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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-16

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, May 16

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← May 2May 16Jun 6 →

Receipts

633 head

▼ 27 vs last sale 660▲ 321 vs year ago 312 · +102.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 213, Heifers 283, Bulls 137)

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 $388.79/cwt on 100 head, up $6.66 from the prior sale. That ranks 19 of 19 comparable sales and sits +22.73 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$388.79

▲ 6.66 vs prior sale

100 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$10

per head · Medium and Large 3 over Medium and Large 1

$45.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.38

vs VA average

−28.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	518	430.00	2,227	6thin
Medium and Large 2	549	386.78	2,124	61
Medium and Large 1	576	385.00	2,218	33

One grade step is worth $45.00/cwt here — about $10 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 sale100 hd

388.79

—

VA average8 barns · 584 hd

393.17

−4.38

National average171 barns · 11,385 hd

417.11

−28.32

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

+22.73

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

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. 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,962	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	367	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,202	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,242	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,434	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	521.36/cwt	455.00–535.00	2,268	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	519.52/cwt	517.00–530.00	2,525	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	501	500.52/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,508	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,508	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	511.00/cwt	511.00–511.00	2,754	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,580	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	576	463.00/cwt	463.00–463.00	2,667	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	444.50/cwt	365.00–457.00	2,565	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	638	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,801	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,742	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	715	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,663	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	360.21/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,630	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	797	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,837	23
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	829	353.81/cwt	350.00–354.00	2,933	64
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,607	11
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	514.80/cwt	490.00–525.00	1,642	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	1,955	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	529.00/cwt	529.00–529.00	2,063	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,138	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,165	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	443	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,082	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	452	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,170	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	444.83/cwt	410.00–446.00	2,140	30
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	481	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,116	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	518	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,227	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	520	402.01/cwt	382.50–420.00	2,090	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,939	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	573	376.25/cwt	350.00–379.00	2,156	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,218	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	603	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,309	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,286	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,383	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	658	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,500	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	735	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,609	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	814	327.82/cwt	327.00–328.00	2,668	34
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,968	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	334	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,987	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,315	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	543.29/cwt	460.00–557.50	2,287	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,321	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	476	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,966	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	491	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,283	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,327	18
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	540	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,052	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	545	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,360	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	415.40/cwt	387.50–419.00	2,351	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,279	6
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	600	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,310	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,170	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,214	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,398	16
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	668	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,455	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,483	8
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,531	3

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 May 16, 2026

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

Receipts 633Last week 660Year ago 312

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 213, Heifers 283, Bulls 137)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	315	510.00	510.00
6	350–400	390	529.00	529.00
4	400–450	433	500.00	500.00
8	450–500	481	440.00	440.00
2	500–550	535	362.50	362.50
33	550–600	573	350.00–379.00	376.25
8	650–700	653	365.00	365.00
6	700–750	735	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	319	490.00–525.00	514.80
9	350–400	371	527.00	527.00
12	400–450	432	495.00	495.00
30	450–500	481	410.00–446.00	444.83
33	550–600	576	385.00	385.00
11	600–650	642	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	452	480.00	480.00
26	500–550	520	382.50–420.00	402.01
8	650–700	658	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
34	800–850	814	327.00–328.00	327.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	603	383.00	383.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	443	470.00	470.00
6	500–550	518	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	600.00	600.00
10	350–400	389	595.00	595.00
7	400–450	422	550.00	550.00
18	450–500	494	471.00	471.00
17	550–600	566	387.50–419.00	415.40
1	600–650	620	350.00	350.00
16	650–700	666	360.00	360.00
8	700–750	724	343.00	343.00
3	750–800	751	337.00	337.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	545	433.00	433.00
6	650–700	668	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	334	595.00	595.00
14	400–450	421	460.00–557.50	543.29
6	450–500	491	465.00	465.00
1	500–550	540	380.00	380.00
6	550–600	580	393.00	393.00
1	600–650	600	385.00	385.00
5	650–700	655	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	476	413.00	413.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	380	590.00	590.00
11	400–450	427	570.00	570.00
24	450–500	486	517.00–530.00	519.52
3	500–550	528	475.00	475.00
25	550–600	577	365.00–457.00	444.50
9	650–700	677	405.00	405.00
4	700–750	730	345.00–365.00	360.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	638	439.00	439.00
23	750–800	797	356.00	356.00
64	800–850	829	350.00–354.00	353.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	550	469.00	469.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	539	511.00	511.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	327	600.00	600.00
5	350–400	367	600.00	600.00
6	400–450	435	455.00–535.00	521.36
9	500–550	501	485.00–505.00	500.52
8	550–600	576	463.00	463.00
1	700–750	715	372.50	372.50

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.