Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2021-09-09

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Sep 9
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
447 head
▼ 357 vs last sale 804▼ 187 vs year ago 634 · −29.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 253, Heifers 177, Bulls 17)

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 $154.21/cwt on 253 head.
Average price
$154.21
253 head · 743 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,145
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$480
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1
$44.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.56
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2725157.361,14193
Medium and Large 1763152.931,167149
Medium and Large 2617152.009389thin
Small 1585113.006612thin
One grade step is worth $44.36/cwt here — about $480 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 sale253 hd
154.21
—
VA average8 barns · 982 hd
150.65
+3.56
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

45 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added365160.00/cwt160.00–160.005841
Steers—Medium and Large 1429169.64/cwt169.00–171.007283
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added459172.00/cwt172.00–172.007896
Steers—Medium and Large 1465175.00/cwt175.00–175.0081411
Steers—Small 1465107.00/cwt107.00–107.004981
Steers—Medium and Large 1541162.13/cwt160.50–163.0087723
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added558159.25/cwt159.25–159.258896
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570153.00/cwt153.00–153.008724
Steers—Medium and Large 2588154.00/cwt154.00–154.009062
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added638162.40/cwt158.00–165.001,0368
Steers—Medium and Large 1640154.00/cwt154.00–154.009862
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added644160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,03015
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added647155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0035
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added703156.44/cwt154.00–159.501,10018
Steers—Small 1705119.00/cwt119.00–119.008391
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added715159.25/cwt159.25–159.251,1395
Steers—Medium and Large 1721151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0894
Steers—Medium and Large 2780125.00/cwt125.00–125.009751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added802155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,24750
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added845132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1151
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added857151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,29454
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added955137.95/cwt137.95–137.951,31727
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added1,153130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4995
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2404149.50/cwt149.50–149.506045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430134.00/cwt134.00–134.005761
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added438135.00/cwt135.00–135.005917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1458136.00/cwt136.00–136.0062312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added527119.00/cwt119.00–119.006273
Heifers—Medium and Large 1544141.34/cwt139.00–144.0076928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added557148.04/cwt144.00–150.5082534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added638131.50/cwt131.50–131.5083923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640125.00/cwt125.00–125.008001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added725129.00/cwt129.00–129.009355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added730132.25/cwt132.25–132.2596537
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735123.00/cwt123.00–123.009042
Heifers—Small 173594.00/cwt94.00–94.006911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added813137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,1209
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added870120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0442
Heifers—Small 1875125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0942
Heifers—Medium and Large 1892104.03/cwt52.00–117.009285
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525158.00/cwt158.00–158.008305
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570150.50/cwt150.50–150.508582
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Value Added604150.00/cwt150.00–150.009067
Bulls—Medium and Large 1625116.26/cwt105.00–127.007272
Bulls—Medium and Large 279098.00/cwt98.00–98.007741

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.