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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-07

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Feb 7

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Jan 10Feb 7Feb 21 →

Receipts

109 head

▼ 538 vs last sale 647▲ 109 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 51, Bulls 11)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $389.04/cwt on 11 head. That ranks 20 of 19 comparable sales and sits +22.99 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$389.04

11 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,150

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$375

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

$37.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+20.69

vs VA average

−42.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	392.44	2,186	10thin
Medium and Large 2	510	355.00	1,811	1thin

One grade step is worth $37.44/cwt here — about $375 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

389.04

—

VA average2 barns · 30 hd

368.34

+20.69

National average145 barns · 12,920 hd

431.54

−42.50

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

+22.99

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

19 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $388.79, low $307.53, median $366.05 across 19 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

32 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,904	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,896	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,054	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	452	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,237	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,184	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,560	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	535	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,461	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	564	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,594	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,730	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	587	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,377	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	625	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,531	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,572	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	715	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,610	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,730	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	398.75/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,280	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,388	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,591	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	438	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,719	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,866	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	414.53/cwt	407.50–417.50	1,998	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,880	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	487	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,753	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	510	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,811	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	392.44/cwt	370.00–395.00	2,186	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	620	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,244	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	625	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,078	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,301	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	441	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,918	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,025	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,145	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	425.00/cwt	405.00–435.00	2,168	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,581	1

This sale against other markets

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Shenandoah Valley Livestock Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Harrisonburg, VA

Sat Feb 7, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 109Last week 647Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 47, Heifers 51, Bulls 11)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	450.00	450.00
3	500–550	510	405.00–435.00	425.00
1	550–600	555	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	441	435.00	435.00
3	450–500	493	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	375.00–405.00	398.75
3	350–400	381	417.50	417.50
5	400–450	439	425.00	425.00
10	450–500	482	407.50–417.50	414.53
10	550–600	557	370.00–395.00	392.44
2	650–700	667	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	487	360.00	360.00
6	600–650	620	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	370.00	370.00
3	400–450	438	392.50	392.50
2	450–500	482	390.00	390.00
1	500–550	510	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	625	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	452	495.00	495.00
3	500–550	535	460.00	460.00
7	550–600	564	460.00	460.00
3	600–650	625	405.00	405.00
3	700–750	715	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	377	505.00	505.00
4	400–450	428	480.00	480.00
1	450–500	480	455.00	455.00
8	500–550	507	505.00	505.00
7	550–600	587	465.00	465.00
2	650–700	695	370.00	370.00
1	800–850	815	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	587	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	480.00	480.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.