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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-20

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Sep 20

● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Sep 6Sep 20Oct 4 →

Receipts

720 head

▲ 270 vs last sale 450▲ 188 vs year ago 532 · +35.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 325, Heifers 264, Bulls 131)

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 $392.39/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 8 of 16 comparable sales and sits −53.51 against this barn's trailing median of $445.89.

Average price

$392.39

130 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$18

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

$3.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.32

vs VA average

−12.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	569	396.05	2,253	8thin
Medium and Large 1	579	392.15	2,271	122

One grade step is worth $3.90/cwt here — about −$18 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 sale130 hd

392.39

—

VA average9 barns · 495 hd

401.71

−9.32

National average165 barns · 10,728 hd

404.64

−12.25

This barn, trailing median16 sales

445.89

−53.51

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

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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	472.97/cwt	430.00–495.00	1,514	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,484	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	356	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,638	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	458.02/cwt	407.50–470.00	1,768	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,785	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	473.43/cwt	422.50–485.00	2,050	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,088	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	432.02/cwt	417.00–435.00	2,117	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	502	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,189	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	565	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,322	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	371.12/cwt	359.00–377.50	2,134	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	382.56/cwt	355.00–408.00	2,219	86
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	595	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,440	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,151	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	620	405.62/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,515	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	364.18/cwt	341.00–365.00	2,400	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	678	373.40/cwt	370.00–382.00	2,532	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	693	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,509	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,637	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,664	23
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Value Added	807	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,655	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	874	314.57/cwt	311.00–318.00	2,749	10
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,394	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	341	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,407	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3	372	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,442	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	381	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,574	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	411.46/cwt	390.00–413.00	1,580	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	392.42/cwt	380.00–394.00	1,664	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	396.10/cwt	372.50–398.00	1,703	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	358.44/cwt	337.50–360.00	1,771	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	508	366.39/cwt	333.00–370.00	1,861	64
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	522	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,916	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	522	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,790	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,895	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	344.37/cwt	318.00–348.00	1,956	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	570	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,955	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	571	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,044	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	608	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,143	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	631	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,240	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	654	337.40/cwt	335.00–338.00	2,207	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,111	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	704	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,274	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,376	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	871	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,700	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,665	9
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	336	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,562	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,730	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	493.14/cwt	455.00–502.50	1,913	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	447.43/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,893	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	481.49/cwt	445.00–485.00	2,094	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	435.77/cwt	427.00–437.00	2,135	32
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,065	10
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	361.67/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,819	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	544	358.36/cwt	340.00–362.00	1,949	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	370.90/cwt	370.00–371.00	2,144	20
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,205	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,016	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	661	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,148	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,170	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	313.81/cwt	313.00–318.00	2,463	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 Sep 20, 2025

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

Receipts 720Last week 450Year ago 532

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 325, Heifers 264, Bulls 131)

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
4	550–600	571	358.00	358.00
13	700–750	704	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	336	415.00	415.00
14	350–400	384	390.00–413.00	411.46
33	400–450	430	372.50–398.00	396.10
64	500–550	508	333.00–370.00	366.39
37	550–600	564	336.00	336.00
13	650–700	666	317.00	317.00
2	750–800	752	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	522	367.00	367.00
9	600–650	631	355.00	355.00
13	850–900	871	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	372	387.50	387.50
2	550–600	570	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	522	343.00	343.00
3	600–650	608	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	341	412.50	412.50
9	350–400	381	413.00	413.00
9	400–450	424	380.00–394.00	392.42
14	450–500	494	337.50–360.00	358.44
8	550–600	568	318.00–348.00	344.37
5	650–700	654	335.00–338.00	337.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	430.00–495.00	472.97
10	350–400	386	407.50–470.00	458.02
19	400–450	433	422.50–485.00	473.43
12	450–500	490	417.00–435.00	432.02
86	550–600	580	355.00–408.00	382.56
3	600–650	606	355.00	355.00
30	650–700	659	341.00–365.00	364.18
13	700–750	747	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	502	436.00	436.00
29	550–600	595	410.00	410.00
23	600–650	620	400.00–410.00	405.62
10	850–900	874	311.00–318.00	314.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	430.00	430.00
3	350–400	356	460.00	460.00
1	400–450	420	425.00	425.00
5	450–500	480	435.00	435.00
3	550–600	575	359.00–377.50	371.12
3	650–700	693	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	565	411.00	411.00
4	800–850	807	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
32	650–700	678	370.00–382.00	373.40
23	800–850	800	333.00	333.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	500.00	500.00
10	350–400	388	455.00–502.50	493.14
11	400–450	435	445.00–485.00	481.49
32	450–500	490	427.00–437.00	435.77
6	500–550	503	360.00–370.00	361.67
20	550–600	578	370.00–371.00	370.90
2	600–650	630	350.00	350.00
3	650–700	673	322.50	322.50
6	750–800	785	313.00–318.00	313.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	336	465.00	465.00
5	350–400	372	465.00	465.00
2	400–450	423	435.00–460.00	447.43
10	450–500	494	418.00	418.00
6	500–550	544	340.00–362.00	358.36
1	600–650	630	320.00	320.00
5	650–700	661	325.00	325.00

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.