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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-06-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-06

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Jun 6

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← May 16Jun 6Jun 20 →

Receipts

321 head

▼ 312 vs last sale 633▼ 135 vs year ago 456 · −29.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 165, Bulls 94)

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 $369.51/cwt on 38 head, down $19.27 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 19 comparable sales and sits +3.46 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$369.51

▼ 19.27 vs prior sale

38 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,095

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$7

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

$5.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.56

vs VA average

−35.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 3	557	374.00	2,083	2thin
Medium and Large 2	568	370.19	2,103	15thin
Medium and Large 1	567	368.60	2,090	21

One grade step is worth $5.40/cwt here — about −$7 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 sale38 hd

369.51

—

VA average8 barns · 543 hd

378.07

−8.56

National average170 barns · 11,904 hd

404.76

−35.25

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

+3.46

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

53 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 2	310	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,860	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,829	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,921	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,189	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	518.03/cwt	510.00–535.00	2,202	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,504	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	493	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,490	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,515	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	536	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,734	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	553	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,599	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,534	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,572	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,541	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	693	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,834	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	717	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,839	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,714	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	790	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,805	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	285	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,511	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	322	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,642	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,684	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,861	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	500.00/cwt	450.00–504.00	1,895	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	416	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,914	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	419	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,032	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	470.06/cwt	400.00–477.50	1,979	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	491	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	2,165	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	2,247	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	557	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,083	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	370.86/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,095	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	368.60/cwt	362.50–370.00	2,090	21
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	581	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,135	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,214	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,277	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,472	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	689	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,567	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,668	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls17 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,624	3
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	331	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,837	11
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	337	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,837	9
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,645	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	1,979	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	510.50/cwt	490.00–525.00	2,154	10
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,078	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	457	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,194	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	470	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,974	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,154	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,292	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	572	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,259	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,356	12
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	590	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,154	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	386.75/cwt	385.00–388.00	2,448	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	647	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,582	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,461	4

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 Jun 6, 2026

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

Receipts 321Last week 633Year ago 456

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 62, Heifers 165, Bulls 94)

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
3	250–300	280	580.00	580.00
11	300–350	331	555.00	555.00
11	350–400	385	514.00	514.00
10	400–450	422	490.00–525.00	510.50
6	450–500	493	465.00	465.00
12	550–600	589	400.00	400.00
7	600–650	633	385.00–388.00	386.75
4	700–750	726	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	457	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	337	545.00	545.00
1	350–400	350	470.00	470.00
3	400–450	433	480.00	480.00
6	450–500	484	445.00	445.00
2	550–600	590	365.00	365.00
2	600–650	647	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	470	420.00	420.00
2	550–600	572	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	530.00	530.00
3	400–450	421	520.00	520.00
8	450–500	491	510.00	510.00
5	550–600	576	440.00	440.00
4	650–700	660	385.00	385.00
2	700–750	720	377.00	377.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	536	510.00	510.00
10	700–750	717	396.00	396.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	310	600.00	600.00
4	350–400	373	515.00	515.00
6	400–450	425	510.00–535.00	518.03
4	450–500	493	505.00	505.00
1	500–550	535	470.00	470.00
3	550–600	553	470.00	470.00
2	600–650	635	405.00	405.00
1	750–800	790	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	693	409.00	409.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	285	530.00	530.00
13	300–350	327	515.00	515.00
13	350–400	379	450.00–504.00	500.00
11	400–450	421	400.00–477.50	470.06
19	450–500	491	441.00	441.00
21	550–600	567	362.50–370.00	368.60
3	600–650	628	362.50	362.50
2	750–800	760	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	581	367.50	367.50
10	650–700	689	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	322	510.00	510.00
9	350–400	376	495.00	495.00
12	400–450	419	485.00	485.00
12	450–500	496	453.00	453.00
12	550–600	565	370.00–380.00	370.86
1	600–650	615	360.00	360.00
6	650–700	668	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	416	460.00	460.00
2	550–600	557	374.00	374.00

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.