Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2023-09-14

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Sep 14
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
759 head
▲ 452 vs last sale 307▲ 683 vs year ago 76 · +898.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 437, Heifers 305, 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 $241.86/cwt on 433 head.
Average price
$241.86
433 head · 670 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,620
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$377
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$89.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.22
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1612246.561,50982
Medium and Large 2466246.481,14950
Medium and Large 1-2721245.941,773280
Medium and Large 3638161.401,0295thin
Small 1721157.071,13216thin
One grade step is worth $89.49/cwt here — about $377 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 sale433 hd
241.86
—
VA average10 barns · 2,284 hd
242.08
−0.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

69 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 · Steers37 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2313257.40/cwt225.00–275.008068
Steers—Medium and Large 2368256.14/cwt252.50–267.5094312
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added385269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,0361
Steers—Medium and Large 1390268.07/cwt250.00–271.001,0458
Steers—Small 1410144.32/cwt118.00–170.005922
Steers—Medium and Large 2419242.31/cwt232.50–260.001,01514
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added436260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1348
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added460215.00/cwt215.00–215.009893
Steers—Medium and Large 1464265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,23013
Steers—Medium and Large 2480235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1281
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added510245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2501
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added528266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,40430
Steers—Medium and Large 1538265.78/cwt246.00–267.001,43017
Steers—Medium and Large 2545255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3901
Steers—Medium and Large 1554259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,43512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559250.43/cwt245.00–261.001,40018
Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added585171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,0002
Steers—Medium and Large 2620230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added641256.07/cwt254.00–259.001,64153
Steers—Medium and Large 1646245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,5837
Steers—Medium and Large 3Value Added673155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0433
Steers—Small 1Value Added693172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1926
Steers—Medium and Large 1695170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1821
Steers—Small 1712130.00/cwt130.00–130.009263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added713240.50/cwt240.50–240.501,71528
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added722235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,69710
Steers—Medium and Large 1735229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,6839
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added760215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,6341
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780237.21/cwt205.00–241.001,85048
Steers—Small 1785122.50/cwt122.50–122.509621
Steers—Medium and Large 1790197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5601
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added836241.05/cwt240.50–241.252,01581
Steers—Small 1Value Added908170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5444
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added933204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,9032
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added955220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,10114
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added981208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,0406
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added1,162186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,1613
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2344225.30/cwt177.50–232.5077515
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added360232.50/cwt232.50–232.508371
Heifers—Medium and Large 2365227.50/cwt227.50–227.508303
Heifers—Small 1435195.00/cwt195.00–195.008481
Heifers—Medium and Large 2449225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,1118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added461213.82/cwt200.00–220.0098610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,15015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added484185.00/cwt185.00–185.008955
Heifers—Medium and Large 2527218.97/cwt210.00–227.501,15410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1538194.91/cwt185.00–205.001,0494
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added552246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,35826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2586
Heifers—Small 1595177.21/cwt170.00–179.001,0545
Heifers—Small 1615160.00/cwt160.00–160.009841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634239.09/cwt222.00–243.001,51665
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3679
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added697190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3245
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added711221.14/cwt214.00–222.001,57228
Heifers—Small 1730180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,3142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added778226.25/cwt226.25–226.251,76066
Heifers—Small 1845175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4791
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added855195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added909190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,72713
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2380247.50/cwt247.50–247.509411
Bulls—Medium and Large 2448244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,0935
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,1271
Bulls—Medium and Large 1555225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2492
Bulls—Medium and Large 1615145.00/cwt145.00–145.008921
Bulls—Small and Medium 1-2685162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,1136
Bulls—Medium and Large 1700180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,2601
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 2-3845145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2251

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.