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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-09-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-06

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Sep 6

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Aug 16Sep 6Sep 20 →

Receipts

450 head

▲ 186 vs last sale 264▼ 242 vs year ago 692 · −35.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 163, Heifers 186, Bulls 101)

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 $364.23/cwt on 54 head. That ranks 10 of 19 comparable sales and sits −1.82 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$364.23

54 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,045

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$8.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.22

vs VA average

−7.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	365.51	2,096	34
Medium and Large 2	537	363.18	1,950	16thin
Medium and Large 3	556	357.50	1,988	4thin

One grade step is worth $8.01/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale54 hd

364.23

—

VA average8 barns · 456 hd

352.01

+12.22

National average145 barns · 7,681 hd

371.51

−7.28

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−1.82

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

54 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,781	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,172	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	438	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,168	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,130	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,325	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,424	17
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	523	384.93/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,013	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	569	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,333	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	413.63/cwt	397.50–415.00	2,374	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	587	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,471	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	631	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,287	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	639	374.60/cwt	360.00–377.00	2,394	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,568	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,552	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	708	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,712	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	721	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,668	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	339.32/cwt	334.00–342.00	2,518	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	780	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,597	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	839	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	3,163	11
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 2Value Added	922	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,766	12
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,010	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,384	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	311	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,337	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,562	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	388	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,591	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	414.21/cwt	380.00–422.50	1,748	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	423	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,565	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	396.84/cwt	372.50–400.00	1,687	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	383.70/cwt	366.00–385.00	1,869	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	502	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,852	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	347.47/cwt	340.00–351.00	1,859	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	564	358.65/cwt	357.50–359.00	2,023	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,102	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	584	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,213	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	597	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,119	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,268	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	356.36/cwt	342.50–360.00	2,363	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,331	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	667	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,501	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	333.49/cwt	327.50–335.00	2,424	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,496	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,503	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	326	452.94/cwt	365.00–500.00	1,477	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	478.27/cwt	420.00–485.00	1,827	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,872	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,827	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	440.00/cwt	390.00–470.00	1,857	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	406.15/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,921	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	449.13/cwt	435.00–450.00	2,237	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	397.05/cwt	397.00–397.50	2,251	20
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,027	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	343.03/cwt	315.00–355.00	2,237	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	322.31/cwt	310.00–335.00	2,176	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,387	11

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 Sep 6, 2025

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

Receipts 450Last week 264Year ago 692

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 163, Heifers 186, Bulls 101)

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	350–400	375	475.00	475.00
7	400–450	430	505.00	505.00
4	450–500	476	447.50	447.50
17	500–550	505	480.00	480.00
25	550–600	574	397.50–415.00	413.63
12	650–700	651	392.00	392.00
3	700–750	742	334.00–342.00	339.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	500	465.00	465.00
22	550–600	587	421.00	421.00
7	600–650	639	360.00–377.00	374.60
3	650–700	650	395.00	395.00
3	700–750	721	370.00	370.00
11	800–850	839	377.00	377.00
3	1000–1050	1,010	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	523	380.00–390.00	384.93
3	600–650	631	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	438	495.00	495.00
6	550–600	569	410.00	410.00
2	750–800	780	333.00	333.00
12	900–950	922	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	708	383.00	383.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	311	430.00	430.00
13	350–400	372	420.00	420.00
15	400–450	422	380.00–422.50	414.21
44	450–500	487	366.00–385.00	383.70
3	500–550	535	340.00–351.00	347.47
26	550–600	576	365.00	365.00
6	600–650	630	360.00	360.00
10	650–700	664	351.00	351.00
5	700–750	727	327.50–335.00	333.49
1	800–850	825	302.50	302.50
2	900–950	910	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	515	360.00	360.00
2	550–600	597	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	410.00	410.00
9	400–450	425	372.50–400.00	396.84
7	500–550	502	369.00	369.00
9	550–600	564	357.50–359.00	358.65
5	650–700	663	342.50–360.00	356.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	584	379.00	379.00
9	650–700	667	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	326	365.00–500.00	452.94
10	350–400	382	420.00–485.00	478.27
9	400–450	422	390.00–470.00	440.00
17	450–500	498	435.00–450.00	449.13
20	550–600	567	397.00–397.50	397.05
10	650–700	652	315.00–355.00	343.03
11	750–800	770	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	480.00	480.00
6	400–450	420	435.00	435.00
5	450–500	473	390.00–410.00	406.15
2	550–600	567	357.50	357.50
2	650–700	675	310.00–335.00	322.31

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.