Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 233, Heifers 302, Bulls 147)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $384.65/cwt on 97 head, up $12.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 15 comparable sales and sits +13.61 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$384.65

▲ 12.77 vs prior sale

97 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,128

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$45.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.82

vs VA average

−37.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	535	399.33	2,138	37
Medium and Large 1-2	551	384.00	2,116	13thin
Medium and Large 1	564	383.23	2,162	31
Medium and Large 3	576	354.00	2,038	16thin

One grade step is worth $45.33/cwt here — about $100 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

15 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $440.23, low $340.28, median $371.04 across 15 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 sale97 hd

384.65

—

VA average7 barns · 514 hd

388.47

−3.82

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−37.52

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

+13.61

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

75 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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,349	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,165	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	478.72/cwt	450.00–483.00	2,073	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	633	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,140	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	621	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,186	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	493	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,342	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	458.44/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,196	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	551	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,116	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	416	529.81/cwt	525.00–535.00	2,204	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	590	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,449	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	532	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,075	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,268	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	375.65/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,145	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,138	1
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	550–600	583	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,157	4
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	800–850	839	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,685	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	450	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,154	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	533.06/cwt	440.00–545.00	1,716	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	547	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,155	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	550–600	593	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,957	10
Steers	Medium and Large 3Value Added	700–750	706	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,330	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	461.37/cwt	420.00–490.00	2,408	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,548	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	516	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,961	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	488.86/cwt	435.00–525.00	2,073	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	452.34/cwt	425.00–469.00	2,103	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	659	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,695	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	727	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,414	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,172	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,238	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,096	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,196	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,009	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,854	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,399	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,394	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	518.86/cwt	490.00–526.00	1,966	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,767	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,654	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	392	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,156	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,360	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	370.73/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,540	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,174	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	515.42/cwt	450.00–525.00	2,232	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,436	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	500.34/cwt	492.50–527.50	2,432	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	448.86/cwt	445.00–449.00	2,608	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,116	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,348	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	426.86/cwt	420.00–427.00	2,053	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,719	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	455	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,434	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,016	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,845	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	702	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,738	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	543	460.22/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,499	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	842	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,888	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,287	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,078	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,045	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	580.05/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,181	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,052	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,240	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	377.34/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,038	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,273	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	770	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,695	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	570.48/cwt	560.00–580.00	1,797	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,685	5

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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