Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 427, Heifers 284, Bulls 176)

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 $450.61/cwt on 19 head, up $2.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 13 comparable sales and sits −12.15 against this barn's trailing median of $462.77.

Average price

$450.61

▲ 2.80 vs prior sale

19 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$61.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.40

vs VA average

−37.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	460.38	2,620	16thin
Medium and Large 2	586	398.55	2,336	3thin

One grade step is worth $61.82/cwt here — about $285 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 sale19 hd

450.61

—

VA average10 barns · 583 hd

479.01

−28.40

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

−37.74

This barn, trailing median13 sales

462.77

−12.15

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

69 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 2	600–650	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	536.65/cwt	480.00–545.00	2,007	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	502.04/cwt	455.00–510.00	2,104	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	845	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,641	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	405.11/cwt	371.00–416.00	2,256	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,226	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	439	485.50/cwt	425.00–490.00	2,131	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,682	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,594	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,931	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	586	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,373	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1050–1100	1,050	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,266	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	765	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,869	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,279	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,674	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	466.92/cwt	435.00–470.00	1,961	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	756	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,586	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	351.26/cwt	339.00–353.00	2,301	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	924	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,095	42
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,219	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	464.80/cwt	429.00–471.00	2,264	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	423.33/cwt	370.00–431.00	2,083	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	449.82/cwt	429.00–457.00	2,168	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	859	346.88/cwt	342.00–349.50	2,980	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	507	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,193	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,171	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,757	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	665	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,301	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	677	403.05/cwt	387.00–408.00	2,729	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	598	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,482	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	623.88/cwt	525.00–645.00	2,040	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,025	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	418.55/cwt	375.00–435.00	2,365	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	453	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,050	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,908	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	670	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	625	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,391	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	398.55/cwt	392.50–411.00	2,336	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	529.34/cwt	480.00–537.00	2,281	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	651	334.44/cwt	307.50–339.00	2,177	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	727	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,566	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,027	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	545	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,126	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	430	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,774	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,420	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,209	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	363.37/cwt	357.00–365.00	2,445	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	497	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,789	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,045	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	562	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,136	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	400.06/cwt	367.00–410.00	2,672	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	480	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	2,347	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,931	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,609	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	784	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,352	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	549.86/cwt	455.00–575.00	2,007	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	818	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,879	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,717	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	518.35/cwt	490.00–522.50	1,954	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,995	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	419.26/cwt	380.00–427.00	2,038	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	509.63/cwt	450.00–515.00	1,962	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	733	363.49/cwt	349.00–375.00	2,664	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,063	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,984	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,734	4

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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