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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-11

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Oct 11

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

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Receipts

597 head

▼ 403 vs last sale 1,000▲ 42 vs year ago 555 · +7.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 174, Heifers 251, Bulls 172)

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 $330.82/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 5 of 19 comparable sales and sits −35.23 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$330.82

103 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,779

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$8

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

$18.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.01

vs VA average

−53.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	333.13	1,774	89
Medium and Large 1-2	587	327.00	1,919	2thin
Medium and Large 2	567	314.37	1,782	12thin

One grade step is worth $18.76/cwt here — about −$8 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 sale103 hd

330.82

—

VA average10 barns · 585 hd

323.81

+7.01

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−53.57

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−35.23

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

61 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	305	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,220	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,370	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	436.38/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,628	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,521	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	423	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,904	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	461.40/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,030	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,108	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,973	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	486	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,211	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,323	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	572	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,065	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	382.19/cwt	347.50–394.00	2,228	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,250	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,180	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,266	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	360.26/cwt	360.00–361.00	2,407	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	677	350.11/cwt	316.00–363.00	2,370	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	730	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,526	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	730	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,307	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,437	7
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	812	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,582	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,266	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	945	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,580	1
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,025	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,757	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,284	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	366	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,446	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	391	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	1,587	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	365.51/cwt	329.00–368.00	1,568	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	436	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,478	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	325.96/cwt	320.00–329.00	1,477	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	474	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,654	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	335.89/cwt	325.00–338.00	1,606	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,712	45
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	325.08/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,833	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	314.37/cwt	307.50–315.00	1,782	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	587	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,919	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,126	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	314.22/cwt	314.00–318.00	2,077	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,031	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	722	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,123	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	736	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,142	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,159	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	801	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,051	4
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,086	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,606	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,445	8
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,474	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	482.52/cwt	435.00–487.50	1,834	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	389	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,770	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,835	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	426.66/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,818	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,066	15
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,137	23
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	2,009	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	354.71/cwt	335.00–356.00	2,004	34
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	581	335.77/cwt	334.00–345.00	1,951	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,910	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	316.42/cwt	310.00–317.00	2,076	24
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,087	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	297.40/cwt	296.00–300.00	2,266	20
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 2	884	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,263	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 11, 2025

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

Receipts 597Last week 1,000Year ago 555

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 174, Heifers 251, Bulls 172)

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
1	300–350	305	400.00	400.00
7	350–400	373	425.00–445.00	436.38
11	400–450	440	445.00–465.00	461.40
6	450–500	480	411.00	411.00
12	500–550	505	460.00	460.00
33	550–600	583	347.50–394.00	382.19
1	600–650	630	346.00	346.00
15	650–700	668	360.00–361.00	360.26
14	700–750	735	330.00	330.00
7	750–800	764	319.00	319.00
1	850–900	855	265.00	265.00
1	900–950	945	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	572	361.00	361.00
12	700–750	730	346.00	346.00
2	800–850	812	318.00	318.00
2	1000–1050	1,025	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	486	455.00	455.00
11	650–700	677	316.00–363.00	350.11
3	700–750	730	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	435.00	435.00
1	350–400	395	385.00	385.00
5	400–450	423	450.00	450.00
5	450–500	471	447.50	447.50
4	550–600	586	384.00	384.00
2	600–650	640	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	671	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	321	450.00	450.00
10	350–400	380	435.00–487.50	482.52
2	400–450	417	440.00	440.00
23	450–500	497	430.00	430.00
5	500–550	526	382.00	382.00
34	550–600	565	335.00–356.00	354.71
24	650–700	656	310.00–317.00	316.42
20	750–800	762	296.00–300.00	297.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	440.00	440.00
5	350–400	389	455.00	455.00
3	400–450	426	425.00–430.00	426.66
15	450–500	492	420.00	420.00
6	550–600	581	334.00–345.00	335.77
5	600–650	641	298.00	298.00
5	850–900	884	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	395.00	395.00
18	350–400	391	406.00	406.00
15	400–450	429	329.00–368.00	365.51
3	450–500	453	320.00–329.00	325.96
45	500–550	502	341.00	341.00
44	550–600	564	316.00–326.00	325.08
18	650–700	661	314.00–318.00	314.22
1	750–800	755	286.00	286.00
4	800–850	801	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	650	327.00	327.00
8	1050–1100	1,086	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	366	395.00	395.00
10	400–450	436	339.00	339.00
19	450–500	478	325.00–338.00	335.89
12	550–600	567	307.50–315.00	314.37
6	650–700	668	304.00	304.00
5	700–750	722	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	474	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	587	327.00	327.00
15	700–750	736	291.00	291.00

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.