Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2019-10-24

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Oct 24
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
361 head
▼ 349 vs last sale 710▲ 361 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 193, Heifers 131, Holstein Heifers 24, Bulls 13)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $135.21/cwt on 193 head.
Average price
$135.21
193 head · 626 lb average
Value per head Derived
$846
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$329
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$51.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.25
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548141.5577688
Medium and Large 1-2734135.9399787
Medium and Large 2458128.405885thin
Small 149590.1544613thin
One grade step is worth $51.40/cwt here — about $329 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale193 hd
135.21
—
VA average11 barns · 1,699 hd
130.97
+4.25
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 lots · USDA AMS · Rockingham 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1Value Added34585.00/cwt85.00–85.002936
Steers—Medium and Large 1398140.00/cwt140.00–140.005572
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added405127.00/cwt127.00–127.005142
Steers—Medium and Large 1445143.00/cwt143.00–143.006363
Steers—Medium and Large 2448129.00/cwt129.00–129.005782
Steers—Medium and Large 1466142.00/cwt142.00–142.006625
Steers—Small 1467109.00/cwt109.00–109.005092
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2484141.50/cwt141.50–141.5068515
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added497142.65/cwt142.00–145.5070916
Steers—Medium and Large 1530143.83/cwt141.00–147.0076239
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added545118.00/cwt118.00–118.006432
Steers—Medium and Large 2585130.00/cwt130.00–130.007611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added590140.00/cwt140.00–140.008261
Steers—Medium and Large 1623137.00/cwt137.00–137.008542
Steers—Small 162791.00/cwt91.00–91.005713
Steers—Medium and Large 1657138.00/cwt138.00–138.0090718
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added675111.00/cwt111.00–111.007492
Steers—Medium and Large 1738124.00/cwt124.00–124.009152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added755137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,04044
Steers—Small 177585.50/cwt85.50–85.506632
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added853132.25/cwt132.25–132.251,12816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added906133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,2108
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1353110.00/cwt110.00–110.003882
Heifers—Medium and Large 2373110.00/cwt110.00–110.004102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2448101.00/cwt101.00–101.004525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462117.96/cwt107.00–121.5054516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474117.24/cwt114.50–119.0055615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1534115.83/cwt115.00–118.0061934
Heifers—Medium and Large 2539115.50/cwt115.50–115.506235
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added542120.00/cwt120.00–120.0065011
Heifers—Small 156361.00/cwt61.00–61.003432
Heifers—Medium and Large 261070.00/cwt70.00–70.004271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added631125.00/cwt125.00–125.0078916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1642112.50/cwt112.50–112.507225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715113.00/cwt113.00–113.008087
Heifers—Small 171589.00/cwt89.00–89.006361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718104.00/cwt104.00–104.007472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886105.00/cwt105.00–105.009304
Heifers—Medium and Large 190091.00/cwt91.00–91.008191
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added1,04077.00/cwt77.00–77.008011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added1,16038.75/cwt38.75–38.754501
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1353115.00/cwt115.00–115.004062
Bulls—Medium and Large 1430125.00/cwt125.00–125.005381
Bulls—Medium and Large 2440125.00/cwt125.00–125.005502
Bulls—Medium and Large 2525125.00/cwt125.00–125.006561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1544125.00/cwt125.00–125.006806
Bulls—Medium and Large 1600114.00/cwt114.00–114.006841
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-3Guaranteed Open87152.00/cwt52.00–52.004537
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-394849.00/cwt49.00–49.004652
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,03551.50/cwt51.50–51.505332
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-3Guaranteed Open1,37146.50/cwt46.50–46.506385
Dairy Heifers—Large 2Guaranteed Open1,57150.00/cwt50.00–50.007868

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.