Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 129, Bulls 29)

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 $369.27/cwt on 34 head, up $3.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 15 comparable sales and sits −1.77 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$369.27

▲ 3.22 vs prior sale

34 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$24

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

$3.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.98

vs VA average

−26.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	370.46	2,020	22
Medium and Large 2	557	367.08	2,045	12thin

One grade step is worth $3.38/cwt here — about −$24 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 sale34 hd

369.27

—

VA average8 barns · 426 hd

368.29

+0.98

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

−26.78

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−1.77

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

50 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	350–400	370	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,758	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,091	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,927	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,095	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	843	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,622	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,929	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	648	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,216	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	360.85/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,089	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	388.20/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,481	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,442	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	396.24/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,660	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,495	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,336	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	420.24/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	418.25/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,058	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	350–400	370	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,536	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	485	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,867	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	542	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	468	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,591	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	868	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,821	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,111	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	405.00/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,742	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,547	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	668	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,218	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	800–850	837	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,653	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,362	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	612	339.03/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,075	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	310.21/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,249	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,891	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	300–350	321	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,380	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	722	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,274	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,333	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,204	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,892	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,745	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,066	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,373	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	490	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,132	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	651	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,376	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,501	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	400	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,380	2

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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