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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-18

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Apr 18

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Apr 11Apr 18Apr 25 →

Receipts

887 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 876▲ 887 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 427, Heifers 284, Bulls 176)

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 $450.61/cwt on 19 head, up $2.80 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 16 comparable sales and sits +4.72 against this barn's trailing median of $445.89.

Average price

$450.61

▲ 2.80 vs prior sale

19 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,577

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$61.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−28.40

vs VA average

−37.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	460.38	2,620	16thin
Medium and Large 2	586	398.55	2,336	3thin

One grade step is worth $61.82/cwt here — about $285 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 sale19 hd

450.61

—

VA average10 barns · 583 hd

479.01

−28.40

National average180 barns · 13,019 hd

488.35

−37.74

This barn, trailing median16 sales

445.89

+4.72

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

69 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	623.88/cwt	525.00–645.00	2,040	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,984	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	372	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,027	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,025	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	529.34/cwt	480.00–537.00	2,281	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,279	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	2,209	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	480	489.00/cwt	489.00–489.00	2,347	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	464.80/cwt	429.00–471.00	2,264	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	2,674	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	398.55/cwt	392.50–411.00	2,336	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	598	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,482	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,594	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	625	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,391	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,609	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,757	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	668	400.06/cwt	367.00–410.00	2,672	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	670	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,693	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	677	403.05/cwt	387.00–408.00	2,729	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	727	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,566	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	733	363.49/cwt	349.00–375.00	2,664	34
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,682	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	765	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,869	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	818	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,879	59
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	859	346.88/cwt	342.00–349.50	2,980	101
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	924	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,095	42
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,050	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	3,266	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,717	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,734	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	366	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,931	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	518.35/cwt	490.00–522.50	1,954	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	385	509.63/cwt	450.00–515.00	1,962	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	466.92/cwt	435.00–470.00	1,961	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,045	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	430	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,774	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	453	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,050	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	419.26/cwt	380.00–427.00	2,038	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	423.33/cwt	370.00–431.00	2,083	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,995	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	507	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,193	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	545	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,126	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	557	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,420	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	562	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,136	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,171	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	586	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,373	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,936	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,063	1
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	651	334.44/cwt	307.50–339.00	2,177	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	665	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,301	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	756	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,586	38
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,484	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,485	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	845	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,641	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,931	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	329	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,908	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	365	549.86/cwt	455.00–575.00	2,007	14
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	536.65/cwt	480.00–545.00	2,007	15
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	502.04/cwt	455.00–510.00	2,104	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	439	485.50/cwt	425.00–490.00	2,131	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	449.82/cwt	429.00–457.00	2,168	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,226	17
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	497	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,789	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	405.11/cwt	371.00–416.00	2,256	17
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	418.55/cwt	375.00–435.00	2,365	22
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	351.26/cwt	339.00–353.00	2,301	8
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	363.37/cwt	357.00–365.00	2,445	5
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,219	2
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	784	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,352	10

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 18, 2026

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

Receipts 887Last week 876Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 427, Heifers 284, Bulls 176)

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
4	300–350	340	510.00	510.00
11	350–400	385	450.00–515.00	509.63
14	400–450	426	480.00	480.00
12	450–500	486	380.00–427.00	419.26
1	500–550	505	395.00	395.00
12	550–600	562	380.00	380.00
1	600–650	605	320.00	320.00
7	650–700	651	307.50–339.00	334.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	507	432.50	432.50
18	650–700	665	346.00	346.00
38	750–800	756	342.00	342.00
5	800–850	845	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	586	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	327	525.00	525.00
8	350–400	377	490.00–522.50	518.35
23	400–450	420	435.00–470.00	466.92
38	450–500	492	370.00–431.00	423.33
12	550–600	579	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	625	330.00	330.00
2	750–800	762	326.00	326.00
2	800–850	820	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	453	452.50	452.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	430	412.50	412.50
18	500–550	545	390.00	390.00
9	550–600	557	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	366	527.50	527.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	314	615.00	615.00
15	350–400	374	480.00–545.00	536.65
14	400–450	419	455.00–510.00	502.04
17	450–500	482	429.00–457.00	449.82
22	550–600	565	375.00–435.00	418.55
8	650–700	655	339.00–353.00	351.26
2	750–800	765	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	329	580.00	580.00
14	350–400	365	455.00–575.00	549.86
14	400–450	439	425.00–490.00	485.50
17	450–500	485	459.00	459.00
1	500–550	515	360.00	360.00
17	550–600	557	371.00–416.00	405.11
5	650–700	673	357.00–365.00	363.37
10	750–800	784	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	497	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	327	525.00–645.00	623.88
5	350–400	375	540.00	540.00
19	400–450	434	525.00	525.00
39	450–500	487	429.00–471.00	464.80
11	550–600	556	481.00	481.00
1	600–650	625	415.00	415.00
3	650–700	658	419.00	419.00
1	700–750	745	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	598	415.00	415.00
21	650–700	677	387.00–408.00	403.05
34	700–750	733	349.00–375.00	363.49
9	750–800	765	375.00	375.00
59	800–850	818	352.00	352.00
101	850–900	859	342.00–349.50	346.88
42	900–950	924	335.00	335.00
4	1050–1100	1,050	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	625	382.50	382.50
5	650–700	670	402.00	402.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	575.00	575.00
2	350–400	372	545.00	545.00
7	400–450	431	480.00–537.00	529.34
4	450–500	467	473.00	473.00
3	550–600	586	392.50–411.00	398.55
3	600–650	641	407.00	407.00
2	700–750	727	353.00	353.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	480	489.00	489.00
22	650–700	668	367.00–410.00	400.06

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.