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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-01

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Nov 1

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Oct 25Nov 1Nov 15 →

Receipts

603 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 595▼ 148 vs year ago 751 · −19.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 260, Heifers 248, Bulls 95)

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 $364.94/cwt on 92 head. That ranks 2 of 16 comparable sales and sits −80.96 against this barn's trailing median of $445.89.

Average price

$364.94

92 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,047

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$185

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

$35.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.19

vs VA average

−64.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	368.83	2,067	82
Medium and Large 2	565	333.00	1,881	10thin

One grade step is worth $35.83/cwt here — about $185 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale92 hd

364.94

—

VA average7 barns · 334 hd

361.74

+3.19

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−64.78

This barn, trailing median16 sales

445.89

−80.96

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

56 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	363	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,588	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,648	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	412	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,700	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,792	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,813	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	384.42/cwt	368.00–386.00	1,884	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	366.38/cwt	337.00–373.00	1,865	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	560	380.57/cwt	370.00–383.00	2,131	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,881	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	364.11/cwt	351.00–365.00	2,083	49
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	341.71/cwt	340.00–342.00	2,177	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	341.19/cwt	341.00–345.00	2,248	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,059	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	678	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,292	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	329.64/cwt	327.00–333.00	2,340	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	306.98/cwt	301.00–310.00	2,210	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	804	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,533	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	828	298.46/cwt	296.00–301.00	2,471	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	863	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,693	6
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	919	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,803	6
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,168	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,873	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,306	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	380.96/cwt	352.50–394.00	1,417	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,502	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,536	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	359.12/cwt	322.50–370.00	1,548	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,659	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	356.70/cwt	343.00–358.00	1,723	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	485	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,576	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	539	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,833	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,777	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	554	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,884	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	556	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,790	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	331.73/cwt	324.00–333.00	1,904	50
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3Value Added	585	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,477	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	647	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,045	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	303.00/cwt	302.00–304.00	2,006	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,922	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,967	3
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	741	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,927	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	808	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,319	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,093	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,209	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	383.36/cwt	345.00–401.00	1,257	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	383.18/cwt	340.00–398.00	1,295	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	397.35/cwt	371.00–410.00	1,490	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	385.67/cwt	360.00–425.00	1,454	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,577	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	383.52/cwt	340.00–389.00	1,645	18
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	499	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,851	11
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,823	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	554	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,723	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	331.29/cwt	312.50–336.00	1,888	21
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	670	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,836	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	300.32/cwt	291.00–303.00	2,045	9
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,788	2

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 Nov 1, 2025

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Receipts 603Last week 595Year ago 751

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 260, Heifers 248, Bulls 95)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	337	387.50	387.50
9	350–400	385	390.00	390.00
13	400–450	431	322.50–370.00	359.12
46	450–500	483	343.00–358.00	356.70
12	500–550	540	329.00	329.00
50	550–600	574	324.00–333.00	331.73
5	600–650	647	316.00	316.00
23	650–700	662	302.00–304.00	303.00
3	700–750	723	272.00	272.00
2	800–850	837	250.00	250.00
1	850–900	875	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	372	352.50–394.00	380.96
10	400–450	422	364.00	364.00
6	450–500	470	353.00	353.00
6	550–600	556	322.00	322.00
1	650–700	665	289.00	289.00
3	700–750	741	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	539	340.00	340.00
14	550–600	554	340.00	340.00
3	800–850	808	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	338	340.00–398.00	383.18
3	350–400	375	371.00–410.00	397.35
6	400–450	425	371.00	371.00
5	500–550	515	354.00	354.00
5	550–600	554	311.00	311.00
2	650–700	670	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	345.00–401.00	383.36
5	350–400	377	360.00–425.00	385.67
18	400–450	429	340.00–389.00	383.52
11	450–500	499	371.00	371.00
21	550–600	570	312.50–336.00	331.29
9	650–700	681	291.00–303.00	300.32
2	700–750	727	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	428.00	428.00
2	400–450	412	412.50	412.50
6	450–500	477	380.00	380.00
10	550–600	565	333.00	333.00
3	650–700	675	305.00	305.00
3	700–750	720	301.00–310.00	306.98
2	800–850	828	296.00–301.00	298.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	560	370.00–383.00	380.57
12	650–700	678	338.00	338.00
5	800–850	804	315.00	315.00
6	900–950	919	305.00	305.00
8	1150–1200	1,168	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	363	437.50	437.50
17	400–450	434	413.00	413.00
33	450–500	490	368.00–386.00	384.42
11	500–550	509	337.00–373.00	366.38
49	550–600	572	351.00–365.00	364.11
14	600–650	637	340.00–342.00	341.71
22	650–700	659	341.00–345.00	341.19
16	700–750	710	327.00–333.00	329.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	863	312.00	312.00

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.