Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2019-12-12

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Dec 12
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
727 head
▲ 727 vs last sale 0▲ 727 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 404, Heifers 306, Bulls 17)

Value Added and Natural 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 $138.77/cwt on 399 head.
Average price
$138.77
399 head · 621 lb average
Value per head Derived
$861
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$12
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$36.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.43
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2499141.7170714thin
Medium and Large 1606140.59852160
Medium and Large 1-2637140.55895204
Small 1658105.6769621
One grade step is worth $36.05/cwt here — about $12 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 sale399 hd
138.77
—
VA average10 barns · 2,407 hd
135.34
+3.43
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

61 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2364138.25/cwt138.00–139.005034
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385155.00/cwt155.00–155.005973
Steers—Small 1415129.00/cwt129.00–129.005351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added442150.00/cwt150.00–150.0066315
Steers—Medium and Large 2446152.00/cwt152.00–152.006786
Steers—Medium and Large 1454144.27/cwt125.00–147.0065517
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477155.78/cwt155.00–156.5074327
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added490156.50/cwt156.50–156.507679
Steers—Medium and Large 1515145.50/cwt145.50–145.507491
Steers—Medium and Large 2525152.00/cwt152.00–152.007981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added526153.50/cwt153.50–153.5080718
Steers—Small 153585.00/cwt85.00–85.004552
Steers—Small 1Value Added53583.00/cwt83.00–83.004444
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added537148.00/cwt148.00–148.007959
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565141.70/cwt135.00–150.5080131
Steers—Medium and Large 1573142.03/cwt135.00–147.0081449
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added591138.68/cwt125.00–143.0082012
Steers—Medium and Large 1607135.00/cwt135.00–135.008193
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added623139.50/cwt139.50–139.508698
Steers—Medium and Large 2630131.00/cwt131.00–131.008251
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added640138.00/cwt138.00–138.0088321
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added652136.00/cwt136.00–136.0088714
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added653141.50/cwt141.50–141.509249
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657139.50/cwt139.50–139.5091718
Steers—Small 1Value Added661116.00/cwt116.00–116.007675
Steers—Medium and Large 1664137.43/cwt136.00–140.0091325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added741134.75/cwt134.75–134.7599833
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added755111.00/cwt111.00–111.008381
Steers—Medium and Large 1758124.00/cwt124.00–124.009404
Steers—Small 1Value Added766112.00/cwt112.00–112.008589
Steers—Medium and Large 2850118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0032
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added856129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,10414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added986118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,16823
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 236997.00/cwt97.00–97.003584
Heifers—Small 142881.00/cwt81.00–81.003472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430110.00/cwt110.00–110.0047310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added440118.00/cwt118.00–118.005193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added446118.00/cwt118.00–118.0052612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1452115.25/cwt115.00–117.005218
Heifers—Medium and Large 2452104.00/cwt104.00–104.0047022
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added486121.18/cwt121.00–121.5058914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added500124.50/cwt124.50–124.5062318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529119.89/cwt112.00–121.0063444
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added541123.64/cwt120.50–125.0066933
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural546123.50/cwt123.50–123.506746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563120.63/cwt110.00–122.506797
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural602120.00/cwt120.00–120.0072210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added609124.50/cwt124.50–124.5075813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618116.50/cwt116.50–116.5072011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added623124.00/cwt124.00–124.0077329
Heifers—Medium and Large 262497.54/cwt91.00–104.006094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655109.50/cwt109.50–109.507171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added682122.85/cwt117.50–126.0083830
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added779105.50/cwt105.50–105.5082211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2810102.00/cwt102.00–102.008262
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-385885.00/cwt85.00–85.0072910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added860102.00/cwt102.00–102.008771
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1453122.00/cwt122.00–122.005532
Bulls—Medium and Large 2533123.00/cwt123.00–123.006564
Bulls—Medium and Large 1552129.00/cwt129.00–129.007125
Bulls—Medium and Large 1620122.00/cwt122.00–122.007564

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.