Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2020-05-14

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, May 14
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
707 head
▲ 707 vs last sale 0▲ 707 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 382, Heifers 312, Bulls 13)

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 $136.42/cwt on 381 head.
Average price
$136.42
381 head · 662 lb average
Value per head Derived
$904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$44.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.24
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1579147.99857147
Medium and Large 2578130.8875724
Medium and Large 1-2739129.58958197
Small 1568126.547189thin
Medium and Large 3667103.256884thin
One grade step is worth $44.74/cwt here — about $169 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 sale381 hd
136.42
—
VA average10 barns · 1,405 hd
138.66
−2.24
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

60 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Small 1430140.00/cwt140.00–140.006021
Steers—Medium and Large 1437162.86/cwt160.00–165.0071214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added464163.00/cwt163.00–163.007566
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added482153.00/cwt153.00–153.007378
Steers—Medium and Large 1484159.25/cwt159.25–159.2577115
Steers—Medium and Large 1505148.50/cwt148.50–148.5075018
Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added515128.00/cwt128.00–128.006591
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added534150.00/cwt150.00–150.0080110
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added539120.00/cwt120.00–120.006474
Steers—Small 1555128.98/cwt127.00–130.007166
Steers—Medium and Large 1568152.15/cwt140.00–154.0086451
Steers—Medium and Large 1Natural594151.00/cwt151.00–151.0089712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added602130.00/cwt130.00–130.007838
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added624119.40/cwt115.50–124.007459
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added627142.35/cwt142.00–142.5089336
Steers—Small 1645104.00/cwt104.00–104.006711
Steers—Medium and Large 1654140.74/cwt140.50–141.0092019
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added687135.00/cwt135.00–135.0092718
Steers—Medium and Large 2703126.00/cwt126.00–126.008862
Steers—Small 1705121.00/cwt121.00–121.008531
Steers—Medium and Large 1705115.00/cwt115.00–115.008111
Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added71795.00/cwt95.00–95.006813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added728123.75/cwt123.75–123.7590112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added758126.50/cwt126.50–126.5095947
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added818119.00/cwt119.00–119.0097313
Steers—Medium and Large 2840110.50/cwt110.50–110.509281
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added864118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,02455
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added941112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0546
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added995113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,1293
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added379136.00/cwt136.00–136.005154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1444128.00/cwt125.00–130.0056814
Heifers—Small 1453104.00/cwt104.00–104.004712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added455130.48/cwt126.50–134.5059420
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460121.00/cwt121.00–121.005571
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added463110.00/cwt110.00–110.005093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524129.13/cwt123.00–132.7567745
Heifers—Medium and Large 2533120.00/cwt120.00–120.006402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535125.83/cwt125.50–126.0067321
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added549115.00/cwt115.00–115.006314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural552129.50/cwt129.50–129.5071516
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added563114.00/cwt114.00–114.006426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added587121.50/cwt121.50–121.5071330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587116.43/cwt116.00–120.0068320
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613110.66/cwt110.00–111.006789
Heifers—Small 164686.00/cwt86.00–86.005566
Heifers—Medium and Large 2655105.00/cwt105.00–105.006886
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added664119.21/cwt119.00–119.5079249
Heifers—Small 174091.00/cwt91.00–91.006732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added756110.50/cwt110.50–110.5083531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added770108.00/cwt108.00–108.0083217
Heifers—Small 177880.00/cwt80.00–80.006222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885103.00/cwt103.00–103.009121
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2390152.00/cwt152.00–152.005931
Bulls—Medium and Large 2443134.00/cwt134.00–134.005942
Bulls—Medium and Large 1465142.00/cwt142.00–142.006602
Bulls—Medium and Large 2560118.00/cwt118.00–118.006611
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570128.00/cwt128.00–128.007302
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625115.00/cwt115.00–115.007192
Bulls—Medium and Large 2650105.00/cwt105.00–105.006832
Bulls—Medium and Large 1730107.00/cwt107.00–107.007811

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.