Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 253, Heifers 282, Bulls 112)

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 $361.34/cwt on 69 head, up $21.06 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 15 comparable sales and sits −9.70 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$361.34

▲ 21.06 vs prior sale

69 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,000

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$294

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3

$55.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.24

vs VA average

−48.76 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	524	373.00	1,955	10thin
Medium and Large 1	557	367.91	2,048	45
Medium and Large 2	580	337.64	1,958	10thin
Medium and Large 3	523	317.50	1,661	4thin

One grade step is worth $55.50/cwt here — about $294 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

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 sale69 hd

361.34

—

VA average9 barns · 511 hd

357.10

+4.24

National average199 barns · 28,725 hd

410.10

−48.76

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−9.70

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

66 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 1Value Added	450–500	463	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,898	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	699	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,321	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	555	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	2,103	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	552	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,208	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	676	378.05/cwt	373.00–385.00	2,556	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	516	496.27/cwt	480.00–505.00	2,561	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	552	444.99/cwt	435.00–465.00	2,456	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	778	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,661	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	705	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,327	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,438	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,139	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	371	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,434	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	479.06/cwt	425.00–490.00	2,041	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,856	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	487.74/cwt	465.00–500.00	1,600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	422.49/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,434	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	377.29/cwt	372.50–385.00	2,407	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	607	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,155	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	660	373.74/cwt	340.00–387.00	2,467	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	835	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	609	398.43/cwt	365.00–402.00	2,426	55
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	586	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,285	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,198	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	305.12/cwt	280.00–307.50	2,298	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,306	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	461.07/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,955	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,824	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,084	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	509	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,021	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	676	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,204	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	900–950	912	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,280	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,021	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,053	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,646	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	427	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,751	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	704	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,330	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	452	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,763	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,718	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,140	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,116	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	360.19/cwt	320.00–373.00	1,718	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	523	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	810	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,268	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,955	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,177	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	411	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,726	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,803	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	472.44/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,776	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,050	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	617	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,160	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	409.87/cwt	325.00–425.00	1,492	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	337.64/cwt	325.00–339.00	1,958	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,721	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	575	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	589	349.63/cwt	327.50–355.00	2,059	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	427.41/cwt	360.00–440.00	2,064	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	462	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,571	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,287	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.

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