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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-21

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Mar 21

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Mar 7Mar 21Apr 11 →

Receipts

719 head

▲ 140 vs last sale 579▲ 719 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 275, Heifers 260, Bulls 184)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $462.77/cwt on 98 head, down $14.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 12 of 16 comparable sales and sits +16.87 against this barn's trailing median of $445.89.

Average price

$462.77

▼ 14.17 vs prior sale

98 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,584

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$3

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

$18.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.11

vs VA average

−9.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	542	475.88	2,581	30
Medium and Large 1	565	456.98	2,584	68

One grade step is worth $18.90/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale98 hd

462.77

—

VA average8 barns · 333 hd

462.87

−0.11

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

−9.35

This barn, trailing median16 sales

445.89

+16.87

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

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $476.94, low $360.43, median $445.89 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

67 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	327	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,831	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	533.33/cwt	500.00–550.00	1,813	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	544.10/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,100	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,173	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,134	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,030	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	477	502.59/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,397	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	503.38/cwt	475.00–510.00	2,446	30
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	504	460.38/cwt	405.00–515.00	2,320	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	513	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,693	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	468.66/cwt	467.50–480.00	2,550	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	454.27/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,548	32
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	453.52/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,571	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	579	455.83/cwt	390.00–465.00	2,639	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	631	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,619	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	398.98/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,657	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	682	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,626	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	688	392.06/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,697	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	366.76/cwt	360.00–370.00	2,663	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	729	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,683	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,775	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	753	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,692	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	807	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,825	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	855	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,843	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	855	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,796	5
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,023	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,222	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,481	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,571	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	483.98/cwt	430.00–487.50	1,829	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	389	494.42/cwt	425.00–499.00	1,923	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	418	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,839	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	449.54/cwt	430.00–455.00	1,920	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	462.34/cwt	450.00–464.00	1,993	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	454	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,084	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	444.50/cwt	439.00–454.00	2,116	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	485	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,134	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	487	446.34/cwt	427.50–450.00	2,174	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	517	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,058	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,809	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	537	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,906	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	344.22/cwt	305.00–355.00	1,931	35
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	567	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,985	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	577	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,005	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	636	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,940	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,211	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	663	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,287	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,376	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,552	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	900	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,408	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	313	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,628	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	339	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,898	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	544.49/cwt	510.00–550.00	2,004	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	534.77/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,096	15
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,114	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,069	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	476	467.65/cwt	457.50–469.00	2,226	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	455.73/cwt	442.50–457.50	2,188	26
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	493	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,873	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	550	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,406	13
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	555	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,276	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	567	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,438	14
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,360	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,325	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	658	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,533	10
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	355.38/cwt	330.00–375.00	2,385	19
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	689	348.70/cwt	347.50–357.50	2,403	10
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,491	12

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 Mar 21, 2026

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

Receipts 719Last week 579Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 275, Heifers 260, Bulls 184)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	440.00	440.00
4	550–600	567	350.00	350.00
6	650–700	663	345.00	345.00
7	900–950	900	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	454	459.00	459.00
17	500–550	517	398.00	398.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	324	485.00	485.00
16	350–400	378	430.00–487.50	483.98
26	400–450	427	430.00–455.00	449.54
34	450–500	476	439.00–454.00	444.50
35	550–600	561	305.00–355.00	344.22
6	650–700	655	337.50	337.50
3	700–750	720	330.00	330.00
2	850–900	865	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	418	440.00	440.00
14	500–550	537	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	470.00	470.00
16	350–400	389	425.00–499.00	494.42
17	400–450	431	450.00–464.00	462.34
20	450–500	487	427.50–450.00	446.34
2	500–550	532	340.00	340.00
7	550–600	577	347.50	347.50
5	600–650	636	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	579	390.00–465.00	455.83
8	600–650	631	415.00	415.00
17	650–700	688	390.00–395.00	392.06
10	700–750	729	368.00	368.00
10	750–800	750	370.00	370.00
8	800–850	807	350.00	350.00
5	850–900	855	327.00	327.00
17	1000–1050	1,023	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	500.00–550.00	533.33
10	350–400	386	530.00–550.00	544.10
15	400–450	429	497.50	497.50
30	450–500	486	475.00–510.00	503.38
10	500–550	544	467.50–480.00	468.66
32	550–600	561	435.00–460.00	454.27
15	650–700	666	385.00–400.00	398.98
3	700–750	726	360.00–370.00	366.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	327	560.00	560.00
8	350–400	395	550.00	550.00
2	400–450	432	470.00	470.00
4	500–550	504	405.00–515.00	460.38
17	550–600	567	450.00–455.00	453.52
2	650–700	682	385.00	385.00
3	750–800	753	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	477	490.00–505.00	502.59
9	500–550	513	525.00	525.00
3	850–900	855	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	339	560.00	560.00
15	350–400	392	520.00–540.00	534.77
13	400–450	425	497.50	497.50
26	450–500	480	442.50–457.50	455.73
13	550–600	550	437.50	437.50
1	600–650	620	375.00	375.00
19	650–700	671	330.00–375.00	355.38
12	750–800	757	329.00	329.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	493	380.00	380.00
6	550–600	555	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	313	520.00	520.00
7	350–400	368	510.00–550.00	544.49
4	400–450	431	480.00	480.00
17	450–500	476	457.50–469.00	467.65
14	550–600	567	430.00	430.00
1	600–650	605	390.00	390.00
10	650–700	689	347.50–357.50	348.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	658	385.00	385.00

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.