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Shenandoah Valley Livestock

Name: Shenandoah Valley Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Sat, Oct 3

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2169

← Sep 26Oct 3Oct 10 →

Receipts

464 head

▼ 87 vs last sale 551▼ 536 vs year ago 1,000 · −53.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 202, Heifers 183, Bulls 79)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.50/cwt on 87 head, up $13.91 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 16 comparable sales and sits −64.39 against this barn's trailing median of $445.89.

Average price

$381.50

▲ 13.91 vs prior sale

87 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,155

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

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

$36.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.33

vs VA average

−33.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	387.92	2,166	69
Medium and Large 1-2	589	361.00	2,126	10thin
Medium and Large 2	591	351.77	2,079	8thin

One grade step is worth $36.15/cwt here — about $87 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 sale87 hd

381.50

—

VA average9 barns · 353 hd

384.84

−3.33

National average184 barns · 17,632 hd

414.66

−33.16

This barn, trailing median16 sales

445.89

−64.39

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

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $476.94, low $360.43, median $445.89 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

57 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	321	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,445	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	373	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,660	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	427.22/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,623	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	426	428.53/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,826	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	431	410.22/cwt	380.00–460.00	1,768	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	444.32/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,946	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,975	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,912	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	491	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,160	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	417.61/cwt	385.00–430.00	2,142	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	581	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,022	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	371.03/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,182	38
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	589	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,126	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	591	351.77/cwt	310.00–357.50	2,079	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	600	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,115	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,080	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	658	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,336	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	668	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,171	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	338.11/cwt	327.50–339.00	2,296	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	325.84/cwt	325.00–327.50	2,379	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	760	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,565	8
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	794	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,382	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	317	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,220	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,300	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	402.35/cwt	395.00–415.00	1,509	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	420	383.13/cwt	300.00–395.00	1,609	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	365.87/cwt	290.00–375.00	1,562	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	467	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,564	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	481	378.27/cwt	375.00–381.00	1,819	24
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3	491	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,608	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,788	28
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	531	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,885	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	545	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,717	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	328.54/cwt	300.00–330.00	1,873	20
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	570	325.91/cwt	320.00–328.00	1,858	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3	575	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,898	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	579	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,969	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	671	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,134	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,170	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	705	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,052	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	291.00/cwt	285.00–292.00	2,162	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,593	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls15 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	271	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,260	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	440.79/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,463	6
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 2	335	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,457	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,683	8
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,931	5
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,780	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,570	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	397.66/cwt	360.00–409.00	1,956	16
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2	521	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,876	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3	550	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,238	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	357.96/cwt	346.00–361.00	2,080	20
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	617	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,944	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	672	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,949	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	681	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,179	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	284.11/cwt	257.50–297.50	2,094	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 Oct 3, 2026

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

Receipts 464Last week 551Year ago 1,000

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 202, Heifers 183, Bulls 79)

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
3	300–350	321	450.00	450.00
3	350–400	373	445.00	445.00
7	400–450	426	400.00–440.00	428.53
4	450–500	478	400.00	400.00
8	550–600	591	310.00–357.50	351.77
1	600–650	640	325.00	325.00
4	650–700	668	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	431	380.00–460.00	410.22
13	450–500	491	440.00	440.00
4	550–600	581	348.00	348.00
11	650–700	658	355.00	355.00
8	750–800	760	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	380	400.00–435.00	427.22
7	400–450	438	410.00–450.00	444.32
5	450–500	476	415.00	415.00
27	500–550	513	385.00–430.00	417.61
38	550–600	588	370.00–375.00	371.03
1	600–650	600	352.50	352.50
13	650–700	679	327.50–339.00	338.11
6	700–750	730	325.00–327.50	325.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	589	361.00	361.00
15	750–800	794	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	317	385.00	385.00
8	400–450	420	300.00–395.00	383.13
4	450–500	467	335.00	335.00
1	500–550	545	315.00	315.00
4	550–600	570	320.00–328.00	325.91
2	700–750	705	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	325	400.00	400.00
13	350–400	375	395.00–415.00	402.35
15	400–450	427	290.00–375.00	365.87
28	450–500	494	362.00	362.00
20	550–600	570	300.00–330.00	328.54
7	650–700	674	322.00	322.00
7	700–750	743	285.00–292.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	481	375.00–381.00	378.27
8	500–550	531	355.00	355.00
3	850–900	850	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	671	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	579	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	491	327.50	327.50
2	550–600	575	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	271	465.00	465.00
6	300–350	332	420.00–445.00	440.79
8	350–400	387	435.00	435.00
5	400–450	434	445.00	445.00
16	450–500	492	360.00–409.00	397.66
20	550–600	581	346.00–361.00	357.96
3	650–700	681	320.00	320.00
3	700–750	737	257.50–297.50	284.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	435.00	435.00
1	400–450	445	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	455	345.00	345.00
3	500–550	521	360.00	360.00
4	600–650	617	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	672	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	225.00	225.00

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.