Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2020-03-12

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Mar 12
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
679 head
▲ 608 vs last sale 71▲ 679 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 414, Heifers 253, Bulls 12)

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 $126.63/cwt on 413 head.
Average price
$126.63
413 head · 740 lb average
Value per head Derived
$937
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$45.71/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.40
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2560142.5579821
Medium and Large 1-2664135.69901183
Medium and Large 1829117.70976203
Small 167196.836506thin
One grade step is worth $45.71/cwt here — about $148 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 sale413 hd
126.63
—
VA average12 barns · 2,839 hd
145.03
−18.40
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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added365133.00/cwt133.00–133.004851
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added431155.50/cwt155.50–155.5067013
Steers—Medium and Large 1459155.50/cwt155.50–155.507147
Steers—Medium and Large 2460145.00/cwt145.00–145.006673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470160.00/cwt160.00–160.0075215
Steers—Small 1490120.00/cwt120.00–120.005881
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added530159.05/cwt135.00–164.0084318
Steers—Medium and Large 2544150.50/cwt150.50–150.5081914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added557156.50/cwt156.50–156.5087212
Steers—Small 1563117.00/cwt117.00–117.006592
Steers—Medium and Large 1570151.00/cwt151.00–151.008617
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added573153.25/cwt153.25–153.258786
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added638146.50/cwt146.50–146.5093519
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added643143.00/cwt143.00–143.009196
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural648143.00/cwt143.00–143.009278
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659142.00/cwt142.00–142.0093616
Steers—Medium and Large 2668116.00/cwt116.00–116.007753
Steers—Small 167565.00/cwt65.00–65.004391
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added721121.50/cwt121.50–121.508769
Steers—Medium and Large 2755103.50/cwt103.50–103.507811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added764117.36/cwt117.00–117.7589774
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural793115.00/cwt115.00–115.009123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added839120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,01116
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added849113.25/cwt113.25–113.2596148
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added851110.50/cwt110.50–110.5094048
Steers—Small 186881.00/cwt81.00–81.007032
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added954109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,04554
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added1,048100.25/cwt100.25–100.251,0516
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added372115.00/cwt115.00–115.004283
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Natural377116.00/cwt116.00–116.004373
Heifers—Medium and Large 3393116.00/cwt116.00–116.004562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433120.00/cwt120.00–120.005204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added436133.50/cwt133.50–133.5058214
Heifers—Medium and Large 2441120.50/cwt120.50–120.5053111
Heifers—Small 146070.00/cwt70.00–70.003221
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Natural475130.00/cwt130.00–130.0061818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added479130.00/cwt130.00–130.0062321
Heifers—Medium and Large 2521114.00/cwt114.00–114.005947
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added529121.08/cwt105.00–155.006419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added545124.00/cwt124.00–124.0067631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added588105.00/cwt105.00–105.006177
Heifers—Small 160094.00/cwt94.00–94.005642
Heifers—Medium and Large 262595.17/cwt94.00–97.005955
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added64995.00/cwt95.00–95.0061742
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added745102.50/cwt102.50–102.5076462
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added82593.00/cwt93.00–93.007674
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added875104.00/cwt104.00–104.009106
Heifers—Small 188078.00/cwt78.00–78.006861
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2485124.00/cwt124.00–124.006011
Bulls—Medium and Large 2557126.00/cwt126.00–126.007029
Bulls—Medium and Large 2610100.00/cwt100.00–100.006101
Bulls—Medium and Large 1685101.00/cwt101.00–101.006921

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.