Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2024-02-08

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Feb 8
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
824 head
▲ 367 vs last sale 457▼ 177 vs year ago 1,001 · −17.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 491, Dairy Steers 38, Heifers 255, Dairy Heifers 2, Bulls 38)

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 $258.47/cwt on 487 head.
Average price
$258.47
487 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,765
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$553
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1
$62.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.49
vs VA average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2651268.611,749287
Medium and Large 2637260.981,66141
Medium and Large 2-3504242.501,2225thin
Medium and Large 1766240.541,844149
Small 1582205.641,1965thin
One grade step is worth $62.97/cwt here — about $553 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 sale487 hd
258.47
—
VA average10 barns · 2,196 hd
258.95
−0.49
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

70 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1370300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added378310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1724
Steers—Medium and Large 2440220.00/cwt220.00–220.009681
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added482325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,5679
Steers—Medium and Large 1488261.93/cwt185.00–300.001,2783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489312.50/cwt312.50–312.501,52811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added497320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,5903
Steers—Medium and Large 2-3Value Added504242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2225
Steers—Small 1513223.56/cwt211.00–247.501,1473
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added516318.00/cwt318.00–318.001,64114
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added525300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,5752
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added528316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,6686
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added558290.87/cwt290.00–291.001,6238
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added559292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,63216
Steers—Medium and Large 1560275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,5402
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added586288.86/cwt288.00–290.001,69328
Steers—Small 1615190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1691
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added619252.96/cwt227.50–287.501,5667
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added635285.46/cwt271.00–300.001,81338
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2635247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,57258
Steers—Medium and Large 2655260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,7031
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added670225.92/cwt215.00–260.001,5148
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added685272.55/cwt272.00–276.001,86750
Steers—Medium and Large 1690250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,7251
Steers—Medium and Large 1710225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5981
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added731251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,83566
Steers—Small 1755167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,2651
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added761234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,78515
Steers—Medium and Large 1787235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,84964
Steers—Medium and Large 2Value Added837205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,7169
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added888217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,92751
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2348259.00/cwt259.00–259.009017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added358255.00/cwt255.00–255.009134
Heifers—Small 1395187.50/cwt187.50–187.507411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2435248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,0795
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Value Added435204.66/cwt175.00–235.008904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1440237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,09714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added475247.54/cwt244.00–258.001,17632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added510222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,1351
Heifers—Small 1529232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2304
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added533190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added539257.61/cwt255.00–263.001,38930
Heifers—Medium and Large 2542232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2603
Heifers—Medium and Large 1551229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,26210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added559250.50/cwt250.50–250.501,40028
Heifers—Small 1565145.00/cwt145.00–145.008191
Heifers—Small 1626167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,0454
Heifers—Medium and Large 2638207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3213
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Value Added655172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,1301
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added657234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,53746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added715196.06/cwt135.00–211.001,40210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720190.29/cwt186.00–193.001,3707
Heifers—Small 1740157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,1661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Value Added811203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,64629
Heifers—Small 1855180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,5391
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added940191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,7954
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355270.00/cwt270.00–270.009591
Bulls—Medium and Large 1385281.43/cwt280.00–284.001,08416
Bulls—Medium and Large 2448267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,1983
Bulls—Medium and Large 1450265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,1931
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Value Added506227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1514
Bulls—Medium and Large 2510212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,0841
Bulls—Medium and Large 1548276.00/cwt276.00–276.001,5128
Bulls—Medium and Large 2648205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3282
Bulls—Medium and Large 2Value Added655160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0482
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 2973180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7512
Dairy Steers—Large 21,075171.72/cwt165.00–180.001,84625
Dairy Steers—Large 21,150165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,89811
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 21,245149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,8552

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.