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Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2023-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-16

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Mar 16

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177

← Mar 9Mar 16Mar 23 →

Receipts

84 head

▼ 666 vs last sale 750▼ 925 vs year ago 1,009 · −91.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 68, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $167.92/cwt on 68 head.

Average price

$167.92

68 head · 675 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$31

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1

$30.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.25

vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	467	170.00	793	4thin
Medium and Large 1	637	169.25	1,078	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	699	169.15	1,183	55
Small 1	588	140.00	824	3thin

One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about −$31 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 sale68 hd

167.92

—

VA average9 barns · 1,681 hd

178.17

−10.25

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

25 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,267	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	676	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,467	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,445	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	893	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,473	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,015	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,665	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	380	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	627	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	393	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	698	2
Heifers	—	Small 1	400	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	580	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	842	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	485	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	885	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	195.50/cwt	195.50–195.50	1,042	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	582	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,123	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	615	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,076	6
Heifers	—	Small 1	620	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	775	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	715	164.03/cwt	163.00–165.00	1,173	23
Heifers	—	Small 1	745	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,118	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	770	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,247	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	806	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,233	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	873	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,379	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,010	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,555	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	325	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	642	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	380	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	802	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	555	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	916	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	645	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,080	1

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.

Virginia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Rockingham Graded Feeder Cattle Sale - Harrisonburg, VA

Thu Mar 16, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Richmond, VA (LS-RH)

Receipts 84Last week 750Year ago 1,009

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 12, Heifers 68, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	555	165.00	165.00
1	—	380	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	167.50	167.50
1	—	325	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	393	177.50	177.50
2	—	770	162.00	162.00
1	—	485	182.50	182.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	806	153.00	153.00
9	—	582	193.00	193.00
23	—	715	163.00–165.00	164.03
6	—	615	175.00	175.00
3	—	873	158.00	158.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	380	165.00	165.00
1	—	550	155.00	155.00
2	—	468	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	125.00	125.00
1	—	400	145.00	145.00
1	—	745	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,010	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	533	195.50	195.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	225.00	225.00
5	—	676	217.00	217.00
1	—	865	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	893	165.00	165.00
1	—	1,015	164.00	164.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.