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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-08-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-01

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Aug 1

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Jul 18Aug 1Aug 22 →

Receipts

344 head

▲ 88 vs last sale 256▼ 11 vs year ago 355 · −3.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 149, Bulls 97)

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 $358.96/cwt on 57 head, down $10.31 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 19 comparable sales and sits −7.09 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$358.96

▼ 10.31 vs prior sale

57 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,009

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$133

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

$18.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.54

vs VA average

−1.56 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	572	369.00	2,111	11thin
Medium and Large 1	555	357.81	1,986	38
Medium and Large 2	564	350.64	1,978	8thin

One grade step is worth $18.37/cwt here — about $133 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale57 hd

358.96

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VA average6 barns · 287 hd

352.42

+6.54

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

−1.56

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−7.09

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,862	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,932	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,829	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,775	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	460.24/cwt	450.00–462.50	1,878	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,890	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	460	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,955	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,117	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	512	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,163	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,041	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,171	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	628	359.86/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,260	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	356.22/cwt	352.50–360.00	2,333	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,261	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	702	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,640	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	722	313.75/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,265	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,632	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	751	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,666	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,616	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	415.48/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,288	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,346	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,561	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,602	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	421	418.64/cwt	385.00–424.00	1,762	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,796	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	492	385.30/cwt	360.00–388.00	1,896	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	492	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,870	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	502	366.92/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,842	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,957	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	571	346.44/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,978	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	572	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,111	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	354.55/cwt	342.50–356.00	2,035	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	642	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,087	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	341.95/cwt	340.00–343.00	2,250	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	662	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,304	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	667	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,321	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,194	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	760	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,166	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	836	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,236	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Value Added	840	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,331	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls	200–250	Medium and Large 1	242	550.09/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,331	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	315	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,481	1
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	549.80/cwt	520.00–560.00	1,831	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	379	440.05/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,668	8
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	390	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,775	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	435.83/cwt	432.50–450.00	1,830	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	418.29/cwt	392.50–445.00	2,004	37
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	381.16/cwt	377.50–382.50	2,188	23
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	585	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,106	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,259	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	662	338.30/cwt	335.00–340.00	2,240	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 2	772	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,393	2

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 Aug 1, 2026

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

Receipts 344Last week 256Year ago 355

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 98, Heifers 149, Bulls 97)

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
4	200–250	242	520.00–560.00	550.09
4	300–350	333	520.00–560.00	549.80
2	350–400	390	455.00	455.00
5	400–450	420	432.50–450.00	435.83
37	450–500	479	392.50–445.00	418.29
23	550–600	574	377.50–382.50	381.16
4	650–700	650	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	470.00	470.00
8	350–400	379	415.00–445.00	440.05
3	550–600	585	360.00	360.00
3	650–700	662	335.00–340.00	338.30
2	750–800	772	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	492	380.00	380.00
4	650–700	667	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	400.00–430.00	415.48
13	350–400	374	417.50	417.50
8	400–450	425	422.50	422.50
10	500–550	502	340.00–370.00	366.92
28	550–600	574	342.50–356.00	354.55
2	600–650	642	325.00	325.00
20	650–700	658	340.00–343.00	341.95
3	800–850	836	267.50	267.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	572	369.00	369.00
5	650–700	662	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	840	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	390.00	390.00
7	350–400	377	425.00	425.00
7	400–450	421	385.00–424.00	418.64
10	450–500	492	360.00–388.00	385.30
1	500–550	515	380.00	380.00
7	550–600	571	340.00–347.50	346.44
1	650–700	675	325.00	325.00
3	750–800	760	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	321	580.00	580.00
2	350–400	385	475.00	475.00
12	400–450	408	450.00–462.50	460.24
8	450–500	498	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	530	385.00	385.00
3	600–650	603	360.00	360.00
6	650–700	655	352.50–360.00	356.22
16	700–750	731	360.00	360.00
4	750–800	775	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	702	376.00	376.00
5	750–800	751	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	560.00	560.00
3	350–400	390	455.00	455.00
3	400–450	420	450.00	450.00
1	450–500	460	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	512	422.50	422.50
2	600–650	628	355.00–365.00	359.86
1	650–700	665	340.00	340.00
4	700–750	722	310.00–317.50	313.75

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.