Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 174, Heifers 218, Bulls 116)

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 $343.77/cwt on 76 head, down $25.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 15 comparable sales and sits −27.27 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$343.77

▼ 25.48 vs prior sale

76 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,947

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

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

$14.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.38

vs VA average

+5.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	594	354.00	2,103	15thin
Medium and Large 3	522	346.00	1,806	9thin
Medium and Large 1	561	340.95	1,913	29
Medium and Large 2	572	339.78	1,945	23

One grade step is worth $14.22/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 $343.77, 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 sale76 hd

343.77

—

VA average8 barns · 454 hd

332.39

+11.38

National average138 barns · 5,113 hd

337.79

+5.98

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−27.27

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

62 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 3	500–550	513	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,534	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	522	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,806	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,249	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,909	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	1,662	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,968	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	665	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,128	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	539	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,967	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	326.99/cwt	326.00–328.00	1,717	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,276	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	438	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,533	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,936	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	325.11/cwt	312.00–330.00	2,042	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	594	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,103	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	330.04/cwt	327.50–332.50	2,063	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,711	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	742	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,041	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,883	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	700–750	745	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,993	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	299.43/cwt	275.00–307.50	2,177	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	317.01/cwt	311.00–318.00	2,111	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,570	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,684	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	309	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,452	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	731	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,332	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,563	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,275	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	395.79/cwt	332.50–407.00	2,236	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	668	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,221	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	930	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,372	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	582	391.29/cwt	385.00–396.00	2,277	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,669	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	425.42/cwt	380.00–432.50	1,557	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,089	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	329.26/cwt	320.00–331.00	2,199	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	403.25/cwt	370.00–412.50	2,089	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,436	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	354.41/cwt	332.00–356.00	2,034	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,267	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,380	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	436.16/cwt	350.00–450.00	1,688	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	451.99/cwt	400.00–460.00	1,473	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	347.09/cwt	315.00–352.00	1,673	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,689	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,840	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,312	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,918	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,913	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,828	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	482	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,971	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,957	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	397.74/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,929	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,188	16

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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