Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 202, Heifers 183, Bulls 79)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.50/cwt on 87 head, up $13.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 14 comparable sales and sits −76.43 against this barn's trailing median of $457.94.

Average price

$381.50

▲ 13.91 vs prior sale

87 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,155

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$36.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.33

vs VA average

−33.48 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	387.92	2,166	69
Medium and Large 1-2	589	361.00	2,126	10thin
Medium and Large 2	591	351.77	2,079	8thin

One grade step is worth $36.15/cwt here — about $87 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

14 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.60, low $367.59, median $457.94 across 14 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 sale87 hd

381.50

—

VA average9 barns · 353 hd

384.84

−3.33

National average179 barns · 17,467 hd

414.98

−33.48

This barn, trailing median14 sales

457.94

−76.43

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

57 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 1-2Value Added	550–600	579	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,969	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	750–800	794	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,382	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	521	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,876	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	671	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,134	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,949	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	338.11/cwt	327.50–339.00	2,296	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	427.22/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,623	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	531	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,885	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,220	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	591	351.77/cwt	310.00–357.50	2,079	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	428.53/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,826	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	431	410.22/cwt	380.00–460.00	1,768	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	581	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,022	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,975	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,564	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,912	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	658	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,336	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	760	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,565	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	371.03/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,182	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	325.91/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,858	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	589	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,126	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	444.32/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,946	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	325.84/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,379	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,115	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	328.54/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,873	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	365.87/cwt	290.00–375.00	1,562	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	417.61/cwt	385.00–430.00	2,142	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	402.35/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,509	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	291.00/cwt	285.00–292.00	2,162	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,170	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,593	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	481	378.27/cwt	375.00–381.00	1,819	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	397.66/cwt	360.00–409.00	1,956	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,788	28
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	357.96/cwt	346.00–361.00	2,080	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	491	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,160	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,683	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	440.79/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,463	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,931	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	271	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,260	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	284.11/cwt	257.50–297.50	2,094	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,179	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,171	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	617	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,944	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,457	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,570	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,052	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,660	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,445	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	383.13/cwt	300.00–395.00	1,609	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	550	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	491	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,608	3

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →