Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 120, Heifers 150, Bulls 85)

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 $369.25/cwt on 35 head, up $10.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 15 comparable sales and sits −1.79 against this barn's trailing median of $371.04.

Average price

$369.25

▲ 10.29 vs prior sale

35 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,992

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$3.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.93

vs VA average

+18.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	551	372.00	2,050	7thin
Medium and Large 1	537	368.56	1,978	28

One grade step is worth $3.44/cwt here — about $72 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 $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 sale35 hd

369.25

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VA average7 barns · 280 hd

350.32

+18.93

National average160 barns · 5,295 hd

350.92

+18.33

This barn, trailing median15 sales

371.04

−1.79

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

52 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	550–600	580	386.32/cwt	350.00–392.50	2,241	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	498	407.26/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,028	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	712	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,065	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	758	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,312	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	516	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,002	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	611	362.18/cwt	360.00–364.00	2,213	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	358.31/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,981	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,273	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	409.93/cwt	370.00–432.50	1,750	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,405	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,214	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,475	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	460.45/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,971	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,568	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,857	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,854	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,655	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	800–850	806	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,482	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,328	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,581	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	424.05/cwt	395.00–429.00	2,061	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,139	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,335	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	386.67/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,392	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,086	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	337.09/cwt	327.50–339.00	2,201	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	621	398.91/cwt	392.50–405.00	2,477	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	751	342.05/cwt	327.50–344.00	2,569	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	492	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,153	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	392	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,627	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,259	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	700–750	716	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,485	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	472	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,888	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,229	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	391.24/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,214	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	496	420.06/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,083	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	850–900	884	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,564	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	672	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,218	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,980	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	551	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,050	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	745	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,403	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	641	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	373.96/cwt	350.00–378.00	1,810	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	450–500	472	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,640	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 3	450–500	495	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,607	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	332	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,245	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,035	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	368.31/cwt	357.50–385.00	1,407	5

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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