Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 51, Bulls 11)

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 $389.04/cwt on 11 head, up $27.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 15 comparable sales and sits +18.00 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$389.04

▲ 27.70 vs prior sale

11 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,150

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$375

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

$37.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.69

vs VA average

−42.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	392.44	2,186	10thin
Medium and Large 2	510	355.00	1,811	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.44/cwt here — about $375 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 sale11 hd

389.04

—

VA average2 barns · 30 hd

368.34

+20.69

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−42.50

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

+18.00

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

32 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	450–500	450	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	425.00/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,168	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,301	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	564	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,594	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	452	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,237	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,866	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	414.53/cwt	407.50–417.50	1,998	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,054	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,560	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	398.75/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,280	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,730	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	715	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,610	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	487	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,753	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	620	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,244	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	392.44/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,186	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,184	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	441	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,918	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,145	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	587	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,904	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	695	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,572	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,388	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,896	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	535	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,461	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	625	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,078	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,719	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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