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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-05-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-03

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, May 3

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Apr 26May 3May 17 →

Receipts

611 head

▼ 67 vs last sale 678▲ 287 vs year ago 324 · +88.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 186, Heifers 275, Bulls 150)

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 $342.05/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 7 of 19 comparable sales and sits −24.00 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$342.05

60 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,893

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$18.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.26

vs VA average

+12.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	555	352.87	1,957	24
Medium and Large 1	553	334.84	1,851	36

One grade step is worth $18.03/cwt here — about $106 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 sale60 hd

342.05

—

VA average8 barns · 504 hd

320.79

+21.26

National average176 barns · 11,721 hd

329.34

+12.71

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−24.00

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

60 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,356	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	423.79/cwt	392.50–430.00	1,564	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	376	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,692	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	406.80/cwt	390.00–433.00	1,570	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,638	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,831	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	390.02/cwt	330.00–402.00	1,876	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	395.11/cwt	372.00–396.00	1,932	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	535	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,947	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,090	34
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,139	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	624	322.58/cwt	316.00–324.00	2,013	28
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,058	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	642	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,170	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	672	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,137	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	713	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,317	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,236	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,242	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	822	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,367	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	388.46/cwt	350.00–392.50	1,224	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,256	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,424	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	381.74/cwt	340.00–386.00	1,462	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	382.99/cwt	350.00–389.00	1,624	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	433	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,700	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	380.42/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,647	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	359.15/cwt	330.00–360.00	1,749	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,757	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	491	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,743	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,918	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	545	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,848	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	547	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,794	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	564	341.86/cwt	310.00–352.00	1,928	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	348.29/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,971	17
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,806	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	601	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,953	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	623	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,006	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,953	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,031	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	664	297.03/cwt	245.00–310.00	1,972	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,788	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,136	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	757	279.80/cwt	274.00–285.00	2,118	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	880	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,420	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	328	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,312	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,475	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	423.90/cwt	370.00–427.00	1,602	17
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	416	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,352	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	406.23/cwt	384.00–410.00	1,735	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	411.09/cwt	347.50–416.00	1,759	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,267	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	368.09/cwt	329.00–375.00	1,800	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,645	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	502	340.14/cwt	305.00–349.00	1,708	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	551	331.34/cwt	280.00–336.00	1,826	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,746	16
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,784	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,917	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	746	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,007	10
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	785	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,923	1

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 May 3, 2025

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

Receipts 611Last week 678Year ago 324

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 186, Heifers 275, Bulls 150)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	650–700	664	245.00–310.00	297.03
19	750–800	757	274.00–285.00	279.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	315	350.00–392.50	388.46
10	350–400	369	386.00	386.00
16	400–450	433	360.00–385.00	380.42
36	450–500	487	330.00–360.00	359.15
17	500–550	547	328.00	328.00
1	600–650	600	301.00	301.00
11	650–700	651	300.00	300.00
8	750–800	752	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	545	339.00	339.00
13	550–600	564	310.00–352.00	341.86
6	850–900	880	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	433	392.50	392.50
6	450–500	491	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	387.50	387.50
11	350–400	383	340.00–386.00	381.74
13	400–450	424	350.00–389.00	382.99
16	450–500	488	360.00	360.00
7	500–550	527	364.00	364.00
17	550–600	566	320.00–350.00	348.29
10	600–650	601	325.00	325.00
4	650–700	653	311.00	311.00
1	700–750	715	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	623	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	369	392.50–430.00	423.79
21	400–450	436	420.00	420.00
26	450–500	489	372.00–396.00	395.11
34	550–600	568	368.00	368.00
3	600–650	641	321.00	321.00
11	700–750	719	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	535	364.00	364.00
28	600–650	624	316.00–324.00	322.58
3	700–750	713	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	376	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	322	421.00	421.00
7	350–400	386	390.00–433.00	406.80
1	400–450	420	390.00	390.00
6	450–500	481	330.00–402.00	390.02
11	550–600	578	370.00	370.00
2	600–650	642	338.00	338.00
2	700–750	740	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	672	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	822	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	343	430.00	430.00
17	350–400	378	370.00–427.00	423.90
13	400–450	427	384.00–410.00	406.23
13	450–500	489	329.00–375.00	368.09
1	500–550	500	329.00	329.00
12	550–600	551	280.00–336.00	331.34
9	650–700	652	294.00	294.00
10	700–750	746	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	416	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	400.00	400.00
14	400–450	428	347.50–416.00	411.09
1	450–500	465	272.50	272.50
20	500–550	502	305.00–349.00	340.14
16	550–600	578	302.00	302.00
9	600–650	635	281.00	281.00
1	750–800	785	245.00	245.00

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.