Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 163, Bulls 94)

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 $366.05/cwt on 38 head, down $3.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −4.99 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$366.05

▼ 3.46 vs prior sale

38 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

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

$14.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.95

vs VA average

−45.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	561	374.68	2,101	13thin
Medium and Large 1	569	361.96	2,059	20
Medium and Large 3	546	360.00	1,966	5thin

One grade step is worth $14.68/cwt here — about $136 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

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 sale38 hd

366.05

—

VA average8 barns · 422 hd

379.00

−12.95

National average169 barns · 9,451 hd

411.50

−45.45

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−4.99

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

58 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 2	400–450	417	523.41/cwt	500.00–536.00	2,183	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	356.95/cwt	340.00–392.50	1,881	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,514	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,680	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	400–450	440	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,888	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	465	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,023	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,940	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,541	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	546	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,966	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	457	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,851	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,031	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	438.54/cwt	380.00–450.00	1,649	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	432	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,192	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,489	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,312	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,589	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	400–450	425	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,944	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,904	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	302	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,170	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	582	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,619	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	520	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,652	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	664	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,357	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	660	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	457.09/cwt	445.00–458.00	2,656	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	503	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,603	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	776	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,794	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,079	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	565	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,204	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	432	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,268	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,263	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	417.97/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,809	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,611	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,584	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,818	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	860	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	3,053	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,989	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,425	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,465	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	353.44/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,032	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	520.33/cwt	513.00–537.50	2,524	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,182	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,274	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,237	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,663	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,808	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	458	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,107	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,131	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	670	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,362	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	591	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,571	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,481	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	510.27/cwt	485.00–520.00	1,878	15

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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