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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-20

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Dec 20

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Dec 6Dec 20Jan 10 →

Receipts

280 head

▲ 6 vs last sale 274▼ 65 vs year ago 345 · −18.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 120, Bulls 83)

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 $340.28/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 7 of 19 comparable sales and sits −25.78 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$340.28

25 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$37

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

$17.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.45

vs VA average

−49.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	553	350.00	1,936	3thin
Medium and Large 2	526	349.61	1,839	8thin
Medium and Large 1	570	332.86	1,899	14thin

One grade step is worth $17.14/cwt here — about $37 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale25 hd

340.28

—

VA average7 barns · 212 hd

336.83

+3.45

National average175 barns · 15,310 hd

389.91

−49.63

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−25.78

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

52 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,814	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,840	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,090	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,070	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	458.28/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,213	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,228	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,358	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	545	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,330	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	419.20/cwt	395.00–423.00	2,318	15
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,190	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	610	364.80/cwt	350.00–372.50	2,225	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,383	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	673	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,517	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	771	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,699	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,785	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,432	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	358	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,536	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,451	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,725	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,759	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	455	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,672	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	473	368.69/cwt	362.50–369.00	1,744	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	368.29/cwt	330.00–374.00	1,786	15
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	302.00/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,586	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	526	349.61/cwt	330.00–352.50	1,839	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	553	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,936	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,954	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	616	320.75/cwt	301.00–329.00	1,976	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,096	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,102	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	708	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,251	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	725	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,885	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	297.07/cwt	291.00–299.00	2,189	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	812	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,111	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	423.91/cwt	380.00–465.00	1,403	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	337	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,180	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,704	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,519	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	428	439.19/cwt	435.00–440.00	1,880	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	436.79/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,931	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,029	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	379.70/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,917	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,971	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,088	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,074	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	602	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,101	8
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	625	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,125	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,147	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,188	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,277	5
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 2	720	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,286	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	740	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,346	9

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 20, 2025

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

Receipts 280Last week 274Year ago 345

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 77, Heifers 120, Bulls 83)

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
4	300–350	331	380.00–465.00	423.91
1	350–400	375	405.00	405.00
3	400–450	442	420.00–445.00	436.79
6	450–500	486	417.50	417.50
3	500–550	540	365.00	365.00
10	550–600	553	377.50	377.50
2	600–650	637	337.00	337.00
8	650–700	663	330.00	330.00
5	700–750	716	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	625	340.00	340.00
9	700–750	740	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	337	350.00	350.00
1	350–400	355	480.00	480.00
6	400–450	428	435.00–440.00	439.19
4	500–550	505	350.00–390.00	379.70
7	550–600	576	360.00	360.00
8	600–650	602	349.00	349.00
1	700–750	720	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	673	374.00	374.00
4	750–800	771	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	450	460.00	460.00
6	500–550	545	427.50	427.50
6	600–650	610	350.00–372.50	364.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	374	485.00	485.00
3	400–450	433	425.00	425.00
5	450–500	487	457.50	457.50
1	600–650	600	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	440	475.00	475.00
9	450–500	483	435.00–465.00	458.28
5	500–550	527	447.50	447.50
15	550–600	553	395.00–423.00	419.20
4	650–700	653	365.00	365.00
2	800–850	812	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	372	390.00	390.00
6	400–450	426	405.00	405.00
15	450–500	485	330.00–374.00	368.29
2	500–550	525	285.00–320.00	302.00
12	550–600	578	338.00	338.00
2	600–650	635	330.00	330.00
4	700–750	737	291.00–299.00	297.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	455	367.50	367.50
3	550–600	553	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	345	415.00	415.00
8	350–400	358	429.00	429.00
9	400–450	430	409.00	409.00
20	450–500	473	362.50–369.00	368.69
8	500–550	526	330.00–352.50	349.61
7	600–650	616	301.00–329.00	320.75
4	650–700	663	317.00	317.00
2	800–850	812	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	725	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	708	318.00	318.00

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.