Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 275, Heifers 260, Bulls 184)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $462.77/cwt on 98 head, down $14.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $462.77.

Average price

$462.77

▼ 14.17 vs prior sale

98 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$18.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.11

vs VA average

−9.35 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	475.88	2,581	30
Medium and Large 1	565	456.98	2,584	68

One grade step is worth $18.90/cwt here — about −$3 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.60, low $426.56, median $462.77 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale98 hd

462.77

—

VA average8 barns · 333 hd

462.87

−0.11

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

−9.35

This barn, trailing median13 sales

462.77

+0.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

67 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,985	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	517	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,058	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,023	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,222	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	729	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,683	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	750	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,775	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	579	455.83/cwt	390.00–465.00	2,639	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	544	468.66/cwt	467.50–480.00	2,550	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,287	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	366.76/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,663	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	631	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,619	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,134	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	454.27/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,548	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	483.98/cwt	430.00–487.50	1,829	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	485	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,134	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	503.38/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,446	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	449.54/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,920	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	398.98/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,657	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	533.33/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,813	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	455.73/cwt	442.50–457.50	2,188	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,211	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,376	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,552	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	355.38/cwt	330.00–375.00	2,385	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	444.50/cwt	439.00–454.00	2,116	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,571	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	544.10/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,100	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	344.22/cwt	305.00–355.00	1,931	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	534.77/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,096	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,406	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,114	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,491	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	339	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,898	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	504	460.38/cwt	405.00–515.00	2,320	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	753	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,692	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	477	502.59/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,397	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	555	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,276	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	418	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,839	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	494.42/cwt	425.00–499.00	1,923	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,173	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	493	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,873	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	544.49/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,004	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	537	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,906	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,069	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	462.34/cwt	450.00–464.00	1,993	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	487	446.34/cwt	427.50–450.00	2,174	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	689	348.70/cwt	347.50–357.50	2,403	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	453.52/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,571	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,628	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	467.65/cwt	457.50–469.00	2,226	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,030	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,005	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	682	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,626	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	513	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,693	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	855	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,843	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,533	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,438	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	855	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,940	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	807	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,825	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	688	392.06/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,697	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	900	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,408	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	454	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,084	6

How this sale compares

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.

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