Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2020-10-08

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Oct 8
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
674 head
▲ 554 vs last sale 120▼ 36 vs year ago 710 · −5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 356, Heifers 312, Bulls 6)

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 $142.54/cwt on 356 head.
Average price
$142.54
356 head · 671 lb average
Value per head Derived
$956
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$346
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$39.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.97
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1679145.32986174
Medium and Large 1-2698143.01998136
Medium and Large 2545137.6575036
Small 1608105.4064110thin
One grade step is worth $39.92/cwt here — about $346 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 sale356 hd
142.54
—
VA average11 barns · 2,409 hd
137.57
+4.97
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

62 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1310136.00/cwt136.00–136.004221
Steers—Medium and Large 2399151.00/cwt151.00–151.006024
Steers—Medium and Large 2422141.82/cwt135.00–150.005987
Steers—Medium and Large 2460140.00/cwt140.00–140.006442
Steers—Medium and Large 1473163.00/cwt163.00–163.007718
Steers—Small 1473119.00/cwt119.00–119.005632
Steers—Small 151091.00/cwt91.00–91.004641
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added513142.10/cwt140.00–146.007296
Steers—Medium and Large 2535144.69/cwt144.00–148.0077411
Steers—Medium and Large 1542158.49/cwt146.00–160.0085937
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added583151.46/cwt150.00–152.0088318
Steers—Small 1584117.00/cwt117.00–117.006834
Steers—Medium and Large 1585141.00/cwt141.00–141.008254
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added590122.50/cwt122.50–122.507231
Steers—Medium and Large 2612132.00/cwt132.00–132.008086
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added623151.00/cwt151.00–151.009419
Steers—Medium and Large 1631146.60/cwt142.00–148.0092513
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added646142.50/cwt142.50–142.5092114
Steers—Medium and Large 1663146.00/cwt146.00–146.0096833
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added674137.00/cwt137.00–137.009237
Steers—Small 167587.00/cwt87.00–87.005871
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added680142.00/cwt142.00–142.0096625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683136.00/cwt136.00–136.009299
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726135.00/cwt135.00–135.009807
Steers—Medium and Large 2743117.00/cwt117.00–117.008695
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added749143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,07163
Steers—Medium and Large 1765123.00/cwt123.00–123.009412
Steers—Small 180585.00/cwt85.00–85.006842
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added868135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,17253
Steers—Medium and Large 2870110.00/cwt110.00–110.009571
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365114.00/cwt114.00–114.004161
Heifers—Medium and Large 2428121.00/cwt121.00–121.005184
Heifers—Small 1440110.00/cwt110.00–110.004841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added445116.00/cwt116.00–116.005162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1448135.50/cwt135.50–135.5060710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462125.50/cwt125.50–125.505803
Heifers—Small 1464111.00/cwt111.00–111.005154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2506127.00/cwt127.00–127.0064326
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added510119.00/cwt119.00–119.006073
Heifers—Small 1540108.00/cwt108.00–108.005832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added547128.50/cwt128.50–128.5070312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1552120.00/cwt120.00–120.0066217
Heifers—Medium and Large 2552115.00/cwt115.00–115.006353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added561137.50/cwt137.50–137.5077135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561129.75/cwt129.75–129.7572822
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added562124.00/cwt124.00–124.0069711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added591122.50/cwt122.50–122.507247
Heifers—Small 161083.00/cwt83.00–83.005061
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625111.00/cwt111.00–111.006946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added645137.00/cwt137.00–137.0088448
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683117.00/cwt117.00–117.007996
Heifers—Medium and Large 2690106.00/cwt106.00–106.007311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added724102.00/cwt102.00–102.007384
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added751131.00/cwt131.00–131.0098447
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Natural820128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,05030
Heifers—Medium and Large 1840105.00/cwt105.00–105.008822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added869120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0434
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1315140.00/cwt140.00–140.004411
Bulls—Medium and Large 1360135.00/cwt135.00–135.004861
Bulls—Medium and Large 2415131.00/cwt131.00–131.005441
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420140.00/cwt140.00–140.005881
Bulls—Medium and Large 1588128.00/cwt128.00–128.007532

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.