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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-18

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Jul 18

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

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Receipts

256 head

▼ 142 vs last sale 398▼ 45 vs year ago 301 · −15.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 129, Bulls 29)

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 $369.27/cwt on 34 head, up $3.22 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 19 comparable sales and sits +3.22 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$369.27

▲ 3.22 vs prior sale

34 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,029

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$24

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

$3.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.98

vs VA average

−26.78 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	370.46	2,020	22
Medium and Large 2	557	367.08	2,045	12thin

One grade step is worth $3.38/cwt here — about −$24 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale34 hd

369.27

—

VA average8 barns · 426 hd

368.29

+0.98

National average163 barns · 8,583 hd

396.05

−26.78

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

+3.22

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

50 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	305	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,495	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,781	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	420.24/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,723	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,891	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	490	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,132	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	418.25/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,058	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,995	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,442	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,204	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	388.20/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,481	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	650	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,373	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	651	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,376	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	725	310.21/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,249	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,336	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	765	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,333	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	837	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,653	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	868	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,821	54
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	321	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,380	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	370	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,536	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,501	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	396.24/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,660	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	430	405.00/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,742	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,665	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	468	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,591	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,745	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	485	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,867	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,929	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	542	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,938	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,066	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	360.85/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,089	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,046	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,216	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	668	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,218	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	692	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,111	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	722	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,274	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,362	7
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,547	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	835	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,547	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	843	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,622	24
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,758	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 3	400	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,380	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,927	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	440	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,892	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,551	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,095	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,091	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	612	339.03/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,075	8
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,272	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 Jul 18, 2026

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

Receipts 256Last week 398Year ago 301

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 129, Bulls 29)

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	350–400	370	475.00	475.00
3	400–450	433	445.00	445.00
7	450–500	493	425.00	425.00
1	550–600	565	370.00	370.00
1	700–750	710	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	430.00	430.00
4	400–450	440	430.00	430.00
1	450–500	470	330.00	330.00
8	600–650	612	337.50–340.00	339.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	400	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	340.00	340.00
24	800–850	843	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	419	385.00–400.00	396.24
1	450–500	450	370.00	370.00
10	500–550	505	382.00	382.00
12	550–600	579	340.00–365.00	360.85
10	600–650	648	342.00	342.00
1	800–850	835	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	321	430.00	430.00
5	350–400	370	415.00	415.00
6	450–500	485	385.00	385.00
2	500–550	542	357.50	357.50
6	700–750	722	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	380	395.00	395.00
3	400–450	430	385.00–415.00	405.00
5	450–500	478	365.00	365.00
10	550–600	560	369.00	369.00
1	600–650	620	330.00	330.00
2	650–700	692	305.00	305.00
7	700–750	745	317.00	317.00
1	800–850	835	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	668	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	305	490.00	490.00
2	400–450	410	400.00–440.00	420.24
3	450–500	492	395.00–430.00	418.25
3	550–600	555	440.00	440.00
11	600–650	639	385.00–390.00	388.20
1	700–750	730	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	850–900	868	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	837	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	475.00	475.00
1	400–450	425	445.00	445.00
1	500–550	505	395.00	395.00
1	550–600	580	380.00	380.00
2	650–700	650	365.00	365.00
2	700–750	725	300.00–320.00	310.21
1	750–800	765	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	490	435.00	435.00
4	650–700	651	365.00	365.00

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.