Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 372, Heifers 344, Bulls 160)

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 $447.81/cwt on 71 head, down $14.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 13 comparable sales and sits −14.95 against this barn's trailing median of $462.77.

Average price

$447.81

▼ 14.95 vs prior sale

71 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,524

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$4

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

$16.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.50

vs VA average

−43.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	546	461.67	2,520	12thin
Medium and Large 1	567	445.00	2,524	59

One grade step is worth $16.67/cwt here — about −$4 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.

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 sale71 hd

447.81

—

VA average10 barns · 622 hd

485.32

−37.50

National average167 barns · 10,529 hd

490.83

−43.02

This barn, trailing median13 sales

462.77

−14.95

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	763	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,556	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	488	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	438.09/cwt	410.00–439.00	2,120	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	819	343.34/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,812	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,546	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	466	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,656	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	584	380.22/cwt	367.50–385.00	2,220	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	450–500	478	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,199	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	538	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,098	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	716	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,399	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,262	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	630	427.89/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,696	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1000–1050	1,009	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,077	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	475	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,861	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	600–650	636	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,703	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	608	438.15/cwt	427.50–440.00	2,664	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	496.40/cwt	475.00–497.50	2,417	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,333	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,679	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	500–550	529	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,407	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	551.94/cwt	550.00–555.00	2,307	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,262	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	862	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,543	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	398.79/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,126	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	679	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,370	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,554	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	369.75/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,093	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	508.48/cwt	475.00–515.00	1,973	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,050	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	456.30/cwt	405.00–460.00	1,948	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	492.84/cwt	450.00–507.50	1,848	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	572	361.15/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,066	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	462	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,987	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	336	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,705	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	433.38/cwt	400.00–436.00	2,431	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	659	350.88/cwt	325.00–352.00	2,312	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,512	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	586.20/cwt	530.00–590.00	2,286	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,162	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,983	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	644	402.43/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,592	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,142	27
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	436	530.05/cwt	500.00–545.00	2,311	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,364	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,437	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	400–450	409	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,290	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	555.67/cwt	530.00–560.00	2,423	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,022	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	676	413.44/cwt	410.00–417.50	2,795	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900–950	904	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,929	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	732	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,727	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	576	455.92/cwt	447.50–475.00	2,626	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	776	364.49/cwt	345.00–369.00	2,828	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	438.50/cwt	430.00–439.00	2,464	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	550–600	553	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,571	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	555.29/cwt	555.00–560.00	2,404	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,292	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	384.95/cwt	365.00–387.50	2,525	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	609.06/cwt	550.00–630.00	1,949	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,117	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,275	2

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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