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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

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

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Oct 10

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

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Receipts

526 head

▲ 62 vs last sale 464▼ 71 vs year ago 597 · −11.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 187, Heifers 242, Bulls 97)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $326.19/cwt on 51 head, down $9.76 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −41.46 against this barn's trailing median of $367.65.

Average price

$326.19

▼ 9.76 vs prior sale

51 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,840

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$22

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

$0.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.66

vs VA average

−41.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	558	326.65	1,823	10thin
Medium and Large 1	566	326.08	1,844	41

One grade step is worth $0.57/cwt here — about −$22 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale51 hd

326.19

—

VA average9 barns · 429 hd

325.53

+0.66

National average187 barns · 16,614 hd

367.91

−41.72

This barn, trailing median18 sales

367.65

−41.46

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $388.79, low $307.53, median $367.65 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

63 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	323	458.45/cwt	400.00–490.00	1,481	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	468.94/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,548	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,442	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	402	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,719	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,823	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	400.74/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,703	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	451	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,872	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	407.18/cwt	399.00–408.00	1,991	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,919	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,905	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	565	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,130	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,255	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	581	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,150	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	631	339.33/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,141	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	344.72/cwt	322.50–380.00	2,186	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,950	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,238	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	677	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,397	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	731	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,361	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,248	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	781	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,460	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,596	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	892	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,631	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	410.27/cwt	350.00–422.50	1,301	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,315	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,453	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	381.22/cwt	378.00–385.00	1,468	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	379.32/cwt	373.00–380.00	1,601	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	354.36/cwt	320.00–362.50	1,534	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	461	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,510	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	347.53/cwt	325.00–349.00	1,703	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,776	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	520	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,721	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	319.76/cwt	316.00–327.50	1,679	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,728	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	327.39/cwt	322.50–328.00	1,833	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	325.75/cwt	318.00–326.00	1,883	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	603	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,978	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	627	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,025	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,923	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	642	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,932	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,119	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,859	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,042	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,161	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,164	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	795	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,425	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,369	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	918	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,488	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,455	8
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,604	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,715	9
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	416.96/cwt	375.00–425.00	1,772	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	426.41/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,829	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	468	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,404	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,833	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,020	15
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,922	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	367.80/cwt	347.50–377.50	2,063	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	658	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,645	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	306.97/cwt	291.00–309.00	2,035	9
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	274.89/cwt	262.50–280.00	2,136	7

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 →

Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Harrisonburg, VA

Sat Oct 10, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 526Last week 464Year ago 597

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 187, Heifers 242, Bulls 97)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	317	350.00–422.50	410.27
11	350–400	375	387.50	387.50
10	400–450	422	373.00–380.00	379.32
38	450–500	492	361.00	361.00
3	500–550	525	316.00–327.50	319.76
32	550–600	578	318.00–326.00	325.75
3	600–650	641	300.00	300.00
19	650–700	663	308.00	308.00
1	700–750	735	294.00	294.00
3	750–800	773	280.00	280.00
2	800–850	840	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	395.00	395.00
11	350–400	385	378.00–385.00	381.22
5	400–450	433	320.00–362.50	354.36
23	450–500	490	325.00–349.00	347.53
1	500–550	540	320.00	320.00
9	550–600	560	322.50–328.00	327.39
2	600–650	642	301.00	301.00
2	650–700	650	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	603	328.00	328.00
6	750–800	795	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	520	331.00	331.00
4	600–650	627	323.00	323.00
4	900–950	918	271.00	271.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	461	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	650	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	400.00–490.00	458.45
7	400–450	425	400.00–405.00	400.74
10	450–500	492	390.00	390.00
5	550–600	581	370.00	370.00
1	650–700	650	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	330	450.00–490.00	468.94
1	350–400	395	365.00	365.00
13	400–450	405	450.00	450.00
22	450–500	489	399.00–408.00	407.18
1	500–550	500	381.00	381.00
35	550–600	571	395.00	395.00
5	600–650	634	322.50–380.00	344.72
15	650–700	668	335.00	335.00
5	700–750	747	301.00	301.00
2	800–850	840	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	631	330.00–347.50	339.33
9	650–700	677	354.00	354.00
4	750–800	781	315.00	315.00
4	850–900	892	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	565	377.00	377.00
10	700–750	731	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	402	427.50	427.50
6	450–500	451	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	313	465.00	465.00
9	350–400	377	455.00	455.00
7	400–450	429	405.00–435.00	426.41
15	450–500	494	409.00	409.00
10	550–600	561	347.50–377.50	367.80
9	650–700	663	291.00–309.00	306.97
7	750–800	777	262.50–280.00	274.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	465.00	465.00
6	400–450	425	375.00–425.00	416.96
6	450–500	481	381.00	381.00
10	550–600	553	347.50	347.50
1	600–650	605	320.00	320.00
3	650–700	658	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	300.00	300.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.