Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 149, Bulls 97)

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 $358.96/cwt on 57 head, down $10.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 15 comparable sales and sits −12.08 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$358.96

▼ 10.31 vs prior sale

57 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,009

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$18.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.54

vs VA average

−1.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	572	369.00	2,111	11thin
Medium and Large 1	555	357.81	1,986	38
Medium and Large 2	564	350.64	1,978	8thin

One grade step is worth $18.37/cwt here — about $133 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 $343.77, 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 sale57 hd

358.96

—

VA average6 barns · 287 hd

352.42

+6.54

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

−1.56

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−12.08

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

53 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	400–450	420	435.83/cwt	432.50–450.00	1,830	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	418.29/cwt	392.50–445.00	2,004	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	492	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,870	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,171	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,616	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	751	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,666	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	354.55/cwt	342.50–356.00	2,035	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	642	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,087	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	415.48/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,288	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	242	550.09/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,331	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	549.80/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,831	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	702	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,640	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,041	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,236	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	341.95/cwt	340.00–343.00	2,250	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	502	366.92/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,842	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	381.16/cwt	377.50–382.50	2,188	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	460.24/cwt	450.00–462.50	1,878	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	667	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,321	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,259	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,829	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,796	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	356.22/cwt	352.50–360.00	2,333	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	650–700	662	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,304	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	572	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,111	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,117	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,481	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,561	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	359.86/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	800–850	840	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,331	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,932	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,632	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	440.05/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,668	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,862	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,957	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	760	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,166	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	662	338.30/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,240	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	750–800	772	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,393	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	492	385.30/cwt	360.00–388.00	1,896	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	418.64/cwt	385.00–424.00	1,762	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	377	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,602	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	722	313.75/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,265	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	512	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,194	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	346.44/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,978	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,775	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,890	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	550–600	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,346	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	1

How this sale compares

Virginia weighted averages

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