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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-06

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Dec 6

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Nov 15Dec 6Dec 20 →

Receipts

274 head

▼ 219 vs last sale 493▼ 396 vs year ago 670 · −59.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 128, Bulls 77)

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 $294.77/cwt on 23 head. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −71.28 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$294.77

23 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,637

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$222

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

$39.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.94

vs VA average

−75.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	308.60	1,714	15thin
Medium and Large 2	555	268.84	1,492	8thin

One grade step is worth $39.76/cwt here — about $222 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 sale23 hd

294.77

—

VA average9 barns · 340 hd

315.71

−20.94

National average194 barns · 19,992 hd

370.45

−75.68

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−71.28

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

48 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,313	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,349	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	410	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,353	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	431.13/cwt	320.00–450.00	1,811	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,913	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,487	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,604	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,080	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	561	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,300	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,284	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	361.06/cwt	335.00–370.00	2,072	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,250	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,241	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	723	261.44/cwt	250.00–272.50	1,890	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,107	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	997	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	966	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,144	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,075	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,190	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	297.59/cwt	280.00–300.00	1,268	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	261.05/cwt	255.00–262.50	1,243	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	313.13/cwt	265.00–320.00	1,512	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	487	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,193	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	498	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,544	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,430	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	268.84/cwt	252.50–285.00	1,492	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,735	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	601	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,911	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,902	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,929	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,727	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	849	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,859	11
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	319	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,117	7
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,302	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,512	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,736	11
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,738	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	495	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,287	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	280.04/cwt	260.00–300.00	1,389	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,911	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,813	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	622	253.23/cwt	237.50–270.00	1,575	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,463	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,915	8
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,950	4

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 Dec 6, 2025

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

Receipts 274Last week 493Year ago 670

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 69, Heifers 128, Bulls 77)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	340	355.00	355.00
4	350–400	372	350.00	350.00
11	400–450	445	390.00	390.00
10	450–500	493	352.50	352.50
10	550–600	557	343.00	343.00
8	650–700	666	287.50	287.50
4	750–800	788	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	495	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	319	350.00	350.00
3	400–450	420	360.00	360.00
4	450–500	496	260.00–300.00	280.04
3	550–600	580	312.50	312.50
4	600–650	622	237.50–270.00	253.23
1	650–700	650	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	498	310.00	310.00
18	600–650	601	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	280.00	280.00
3	350–400	398	270.00	270.00
7	400–450	425	280.00	280.00
5	450–500	476	255.00–262.50	261.05
8	550–600	555	252.50–285.00	268.84
6	650–700	663	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	487	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	327	305.00	305.00
2	350–400	375	305.00	305.00
8	400–450	426	280.00–300.00	297.59
16	450–500	483	265.00–320.00	313.13
1	500–550	520	275.00	275.00
14	550–600	558	311.00	311.00
10	650–700	656	290.00	290.00
1	750–800	785	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	800–850	849	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	355.00	355.00
1	400–450	410	330.00	330.00
3	450–500	486	330.00	330.00
8	550–600	574	335.00–370.00	361.06
2	700–750	723	250.00–272.50	261.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	450	425.00	425.00
7	550–600	561	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	375	350.00	350.00
14	400–450	420	320.00–450.00	431.13
2	450–500	472	315.00	315.00
2	500–550	520	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	571	400.00	400.00
14	650–700	658	342.00	342.00
6	700–750	723	310.00	310.00
1	850–900	860	245.00	245.00

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.