Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (130, Heifers 249, Bulls 200)

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 $371.04/cwt on 82 head, down $69.19 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 15 comparable sales and sits −0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$371.04

▼ 69.19 vs prior sale

82 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,077

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$116

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

$19.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.81

vs VA average

−49.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	374.37	2,097	44
Medium and Large 1-2	569	370.00	2,105	15thin
Medium and Large 2	553	366.89	2,029	20
Medium and Large 3	558	355.00	1,981	3thin

One grade step is worth $19.37/cwt here — about $116 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale82 hd

371.04

—

VA average9 barns · 759 hd

388.85

−17.81

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

−49.92

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−0.00

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

67 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,227	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	774	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,825	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,491	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,168	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,729	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,729	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	587.53/cwt	490.00–610.00	1,915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,665	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,414	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	372.15/cwt	325.00–380.00	2,114	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	326.65/cwt	325.00–345.00	2,074	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	448.67/cwt	410.00–450.00	2,176	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,295	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	507.19/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,603	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,988	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	351.23/cwt	332.50–356.00	2,301	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	374.87/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,829	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,267	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	552.66/cwt	485.00–560.00	2,061	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,147	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,234	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	272.65/cwt	260.00–285.00	2,249	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,268	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	477.30/cwt	447.50–487.50	2,062	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,851	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,049	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	383	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,685	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	757	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,328	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	445	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,247	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	802	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,767	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	726	368.96/cwt	367.50–370.00	2,679	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	538	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,394	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,548	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,813	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	341	477.11/cwt	450.00–490.00	1,627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	558	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,981	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,958	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	553	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,908	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,984	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,208	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	429.92/cwt	360.00–435.00	2,098	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	441	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,852	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,906	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	454	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,998	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,040	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	495.16/cwt	445.00–500.00	2,426	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	537	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,229	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	366.73/cwt	310.00–370.00	2,035	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	479.07/cwt	405.00–495.00	2,050	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	600–650	620	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,124	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	593	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,757	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	569	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,105	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	905	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	642	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,231	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	671	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,248	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,652	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,574	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	680	402.41/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,736	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,254	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	601	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,554	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	389	562.89/cwt	440.00–580.00	2,190	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,013	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,194	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	372.13/cwt	337.50–375.00	2,099	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,708	8

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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