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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-04

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Oct 4

● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Sep 20Oct 4Oct 11 →

Receipts

1,000 head

▲ 280 vs last sale 720▲ 494 vs year ago 506 · +97.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 332, Heifers 420, Bulls 248)

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 $307.87/cwt on 119 head. That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits −58.18 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$307.87

119 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

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

$19.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.59

vs VA average

−61.04 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	309.78	1,755	92
Medium and Large 2	544	308.06	1,677	17thin
Medium and Large 3	557	290.00	1,615	10thin

One grade step is worth $19.78/cwt here — about $140 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 sale119 hd

307.87

—

VA average8 barns · 542 hd

316.46

−8.59

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

−61.04

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−58.18

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

64 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,394	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	337	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,382	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	445.41/cwt	404.00–452.50	1,675	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	387	421.28/cwt	394.00–430.00	1,630	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	410	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,726	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,861	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	491.94/cwt	435.00–500.00	2,101	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,884	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	439.84/cwt	375.00–447.50	2,146	45
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	521	412.72/cwt	408.00–419.00	2,150	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	362.12/cwt	321.00–406.00	1,894	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	371.75/cwt	350.00–401.00	2,138	83
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	580	369.47/cwt	317.50–373.00	2,143	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,920	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	596	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,038	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	605	366.36/cwt	364.00–368.00	2,216	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,963	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,063	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	334.73/cwt	308.00–340.00	2,253	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	694	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,408	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	756	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,676	20
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,470	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	320.62/cwt	291.00–324.00	2,472	14
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,660	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	963	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,918	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	350.22/cwt	349.00–351.00	1,156	18
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	394.48/cwt	349.00–400.00	1,495	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	381.98/cwt	331.00–385.00	1,448	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	1,500	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	355.78/cwt	317.00–361.00	1,537	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	343.15/cwt	314.00–344.00	1,678	69
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,606	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	532	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,692	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	541	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,747	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,671	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	557	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,615	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,756	76
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,694	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,950	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	636	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,717	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	654	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,838	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	664	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,052	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	281.60/cwt	276.00–282.00	1,895	29
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	728	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,827	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,832	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	741	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,505	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	752	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,264	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	756	296.37/cwt	253.00–300.00	2,241	13
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	957	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,393	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	434.46/cwt	390.00–439.00	1,408	11
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,375	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	441.50/cwt	401.00–444.00	1,647	18
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	431.95/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,637	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	443.82/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,860	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,818	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	376.96/cwt	351.00–380.00	1,821	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	405.21/cwt	371.00–408.00	1,986	39
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,773	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,881	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	308.21/cwt	282.00–312.00	1,707	8
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	333.67/cwt	302.00–336.00	1,932	69
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	295.71/cwt	275.00–298.00	1,958	50
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,220	5

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 Oct 4, 2025

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

Receipts 1,000Last week 720Year ago 506

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 332, Heifers 420, Bulls 248)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	401.00	401.00
8	350–400	379	410.00–435.00	431.95
9	400–450	419	434.00	434.00
9	450–500	483	351.00–380.00	376.96
1	500–550	505	351.00	351.00
8	550–600	554	282.00–312.00	308.21
4	650–700	655	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	324	390.00–439.00	434.46
18	350–400	373	401.00–444.00	441.50
10	400–450	419	420.00–450.00	443.82
39	450–500	490	371.00–408.00	405.21
2	500–550	507	371.00	371.00
69	550–600	579	302.00–336.00	333.67
50	650–700	662	275.00–298.00	295.71
5	750–800	790	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	330	349.00–351.00	350.22
19	350–400	379	349.00–400.00	394.48
34	400–450	432	317.00–361.00	355.78
69	450–500	489	314.00–344.00	343.15
76	550–600	572	307.00	307.00
1	600–650	605	280.00	280.00
29	650–700	673	276.00–282.00	281.60
1	700–750	730	251.00	251.00
13	750–800	756	253.00–300.00	296.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	541	323.00	323.00
3	600–650	636	270.00	270.00
11	650–700	664	309.00	309.00
11	700–750	741	338.00	338.00
2	750–800	752	301.00	301.00
9	950–1000	957	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	379	331.00–385.00	381.98
13	400–450	419	358.00	358.00
22	450–500	494	325.00	325.00
13	500–550	548	305.00	305.00
5	600–650	621	314.00	314.00
6	650–700	654	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	557	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	532	318.00	318.00
11	700–750	728	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	420.00	420.00
7	350–400	376	404.00–452.50	445.41
24	400–450	427	435.00–500.00	491.94
45	450–500	488	375.00–447.50	439.84
18	500–550	523	321.00–406.00	362.12
83	550–600	575	350.00–401.00	371.75
18	650–700	673	308.00–340.00	334.73
14	750–800	771	291.00–324.00	320.62
2	850–900	875	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	521	408.00–419.00	412.72
16	550–600	580	317.50–373.00	369.47
22	600–650	605	364.00–368.00	366.36
13	650–700	694	347.00	347.00
20	750–800	756	354.00	354.00
9	950–1000	963	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	410.00	410.00
4	350–400	387	394.00–430.00	421.28
6	400–450	423	440.00	440.00
4	450–500	471	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	580	331.00	331.00
1	600–650	625	314.00	314.00
1	650–700	655	315.00	315.00
4	750–800	760	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	421.00	421.00
4	550–600	596	342.00	342.00

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.