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Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-21

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Mar 21

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177

← Mar 14Mar 21Apr 11 →

Receipts

102 head

▼ 1,036 vs last sale 1,138▼ 7 vs year ago 109 · −6.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Dairy Steers 63, Heifers 14, Dairy Heifers 4, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $266.56/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −149.70 against this barn's trailing median of $416.26.

Average price

$266.56

8 head · 641 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,707

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$373

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1

$73.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.51

vs VA average

−24.68 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	635	275.71	1,750	7thin
Small 1	680	202.50	1,377	1thin

One grade step is worth $73.21/cwt here — about $373 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

266.56

—

VA average9 barns · 398 hd

271.07

−4.51

National average162 barns · 13,211 hd

291.24

−24.68

This barn, trailing median10 sales

416.26

−149.70

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

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

10 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $443.22, low $351.47, median $416.26 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Small 1	475	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,176	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	620	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,736	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	646	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,760	4
Steers	650–700	Small 1	680	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,377	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	708	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,742	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	768	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,843	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	855	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,988	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	390	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	946	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	458	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,195	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	562	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,366	3
Heifers	550–600	Small 1Value Added	568	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,301	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,446	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	780	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,346	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	676	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,426	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers13 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	350–400	Large 3	358	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	832	3
Dairy Steers	400–450	Large 3	412	224.00/cwt	182.50–245.00	923	3
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 3	515	252.01/cwt	227.50–265.00	1,298	3
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 2	525	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,339	1
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 3	583	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,527	12
Dairy Steers	550–600	Large 2	583	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,253	2
Dairy Steers	650–700	Large 3	688	233.98/cwt	175.00–241.00	1,610	15
Dairy Steers	700–750	Large 2	708	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,381	8
Dairy Steers	750–800	Large 3	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	1
Dairy Steers	800–850	Large 2	820	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,661	1
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 2	874	171.67/cwt	170.00–172.50	1,500	6
Dairy Steers	900–950	Large 2	936	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,572	6
Dairy Steers	1100–1150	Large 2-3	1,143	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,772	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	700–750	Large 2-3	710	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,154	1
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Large 2	787	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,196	3

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 21, 2024

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

Receipts 102Last week 1,138Year ago 109

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 17, Dairy Steers 63, Heifers 14, Dairy Heifers 4, Bulls 4)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	255.00	255.00
2	550–600	583	215.00	215.00
8	700–750	708	195.00	195.00
1	800–850	820	202.50	202.50
6	850–900	874	170.00–172.50	171.67
6	900–950	936	168.00	168.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	358	232.50	232.50
3	400–450	412	182.50–245.00	224.00
3	500–550	515	227.50–265.00	252.01
12	550–600	583	262.00	262.00
15	650–700	688	175.00–241.00	233.98
1	750–800	760	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	1100–1150	1,143	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	787	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	162.50	162.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	780	172.50	172.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	568	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	458	261.00	261.00
3	550–600	562	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	626	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	247.50	247.50
1	650–700	680	202.50	202.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	620	280.00	280.00
2	700–750	708	246.00	246.00
4	750–800	768	240.00	240.00
2	850–900	855	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	646	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	676	211.00	211.00

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.