Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2020-02-13

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Feb 13
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
567 head
▲ 567 vs last sale 0▲ 567 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 308, Heifers 234, Bulls 25)

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 $154.72/cwt on 308 head.
Average price
$154.72
308 head · 603 lb average
Value per head Derived
$933
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$37
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$61.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.82
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2407165.7967414thin
Medium and Large 1547158.3886741
Medium and Large 1-2624154.71965247
Small 1613104.006376thin
One grade step is worth $61.79/cwt here — about $37 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 sale308 hd
154.72
—
VA average9 barns · 1,268 hd
146.90
+7.82
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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1350173.00/cwt173.00–173.006061
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added369170.10/cwt169.00–175.0062811
Steers—Medium and Large 2380175.00/cwt175.00–175.006652
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added390179.50/cwt179.50–179.5070010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added463175.06/cwt171.00–176.5081126
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added495167.00/cwt167.00–167.008272
Steers—Medium and Large 1515152.60/cwt149.00–156.007862
Steers—Small 1515119.00/cwt119.00–119.006131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530172.64/cwt171.50–173.0091559
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural533167.00/cwt167.00–167.008903
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added584153.00/cwt153.00–153.008948
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added594156.55/cwt148.00–158.0093059
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618152.00/cwt152.00–152.0093919
Steers—Small 1632101.00/cwt101.00–101.006385
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added657148.00/cwt148.00–148.009726
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural661141.50/cwt141.50–141.509359
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669145.75/cwt145.75–145.7597523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added719135.25/cwt135.25–135.2597224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added793130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,03524
Steers—Medium and Large 2875100.00/cwt100.00–100.008751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added943124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,17613
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 1340112.00/cwt112.00–112.003811
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added347120.00/cwt120.00–120.004166
Heifers—Medium and Large 2348127.00/cwt127.00–127.004422
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added412135.00/cwt135.00–135.005563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added423136.50/cwt136.50–136.5057713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431128.00/cwt128.00–128.005528
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural446132.00/cwt132.00–132.005894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455129.00/cwt129.00–129.005873
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added468139.00/cwt139.00–139.0065113
Heifers—Medium and Large 2500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
Heifers—Small 151094.00/cwt94.00–94.004792
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added522138.17/cwt135.50–139.7572173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550100.00/cwt100.00–100.005502
Heifers—Medium and Large 2555120.00/cwt120.00–120.006661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural557137.50/cwt137.50–137.507667
Heifers—Small 158895.00/cwt95.00–95.005592
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610100.00/cwt100.00–100.006101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634126.25/cwt126.25–126.2580041
Heifers—Small 165490.50/cwt90.50–90.505925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658125.25/cwt125.25–125.2582412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added785118.25/cwt118.25–118.2592814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added847114.50/cwt114.50–114.5097013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added910117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,0697
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1345166.00/cwt166.00–166.005731
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Value Added371169.00/cwt169.00–169.006277
Bulls—Medium and Large 2375163.00/cwt163.00–163.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2469141.29/cwt139.00–146.006633
Bulls—Medium and Large 2603123.00/cwt123.00–123.007424
Bulls—Medium and Large 1639116.00/cwt116.00–116.007415
Bulls—Medium and Large 268393.00/cwt93.00–93.006352
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added735114.00/cwt114.00–114.008382

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.