Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 165, Bulls 94)

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 $369.51/cwt on 38 head, down $19.27 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 15 comparable sales and sits −1.53 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$369.51

▼ 19.27 vs prior sale

38 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$5.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.56

vs VA average

−35.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	557	374.00	2,083	2thin
Medium and Large 2	568	370.19	2,103	15thin
Medium and Large 1	567	368.60	2,090	21

One grade step is worth $5.40/cwt here — about −$7 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale38 hd

369.51

—

VA average8 barns · 543 hd

378.07

−8.56

National average170 barns · 11,904 hd

404.76

−35.25

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−1.53

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

53 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,624	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,461	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,292	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	386.75/cwt	385.00–388.00	2,448	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	510.50/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,154	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,837	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,541	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	1,979	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,684	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,511	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	717	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,839	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,277	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	470.06/cwt	400.00–477.50	1,979	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,165	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	500.00/cwt	450.00–504.00	1,895	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	457	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,194	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	368.60/cwt	362.50–370.00	2,090	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	536	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,734	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,356	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	689	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,567	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	491	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,504	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	553	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	693	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,834	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,668	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,154	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,247	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,154	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,078	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,189	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,642	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	370.86/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,095	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	518.03/cwt	510.00–535.00	2,202	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,490	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	581	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,135	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	647	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,582	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,472	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,861	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,921	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	337	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,837	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,032	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	416	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,914	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	557	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,083	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	470	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,974	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	572	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,259	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,860	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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