Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2020-10-22

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Oct 22
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
141 head
▼ 533 vs last sale 674▼ 220 vs year ago 361 · −60.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 102, Heifers 36, Bulls 3)

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 $137.23/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$137.23
101 head · 632 lb average
Value per head Derived
$867
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$228
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$48.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.53
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2524140.007345thin
Medium and Large 1629139.5887885
Medium and Large 1-2759127.509688thin
Small 155092.005063thin
One grade step is worth $48.00/cwt here — about $228 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 sale101 hd
137.23
—
VA average11 barns · 2,582 hd
134.71
+2.53
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

30 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2355149.00/cwt149.00–149.005292
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added415152.00/cwt152.00–152.006311
Steers—Medium and Large 1485159.00/cwt159.00–159.0077110
Steers—Medium and Large 1534138.54/cwt135.00–146.5074010
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added538152.50/cwt152.50–152.508206
Steers—Small 1Value Added55092.00/cwt92.00–92.005063
Steers—Medium and Large 1560150.00/cwt150.00–150.0084012
Steers—Medium and Large 2565142.50/cwt142.50–142.508052
Steers—Medium and Large 1617135.36/cwt125.00–142.0083515
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added637146.75/cwt146.75–146.7593510
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added679136.95/cwt132.00–139.009307
Steers—Medium and Large 1733113.85/cwt105.00–123.008354
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added759127.50/cwt127.50–127.509688
Steers—Medium and Large 2780117.00/cwt117.00–117.009131
Steers—Medium and Large 185093.00/cwt93.00–93.007911
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added973113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0999
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small 143399.00/cwt99.00–99.004293
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434131.00/cwt131.00–131.005695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added474132.00/cwt132.00–132.006265
Heifers—Small and Medium 1Value Added492115.00/cwt115.00–115.005663
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added556123.00/cwt123.00–123.006845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566124.00/cwt124.00–124.007025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added630112.00/cwt112.00–112.007063
Heifers—Small 167570.00/cwt70.00–70.004731
Heifers—Medium and Large 169095.00/cwt95.00–95.006561
Heifers—Small 171576.00/cwt76.00–76.005431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added726103.00/cwt103.00–103.007484
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1420142.00/cwt142.00–142.005961
Bulls—Medium and Large 2465141.00/cwt141.00–141.006561
Bulls—Medium and Large 1635124.00/cwt124.00–124.007871

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.