500–550	516	287.50–347.50	316.79
10	550–600	561	315.00–328.00	324.14
5	650–700	672	296.00	296.00
6	700–750	721	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	415.00–435.00	429.83
5	350–400	361	436.00	436.00
13	400–450	433	365.00–424.00	414.62
24	450–500	492	375.00	375.00
2	500–550	528	253.00–330.00	290.22
14	550–600	565	253.00–305.00	294.15
8	650–700	668	283.00	283.00
1	700–750	710	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	517	300.00	300.00

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.