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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-08-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-22

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Aug 22

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Aug 1Aug 22Sep 12 →

Receipts

355 head

▲ 11 vs last sale 344▲ 355 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 120, Heifers 150, Bulls 85)

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 $369.25/cwt on 35 head, up $10.29 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 19 comparable sales and sits +3.20 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$369.25

▲ 10.29 vs prior sale

35 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,992

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$72

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

$3.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.93

vs VA average

+18.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	551	372.00	2,050	7thin
Medium and Large 1	537	368.56	1,978	28

One grade step is worth $3.44/cwt here — about $72 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale35 hd

369.25

—

VA average7 barns · 280 hd

350.32

+18.93

National average160 barns · 5,295 hd

350.92

+18.33

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

+3.20

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

52 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	335	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,139	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	392	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,627	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	460.45/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,971	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	424.05/cwt	395.00–429.00	2,061	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	492	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,153	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	420.06/cwt	400.00–425.00	2,083	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	566	391.24/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,214	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,259	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	621	398.91/cwt	392.50–405.00	2,477	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,475	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,218	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,328	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	716	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,485	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	745	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,403	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	751	342.05/cwt	327.50–344.00	2,569	17
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,335	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	806	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,482	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Value Added	884	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,564	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	332	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,245	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,568	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	382	368.31/cwt	357.50–385.00	1,407	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,607	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,655	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	472	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,640	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	484	373.96/cwt	350.00–378.00	1,810	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	488	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,854	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	516	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,002	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,857	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	551	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,050	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	358.31/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,981	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	611	362.18/cwt	360.00–364.00	2,213	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,273	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	641	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,292	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	337.09/cwt	327.50–339.00	2,201	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	712	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,065	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	740	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,035	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	758	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,312	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,405	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	360	386.67/cwt	350.00–405.00	1,392	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,581	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	409.93/cwt	370.00–432.50	1,750	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,675	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	472	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,888	5
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	495	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,510	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	498	407.26/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,028	25
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,980	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	568	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,229	14
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	386.32/cwt	350.00–392.50	2,241	14
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,214	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	673	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,086	3

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 22, 2026

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

Receipts 355Last week 344Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 120, Heifers 150, Bulls 85)

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
2	300–350	347	405.00	405.00
6	350–400	372	425.00	425.00
5	400–450	427	370.00–432.50	409.93
25	450–500	498	375.00–410.00	407.26
1	500–550	520	370.00	370.00
14	550–600	580	350.00–392.50	386.32
4	650–700	656	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	350.00–405.00	386.67
1	400–450	435	385.00	385.00
5	450–500	472	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	535	370.00	370.00
14	550–600	568	392.50	392.50
3	650–700	673	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	495	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	516	388.00	388.00
13	600–650	611	360.00–364.00	362.18
2	700–750	712	290.00	290.00
9	750–800	758	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	380	412.50	412.50
8	400–450	427	387.50	387.50
26	450–500	488	380.00	380.00
3	500–550	523	355.00	355.00
15	550–600	553	335.00–360.00	358.31
11	600–650	635	358.00	358.00
6	650–700	653	327.50–339.00	337.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	332	375.00	375.00
5	350–400	382	357.50–385.00	368.31
2	400–450	420	382.50	382.50
13	450–500	484	350.00–378.00	373.96
7	550–600	551	372.00	372.00
3	600–650	641	357.50	357.50
4	700–750	740	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	472	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	340.00	340.00
11	400–450	428	455.00–465.00	460.45
13	450–500	486	395.00–429.00	424.05
6	550–600	572	395.00	395.00
9	650–700	669	370.00	370.00
2	700–750	700	332.50	332.50
1	800–850	805	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	492	437.50	437.50
17	600–650	621	392.50–405.00	398.91
17	750–800	751	327.50–344.00	342.05
4	800–850	806	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	392	415.00	415.00
2	400–450	445	415.00	415.00
5	450–500	496	400.00–425.00	420.06
3	550–600	566	375.00–400.00	391.24
2	650–700	672	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	745	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	700–750	716	347.00	347.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	884	290.00	290.00

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.