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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-20

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Jun 20

● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Jun 6Jun 20Jul 18 →

Receipts

398 head

▲ 77 vs last sale 321▲ 83 vs year ago 315 · +26.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 163, 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 $366.05/cwt on 38 head, down $3.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 19 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$366.05

▼ 3.46 vs prior sale

38 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,061

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$136

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3

$14.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.95

vs VA average

−45.45 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	561	374.68	2,101	13thin
Medium and Large 1	569	361.96	2,059	20
Medium and Large 3	546	360.00	1,966	5thin

One grade step is worth $14.68/cwt here — about $136 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

366.05

—

VA average8 barns · 422 hd

379.00

−12.95

National average169 barns · 9,451 hd

411.50

−45.45

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

+0.00

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	375	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,006	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	523.41/cwt	500.00–536.00	2,183	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,263	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	432	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,268	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	520.33/cwt	513.00–537.50	2,524	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	2,589	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	503	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,603	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	507	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,611	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,680	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	520	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,652	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	578	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,514	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	457.09/cwt	445.00–458.00	2,656	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	582	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,619	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	591	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,571	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,635	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	660	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,706	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	417.97/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,809	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,818	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	776	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,794	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	3,053	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	315	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,512	1
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,541	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	453.00/cwt	453.00–453.00	1,663	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	438.54/cwt	380.00–450.00	1,649	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,940	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	425	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,944	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,989	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3	440	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	1,888	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	457	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,851	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	458	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,107	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	486	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,031	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,079	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	356.95/cwt	340.00–392.50	1,881	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	546	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,966	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,131	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,170	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	353.44/cwt	350.00–367.50	2,032	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,237	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,425	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	664	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,357	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	670	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,362	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,312	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,274	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	302	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,676	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,808	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	510.27/cwt	485.00–520.00	1,878	15
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,904	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	432	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,192	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,182	13
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	465	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,023	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,465	8
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	522	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,506	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,204	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,481	15
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	630	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,489	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,584	12
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	680	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,652	1
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	753	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,410	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 20, 2026

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

Receipts 398Last week 321Year ago 315

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 141, Heifers 163, Bulls 94)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	535.00	535.00
9	400–450	417	500.00–536.00	523.41
10	450–500	496	522.00	522.00
5	500–550	513	522.50	522.50
9	550–600	578	435.00	435.00
1	650–700	660	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	432	525.00	525.00
7	500–550	520	510.00	510.00
12	550–600	582	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	425	532.50	532.50
16	450–500	485	513.00–537.50	520.33
9	500–550	507	515.00	515.00
14	550–600	581	445.00–458.00	457.09
1	600–650	635	415.00	415.00
10	650–700	672	415.00–425.00	417.97
2	700–750	732	385.00	385.00
1	850–900	860	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	503	517.50	517.50
6	550–600	591	435.00	435.00
4	750–800	776	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	335	460.00	460.00
8	350–400	376	380.00–450.00	438.54
10	400–450	415	467.50	467.50
14	450–500	486	418.00	418.00
3	500–550	527	340.00–392.50	356.95
10	550–600	571	380.00	380.00
2	650–700	675	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	440	429.00	429.00
5	450–500	457	405.00	405.00
5	500–550	546	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	457.50	457.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	664	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	480.00	480.00
2	350–400	367	453.00	453.00
10	400–450	430	462.50	462.50
20	450–500	495	420.00	420.00
15	550–600	575	350.00–367.50	353.44
2	600–650	630	355.00	355.00
7	650–700	659	368.00	368.00
4	700–750	722	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	458	460.00	460.00
5	550–600	550	387.50	387.50
2	650–700	670	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	465	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	302	555.00	555.00
2	350–400	377	505.00	505.00
6	400–450	432	507.50	507.50
2	500–550	522	480.00	480.00
2	550–600	565	390.00	390.00
1	600–650	630	395.00	395.00
1	650–700	680	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	535.00	535.00
15	350–400	368	485.00–520.00	510.27
13	400–450	432	505.00	505.00
8	450–500	493	500.00	500.00
15	550–600	567	437.50	437.50
12	600–650	642	402.50	402.50
4	750–800	753	320.00	320.00

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.