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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-06-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-21

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Jun 21

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Jun 7Jun 21Jul 19 →

Receipts

315 head

▼ 141 vs last sale 456▲ 315 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 129, Bulls 87)

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 $330.47/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 5 of 19 comparable sales and sits −35.58 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$330.47

45 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,878

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$20.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.65

vs VA average

−3.64 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	588	335.00	1,970	5thin
Medium and Large 1	565	331.55	1,873	29
Medium and Large 2	571	327.89	1,873	9thin
Medium and Large 3	555	315.00	1,748	2thin

One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $222 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale45 hd

330.47

—

VA average8 barns · 380 hd

322.82

+7.65

National average153 barns · 9,567 hd

334.11

−3.64

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−35.58

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

58 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,671	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,659	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,789	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	418.52/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,787	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,884	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,843	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	485	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,795	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	376.20/cwt	372.50–384.00	2,005	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	560	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,764	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,175	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,081	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	606	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,188	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,032	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,184	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	657	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,267	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,309	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	747	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,398	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	757	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,025	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	808	295.63/cwt	295.00–297.50	2,389	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	892	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,676	12
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	353	397.71/cwt	380.00–399.00	1,404	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	370.87/cwt	335.00–382.50	1,365	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	372.60/cwt	359.00–376.00	1,602	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,570	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	346.09/cwt	344.00–347.00	1,654	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	353.62/cwt	343.00–359.00	1,708	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,750	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,742	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,748	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,888	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,908	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	588	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,970	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	615	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,876	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	1,968	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	303.27/cwt	298.00–305.00	2,011	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,036	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	696	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,102	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,895	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,135	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	820	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,255	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,047	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,733	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,325	5
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	332	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,270	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,452	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	404.99/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,543	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,642	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	398.30/cwt	355.00–410.00	1,733	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	329.52/cwt	287.50–340.00	1,601	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	388.99/cwt	385.00–391.00	1,906	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,496	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,811	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	342.93/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,972	19
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,953	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,941	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	315.78/cwt	290.00–321.00	2,062	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,230	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,227	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 Jun 21, 2025

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Receipts 315Last week 456Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 99, Heifers 129, Bulls 87)

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
2	350–400	385	434.00	434.00
6	400–450	427	410.00–422.50	418.52
7	450–500	471	400.00	400.00
3	500–550	533	372.50–384.00	376.20
13	550–600	565	385.00	385.00
2	600–650	647	337.50	337.50
6	650–700	679	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	370.00	370.00
5	550–600	560	315.00	315.00
4	600–650	606	361.00	361.00
9	750–800	757	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	657	345.00	345.00
5	700–750	747	321.00	321.00
4	800–850	808	295.00–297.50	295.63
12	850–900	892	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	420.00	420.00
4	400–450	421	425.00	425.00
5	450–500	485	380.00	380.00
3	550–600	578	360.00	360.00
1	600–650	630	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	353	380.00–399.00	397.71
10	400–450	430	359.00–376.00	372.60
12	450–500	483	343.00–359.00	353.62
3	500–550	546	319.00	319.00
26	550–600	567	333.00	333.00
6	600–650	639	308.00	308.00
1	650–700	695	293.00	293.00
3	750–800	758	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	815	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	615	305.00	305.00
3	650–700	696	302.00	302.00
1	800–850	820	275.00	275.00
4	1000–1050	1,047	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	368	335.00–382.50	370.87
4	400–450	433	362.50	362.50
10	450–500	478	344.00–347.00	346.09
2	500–550	540	324.00	324.00
7	550–600	580	329.00	329.00
8	650–700	663	298.00–305.00	303.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	588	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	555	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	310	427.50	427.50
8	350–400	381	390.00–410.00	404.99
8	400–450	435	355.00–410.00	398.30
9	450–500	490	385.00–391.00	388.99
1	500–550	525	285.00	285.00
19	550–600	575	325.00–345.00	342.93
1	600–650	620	315.00	315.00
6	650–700	653	290.00–321.00	315.78
3	700–750	736	303.00	303.00
1	750–800	760	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	382.50	382.50
6	350–400	370	392.50	392.50
2	400–450	432	380.00	380.00
5	450–500	486	287.50–340.00	329.52
1	500–550	500	300.00	300.00
6	550–600	566	320.00	320.00
4	600–650	647	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.