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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-18

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Oct 18

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

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Receipts

667 head

▲ 70 vs last sale 597▲ 99 vs year ago 568 · +17.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 210, Heifers 279, Bulls 178)

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 $349.67/cwt on 55 head. That ranks 8 of 19 comparable sales and sits −16.38 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$349.67

55 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$338

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

$48.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.81

vs VA average

−48.19 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	357.91	2,069	40
Medium and Large 2	576	349.08	2,011	7thin
Medium and Large 3	560	309.00	1,730	8thin

One grade step is worth $48.91/cwt here — about $338 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 sale55 hd

349.67

—

VA average8 barns · 394 hd

332.87

+16.81

National average180 barns · 19,448 hd

397.86

−48.19

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−16.38

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	300–350	Medium and Large 2	330	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,485	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	447.66/cwt	435.00–460.00	1,723	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	442.68/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,815	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	445.21/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,941	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	471	452.23/cwt	445.00–457.50	2,130	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	430.70/cwt	409.00–433.00	2,123	27
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,147	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	526	374.40/cwt	325.00–390.00	1,969	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	365.39/cwt	349.00–366.00	2,123	54
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,168	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	605	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,202	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,153	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,345	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	662	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,343	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	674	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,413	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,383	30
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,534	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	793	349.92/cwt	348.00–351.00	2,775	25
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,752	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	903	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,835	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	322	418.29/cwt	408.00–420.00	1,347	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	326	401.26/cwt	372.00–410.00	1,308	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	399.89/cwt	371.00–404.00	1,496	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	384	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,517	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,575	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	379.79/cwt	355.00–390.00	1,633	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	456	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,746	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	460	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,513	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,698	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	353.84/cwt	325.00–354.50	1,752	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,674	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	560	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,730	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	349.08/cwt	301.00–357.00	2,011	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	356.11/cwt	330.00–357.00	2,058	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	586	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,162	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	639	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,211	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	645	335.05/cwt	323.00–338.00	2,161	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	338.54/cwt	307.00–347.00	2,241	33
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	731	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,237	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	746	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,283	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	748	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,214	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,173	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,502	8
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	427.41/cwt	425.00–437.50	1,466	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	439.08/cwt	421.00–445.00	1,638	12
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	378	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,692	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,810	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,918	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	2,033	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	415.03/cwt	413.00–418.00	2,013	35
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	352.96/cwt	341.00–355.00	1,892	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	331.71/cwt	327.50–332.00	1,881	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,971	40
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	592	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,643	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,016	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	654	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,021	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,224	16
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	313.62/cwt	310.00–314.00	2,318	10

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 18, 2025

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

Receipts 667Last week 597Year ago 568

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 210, Heifers 279, Bulls 178)

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	435.00–460.00	447.66
4	400–450	436	430.00–460.00	445.21
27	450–500	493	409.00–433.00	430.70
1	500–550	525	409.00	409.00
54	550–600	581	349.00–366.00	365.39
30	650–700	675	353.00	353.00
11	750–800	768	330.00	330.00
3	850–900	860	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	662	354.00	354.00
7	900–950	903	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	450.00	450.00
2	400–450	410	435.00–450.00	442.68
12	450–500	471	445.00–457.50	452.23
9	550–600	586	370.00	370.00
1	600–650	635	339.00	339.00
3	650–700	655	358.00	358.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	526	325.00–390.00	374.40
5	600–650	605	364.00	364.00
5	650–700	674	358.00	358.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	750–800	793	348.00–351.00	349.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	425.00–437.50	427.41
3	350–400	378	447.50	447.50
4	400–450	416	435.00	435.00
7	450–500	483	421.00	421.00
15	550–600	567	327.50–332.00	331.71
1	600–650	635	317.50	317.50
6	650–700	654	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	330	455.00	455.00
12	350–400	373	421.00–445.00	439.08
7	400–450	431	445.00	445.00
35	450–500	485	413.00–418.00	415.03
7	500–550	536	341.00–355.00	352.96
40	550–600	578	341.00	341.00
16	650–700	668	333.00	333.00
10	700–750	739	310.00–314.00	313.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	592	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	322	408.00–420.00	418.29
16	350–400	374	371.00–404.00	399.89
17	400–450	430	355.00–390.00	379.79
44	450–500	495	325.00–354.50	353.84
1	500–550	515	325.00	325.00
31	550–600	578	330.00–357.00	356.11
33	650–700	662	307.00–347.00	338.54
4	800–850	823	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	586	369.00	369.00
7	700–750	746	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	372.00–410.00	401.26
15	350–400	384	395.00	395.00
5	400–450	420	375.00	375.00
27	450–500	485	350.00	350.00
7	550–600	576	301.00–357.00	349.08
10	600–650	645	323.00–338.00	335.05
4	700–750	748	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	329.00	329.00
8	550–600	560	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	639	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	456	383.00	383.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	731	306.00	306.00

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.