Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 160, Heifers 145, Bulls 77)

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 $516.60/cwt on 67 head, up $46.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 13 comparable sales and sits +53.83 against this barn's trailing median of $462.77.

Average price

$516.60

▲ 46.04 vs prior sale

67 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,916

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$24

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

$6.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+34.40

vs VA average

+29.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	518.91	2,924	44
Medium and Large 2	566	512.18	2,901	23

One grade step is worth $6.73/cwt here — about $24 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $516.60, low $426.56, median $462.77 across 13 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 sale67 hd

516.60

—

VA average8 barns · 256 hd

482.20

+34.40

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+29.25

This barn, trailing median13 sales

462.77

+53.83

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

68 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 2	300–350	335	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,044	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	527	537.71/cwt	525.00–555.00	2,834	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	584	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,672	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	454	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,338	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,756	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,334	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	745	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,794	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	536.42/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,843	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	615.76/cwt	610.00–640.00	2,241	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	525.00/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,231	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	461.59/cwt	435.00–463.00	2,262	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	583	512.70/cwt	485.00–515.00	2,989	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,478	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,377	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,288	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,451	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	439.39/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,548	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	574.13/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,486	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	388.32/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,590	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,258	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	590.79/cwt	550.00–605.00	1,861	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,224	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	512.70/cwt	505.00–520.00	2,399	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,457	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	521.32/cwt	480.00–525.00	2,622	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	560.27/cwt	540.00–580.00	2,101	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	523.52/cwt	490.00–530.00	1,864	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	671	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,885	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	781	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,714	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	546	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,443	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	458	570.99/cwt	570.00–575.00	2,615	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	835	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,985	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,601	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	570	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,223	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	500–550	525	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,363	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	570.00/cwt	565.00–575.00	2,765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,469	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	682	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,830	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,080	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	490	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,671	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	537	526.96/cwt	515.00–545.00	2,830	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	409.81/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,307	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	319.75/cwt	305.00–327.50	2,136	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	508	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,235	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	650–700	672	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,419	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	367	576.59/cwt	572.50–585.00	2,116	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	505.88/cwt	480.00–520.00	1,887	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	317	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	490.94/cwt	470.00–495.00	2,823	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,165	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	511	497.03/cwt	465.00–515.00	2,540	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,356	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,739	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	413	560.06/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	538.93/cwt	500.00–580.00	2,021	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	628	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,826	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	778	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,879	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	616	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,572	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	586	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	3,106	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,451	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,760	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	566.69/cwt	560.00–570.00	2,692	6

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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