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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-25

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Apr 25

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Apr 18Apr 25May 2 →

Receipts

682 head

▼ 205 vs last sale 887▲ 4 vs year ago 678 · +0.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 233, Heifers 302, Bulls 147)

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 $384.65/cwt on 97 head, up $12.77 from the prior sale. That ranks 18 of 19 comparable sales and sits +18.60 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$384.65

▲ 12.77 vs prior sale

97 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,128

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

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

$45.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.82

vs VA average

−37.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	535	399.33	2,138	37
Medium and Large 1-2	551	384.00	2,116	13thin
Medium and Large 1	564	383.23	2,162	31
Medium and Large 3	576	354.00	2,038	16thin

One grade step is worth $45.33/cwt here — about $100 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 sale97 hd

384.65

—

VA average7 barns · 514 hd

388.47

−3.82

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−37.52

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

+18.60

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

75 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	570.48/cwt	560.00–580.00	1,797	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,052	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	580.05/cwt	550.00–590.00	2,181	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	416	529.81/cwt	525.00–535.00	2,204	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	420	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,016	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	427	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,349	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	2,360	20
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	455	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,434	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	500.34/cwt	492.50–527.50	2,432	30
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	493	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,342	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,375	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	516	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,961	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	461.37/cwt	420.00–490.00	2,408	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	543	460.22/cwt	450.00–485.00	2,499	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,548	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	448.86/cwt	445.00–449.00	2,608	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3Value Added	583	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,157	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	590	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,449	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	618	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,287	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	659	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,695	13
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	663	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,685	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	370.73/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,540	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	702	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,738	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 3Value Added	706	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,330	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,719	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	770	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,695	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 3Value Added	839	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,685	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	842	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,888	7
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,016	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,845	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	533.06/cwt	440.00–545.00	1,716	14
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,854	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	518.86/cwt	490.00–526.00	1,966	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	424	488.86/cwt	435.00–525.00	2,073	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	478.72/cwt	450.00–483.00	2,073	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	460	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,116	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	465	452.34/cwt	425.00–469.00	2,103	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	426.86/cwt	420.00–427.00	2,053	50
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	502	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,154	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	505	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,045	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	532	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,075	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	547	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,155	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	551	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,116	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,165	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	375.65/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,145	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3Value Added	593	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,957	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	621	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,186	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,078	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	633	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,140	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,273	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	727	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,414	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	738	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,399	8
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,363	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,767	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,654	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls20 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,009	12
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,998	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,138	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,174	18
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	392	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,156	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	515.42/cwt	450.00–525.00	2,232	15
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,760	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	450	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,980	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	479	458.44/cwt	445.00–465.00	2,196	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,196	21
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	377.34/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,038	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	543	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,172	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,348	10
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,240	9
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,096	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,268	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,178	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,436	7
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,238	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,394	11

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 Apr 25, 2026

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

Receipts 682Last week 887Year ago 678

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 233, Heifers 302, Bulls 147)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	560.00–580.00	570.48
4	400–450	427	550.00	550.00
14	500–550	522	420.00–490.00	461.37
15	550–600	563	452.50	452.50
5	650–700	663	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	416	525.00–535.00	529.81
4	450–500	493	475.00	475.00
4	500–550	516	380.00	380.00
5	550–600	590	415.00	415.00
13	650–700	659	409.00	409.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	583	370.00	370.00
8	700–750	706	330.00	330.00
8	800–850	839	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	342	600.00	600.00
8	350–400	376	550.00–590.00	580.05
20	400–450	431	547.50	547.50
30	450–500	486	492.50–527.50	500.34
1	500–550	500	475.00	475.00
27	550–600	581	445.00–449.00	448.86
9	650–700	685	360.00–375.00	370.73
1	700–750	725	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	480.00	480.00
4	450–500	455	535.00	535.00
10	500–550	543	450.00–485.00	460.22
4	600–650	618	370.00	370.00
5	700–750	702	390.00	390.00
4	750–800	770	350.00	350.00
7	800–850	842	343.00	343.00
3	1000–1050	1,016	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	337	550.00	550.00
19	350–400	379	490.00–526.00	518.86
23	400–450	433	450.00–483.00	478.72
50	450–500	481	420.00–427.00	426.86
30	550–600	566	382.50	382.50
1	600–650	625	332.50	332.50
11	650–700	655	347.00	347.00
8	700–750	738	325.00	325.00
1	750–800	750	315.00	315.00
3	800–850	826	335.00	335.00
1	900–950	915	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	460.00	460.00
1	500–550	505	405.00	405.00
9	600–650	633	338.00	338.00
5	700–750	727	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	322	440.00–545.00	533.06
1	350–400	375	490.00	490.00
26	400–450	424	435.00–525.00	488.86
15	450–500	465	425.00–469.00	452.34
14	500–550	502	429.00	429.00
14	550–600	571	350.00–380.00	375.65
6	600–650	621	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	551	384.00	384.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	532	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	547	394.00	394.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	593	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	600.00	600.00
1	350–400	375	570.00	570.00
1	400–450	440	400.00	400.00
17	450–500	479	445.00–465.00	458.44
2	500–550	540	360.00–395.00	377.34
9	550–600	567	395.00	395.00
4	600–650	648	350.00	350.00
1	650–700	660	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	324	620.00	620.00
18	350–400	378	575.00	575.00
15	400–450	433	450.00–525.00	515.42
21	450–500	488	450.00	450.00
3	500–550	543	400.00	400.00
10	550–600	559	420.00	420.00
1	600–650	645	325.00	325.00
7	650–700	672	362.50	362.50
2	700–750	722	310.00	310.00
11	750–800	754	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	550.00	550.00

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.