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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-26

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Sep 26

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Sep 12Sep 26Oct 3 →

Receipts

551 head

▲ 43 vs last sale 508▲ 551 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 203, Heifers 216, Bulls 132)

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 $307.53/cwt on 67 head, down $36.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 19 comparable sales and sits −58.52 against this barn's trailing median of $366.05.

Average price

$307.53

▼ 36.23 vs prior sale

67 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,746

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$295

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

$40.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.08

vs VA average

−48.57 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	572	325.09	1,860	12thin
Medium and Large 1	568	305.58	1,737	50
Medium and Large 3	549	285.00	1,565	5thin

One grade step is worth $40.09/cwt here — about $295 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 sale67 hd

307.53

—

VA average7 barns · 315 hd

327.61

−20.08

National average179 barns · 11,869 hd

356.10

−48.57

This barn, trailing median19 sales

366.05

−58.52

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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	414.37/cwt	355.00–435.00	1,798	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	397.05/cwt	350.00–407.50	1,953	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	512	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,022	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,931	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	363.60/cwt	330.00–380.00	2,076	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	581	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,109	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	605	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,981	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	320.01/cwt	300.00–341.00	2,016	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	652	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,021	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,254	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	686	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,298	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,161	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,422	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	770	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,310	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,553	11
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	837	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,536	19
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,529	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	899	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,652	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,263	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	1,499	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	370.36/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,381	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	359.26/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,495	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	416	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,410	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	482	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,706	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	340.47/cwt	332.50–341.00	1,682	43
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	494	335.04/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,655	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,604	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	549	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,565	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	305.75/cwt	303.00–306.00	1,740	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	572	325.09/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,860	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	636	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,972	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	646	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,022	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	314.76/cwt	265.00–318.00	2,112	21
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	735	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,985	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	748	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,169	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	837	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,385	9
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,567	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	333	442.15/cwt	390.00–460.00	1,472	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,496	7
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	404.05/cwt	360.00–470.00	1,523	5
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	377	344.76/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,300	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	435.99/cwt	350.00–445.00	1,840	11
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	433	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,797	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,770	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	389.40/cwt	360.00–400.00	1,904	26
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	574	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,894	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	355.28/cwt	321.00–363.00	2,054	23
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	587	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,884	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	304.39/cwt	290.00–324.00	1,887	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	323.87/cwt	312.50–325.00	2,070	11
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	755	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,303	7
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	837	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,394	6

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 Sep 26, 2026

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

Receipts 551Last week 508Year ago 0

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 203, Heifers 216, Bulls 132)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	390.00–460.00	442.15
5	350–400	377	325.00–350.00	344.76
9	400–450	433	415.00	415.00
6	450–500	485	365.00	365.00
7	550–600	574	330.00	330.00
3	600–650	620	290.00–324.00	304.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	440.00	440.00
5	350–400	377	360.00–470.00	404.05
11	400–450	422	350.00–445.00	435.99
26	450–500	489	360.00–400.00	389.40
23	550–600	578	321.00–363.00	355.28
11	600–650	639	312.50–325.00	323.87
7	750–800	755	305.00	305.00
6	800–850	837	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	587	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	355.00–435.00	414.37
16	450–500	492	350.00–407.50	397.05
27	550–600	571	330.00–380.00	363.60
2	600–650	630	300.00–341.00	320.01
23	650–700	663	340.00	340.00
1	700–750	745	290.00	290.00
7	750–800	764	317.00	317.00
11	800–850	829	308.00	308.00
2	850–900	872	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	512	395.00	395.00
8	550–600	581	363.00	363.00
19	800–850	837	303.00	303.00
58	850–900	899	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	605	327.50	327.50
6	650–700	686	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	375.00	375.00
2	650–700	652	310.00	310.00
1	750–800	770	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	328	385.00	385.00
11	350–400	372	403.00	403.00
20	400–450	416	352.50–360.00	359.26
43	450–500	494	332.50–341.00	340.47
1	500–550	540	297.00	297.00
49	550–600	569	303.00–306.00	305.75
21	650–700	671	265.00–318.00	314.76
8	700–750	748	290.00	290.00
2	850–900	885	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	482	354.00	354.00
5	600–650	646	313.00	313.00
9	800–850	837	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	636	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	735	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	350.00–380.00	370.36
5	400–450	416	339.00	339.00
8	450–500	494	320.00–340.00	335.04
12	550–600	572	300.00–330.00	325.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	549	285.00	285.00

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.