Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2022-12-08

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Dec 8
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
936 head
▼ 100 vs last sale 1,036▲ 359 vs year ago 577 · +62.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 598, Heifers 324, Bulls 14)

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 $176.73/cwt on 598 head.
Average price
$176.73
598 head · 644 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,139
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$362
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3
$80.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.54
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1617180.091,112198
Medium and Large 1-2662178.511,182368
Medium and Large 2564162.439177thin
Small 1590129.0676219thin
Medium and Large 2-3709129.009155thin
Medium and Large 3750100.007501thin
One grade step is worth $80.09/cwt here — about $362 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 sale598 hd
176.73
—
VA average10 barns · 2,782 hd
171.19
+5.54
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

73 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 · Steers39 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added365199.00/cwt199.00–199.007261
Steers—Small 1390144.56/cwt140.00–149.005642
Steers—Medium and Large 1404196.00/cwt196.00–196.007925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2421196.00/cwt196.00–196.008255
Steers—Small 1440130.00/cwt130.00–130.005721
Steers—Medium and Large 2460177.00/cwt177.00–177.008141
Steers—Medium and Large 1464176.83/cwt121.00–191.008205
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470203.25/cwt200.00–205.0095515
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added480195.00/cwt195.00–195.009361
Steers—Small 1Value Added510141.00/cwt141.00–141.007195
Steers—Medium and Large 1526193.83/cwt186.00–199.001,02030
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,13743
Steers—Small 1548128.00/cwt128.00–128.007013
Steers—Medium and Large 1567190.54/cwt161.00–197.001,08066
Steers—Medium and Large 2574166.00/cwt166.00–166.009535
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added578191.35/cwt169.00–194.001,10616
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added578175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,01210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2599173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,03624
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,04913
Steers—Medium and Large 2620130.00/cwt130.00–130.008061
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added632172.76/cwt159.00–182.001,09264
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added645183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,18015
Steers—Medium and Large 1655164.79/cwt160.00–165.001,07924
Steers—Small 1655127.00/cwt127.00–127.008323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added663168.49/cwt167.50–169.001,11736
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added685145.00/cwt145.00–145.009931
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added709129.00/cwt129.00–129.009155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added710177.35/cwt159.00–180.001,25982
Steers—Medium and Large 1744157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,17213
Steers—Small 1750116.00/cwt116.00–116.008704
Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added750100.00/cwt100.00–100.007501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added759167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,26833
Steers—Medium and Large 1785143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,1231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added813171.32/cwt156.00–175.001,39337
Steers—Small 183599.00/cwt99.00–99.008271
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added899149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,34417
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added913131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1962
Steers—Medium and Large 1925109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0081
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added929150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,3946
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340127.00/cwt127.00–127.004321
Heifers—Small 1375100.00/cwt100.00–100.003751
Heifers—Medium and Large 2385132.00/cwt132.00–132.005081
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added385119.00/cwt119.00–119.004581
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430141.00/cwt141.00–141.0060618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added452155.00/cwt155.00–155.0070110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462141.00/cwt141.00–141.0065111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2469132.60/cwt110.00–135.0062211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added480117.00/cwt117.00–117.005621
Heifers—Small 148885.00/cwt85.00–85.004152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural498156.00/cwt156.00–156.007776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added513106.00/cwt106.00–106.005445
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530155.50/cwt155.50–155.508241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added542162.50/cwt162.50–162.5088123
Heifers—Medium and Large 2542125.00/cwt125.00–125.006785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2549155.50/cwt155.50–155.5085434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1552152.36/cwt149.00–157.0084119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added560165.50/cwt165.50–165.5092741
Heifers—Small 156093.00/cwt93.00–93.005211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Natural579160.50/cwt160.50–160.5092910
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added607145.00/cwt145.00–145.0088013
Heifers—Small 1618100.00/cwt100.00–100.006182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619151.44/cwt145.00–155.0093726
Heifers—Medium and Large 2648126.00/cwt126.00–126.008162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2657135.00/cwt135.00–135.008877
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added659141.00/cwt141.00–141.009298
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760127.00/cwt127.00–127.009651
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added785138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,08321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added860128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,1011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added885141.97/cwt140.50–142.501,25641
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1351143.00/cwt143.00–143.005024
Bulls—Medium and Large 1417140.00/cwt140.00–140.005843
Bulls—Medium and Large 2434145.00/cwt145.00–145.006295
Bulls—Medium and Large 1648137.00/cwt137.00–137.008882

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.