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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-15

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Nov 15

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Nov 1Nov 15Dec 6 →

Receipts

493 head

▼ 110 vs last sale 603▼ 37 vs year ago 530 · −7.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 161, Heifers 228, Bulls 104)

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 $309.13/cwt on 65 head. That ranks 2 of 19 comparable sales and sits −56.92 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$309.13

65 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,736

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$45

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$20.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.20

vs VA average

−54.83 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	524	314.44	1,648	16thin
Medium and Large 1	573	310.42	1,779	40
Medium and Large 3	576	294.00	1,693	9thin

One grade step is worth $20.44/cwt here — about −$45 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 sale65 hd

309.13

—

VA average8 barns · 413 hd

323.33

−14.20

National average183 barns · 20,348 hd

363.96

−54.83

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−56.92

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

50 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,474	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,695	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	426.44/cwt	422.50–429.00	1,864	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,824	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,919	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	501	383.48/cwt	340.00–385.00	1,921	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,836	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,028	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	359.31/cwt	353.00–360.00	2,084	40
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	605	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,972	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,064	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,321	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,379	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	313.54/cwt	311.00–324.00	2,261	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,379	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,259	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	847	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,380	2
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	985	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,561	1
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,061	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,300	13
Steers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,210	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	3,243	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	370	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,225	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	341.52/cwt	300.00–355.00	1,274	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	422	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,405	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	341.72/cwt	309.00–345.00	1,483	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	467	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,494	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	330.94/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,585	62
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	318.00/cwt	270.00–322.00	1,622	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	569	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,792	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	309.27/cwt	287.50–310.00	1,775	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	576	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,693	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,752	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	279.61/cwt	250.00–287.00	1,792	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,736	25
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	766	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,915	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	770	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,894	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,768	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	830	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,809	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	874	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,914	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,381	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	410.93/cwt	350.00–430.00	1,529	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	397	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,548	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,647	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	396.41/cwt	330.00–407.50	1,681	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	381.89/cwt	350.00–386.00	1,871	26
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,863	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	593	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,105	17
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	308.78/cwt	282.00–310.00	2,056	23
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,900	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	769	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,069	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 Nov 15, 2025

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

Receipts 493Last week 603Year ago 530

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 161, Heifers 228, Bulls 104)

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	335	440.00	440.00
4	350–400	383	442.50	442.50
22	400–450	437	422.50–429.00	426.44
1	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
31	500–550	501	340.00–385.00	383.48
40	550–600	580	353.00–360.00	359.31
2	600–650	637	324.00	324.00
17	650–700	674	353.00	353.00
5	700–750	721	311.00–324.00	313.54
1	750–800	785	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	605	326.00	326.00
1	950–1000	985	260.00	260.00
13	1050–1100	1,061	311.00	311.00
3	1200–1250	1,210	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	437	417.50	417.50
2	450–500	492	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	510	360.00	360.00
3	550–600	576	352.00	352.00
6	650–700	665	349.00	349.00
1	750–800	790	286.00	286.00
2	800–850	847	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	373	300.00–355.00	341.52
11	400–450	434	309.00–345.00	341.72
62	450–500	479	300.00–340.00	330.94
32	550–600	574	287.50–310.00	309.27
25	650–700	660	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	467	320.00	320.00
8	550–600	569	315.00	315.00
4	800–850	800	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	370	331.00	331.00
8	400–450	422	333.00	333.00
13	500–550	510	270.00–322.00	318.00
3	550–600	586	299.00	299.00
5	600–650	641	250.00–287.00	279.61
13	750–800	766	250.00	250.00
1	800–850	830	218.00	218.00
5	850–900	874	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	770	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	576	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	325	425.00	425.00
2	350–400	397	390.00	390.00
7	400–450	424	330.00–407.50	396.41
26	450–500	490	350.00–386.00	381.89
17	550–600	593	355.00	355.00
23	650–700	666	282.00–310.00	308.78
2	700–750	717	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	372	350.00–430.00	410.93
2	400–450	417	395.00	395.00
7	500–550	548	340.00	340.00
10	750–800	769	269.00	269.00

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.