Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 213, Heifers 283, Bulls 137)

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 $388.79/cwt on 100 head, up $6.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 15 comparable sales and sits +17.75 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$388.79

▲ 6.66 vs prior sale

100 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

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

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.38

vs VA average

−28.32 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	518	430.00	2,227	6thin
Medium and Large 2	549	386.78	2,124	61
Medium and Large 1	576	385.00	2,218	33

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $10 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 sale100 hd

388.79

—

VA average8 barns · 584 hd

393.17

−4.38

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−28.32

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

+17.75

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

58 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	700–750	735	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,609	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,165	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,170	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,968	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,531	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,321	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,483	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,315	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	360.21/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,138	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	1,955	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,286	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	514.80/cwt	490.00–525.00	1,642	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,218	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,434	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	519.52/cwt	517.00–530.00	2,525	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	415.40/cwt	387.50–419.00	2,351	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,327	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	444.83/cwt	410.00–446.00	2,140	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,398	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	797	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,837	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	444.50/cwt	365.00–457.00	2,565	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,508	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,242	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	638	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,742	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	520	402.01/cwt	382.50–420.00	2,090	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	452	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,170	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	814	327.82/cwt	327.00–328.00	2,668	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	545	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,360	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	668	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,455	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	829	353.81/cwt	350.00–354.00	2,933	64
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,279	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	603	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,309	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	550	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,580	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,754	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	658	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,500	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	376.25/cwt	350.00–379.00	2,156	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,939	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	521.36/cwt	455.00–535.00	2,268	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,663	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,962	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,383	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,667	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	501	500.52/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,508	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,214	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	543.29/cwt	460.00–557.50	2,287	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	491	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,283	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,607	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,116	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	518	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,227	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	2,063	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	334	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,987	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	443	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,082	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	476	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,966	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,052	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,202	5

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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