Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2024-07-11

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Jul 11
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
472 head
▲ 80 vs last sale 392▼ 41 vs year ago 513 · −8.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 284, Heifers 156, Bulls 32)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $299.37/cwt on 25 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −167.28 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.
Average price
$299.37
25 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,692
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$348
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$20.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.60
vs VA average
−3.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2590301.001,7767thin
Medium and Large 1561300.961,69016thin
Medium and Large 2508281.001,4272thin
One grade step is worth $20.00/cwt here — about $348 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale25 hd
299.37
—
VA average6 barns · 336 hd
288.77
+10.60
National average160 barns · 9,699 hd
302.91
−3.54
This barn, trailing median10 sales
466.65
−167.28
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 500–600 lb

10 sales
536476416356median 466.6503/1204/0907/0909/1010/22
Steers 500–600 lb: high $521.53, low $370.28, median $466.65 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

63 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Value Added348315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,0963
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1360301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,0842
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added380270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0261
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added448324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,4528
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added451329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,48412
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1470290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,3633
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2487303.22/cwt270.00–308.001,4778
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2508281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,4272
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added531307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,6304
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5661
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,7284
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added581295.62/cwt285.00–300.001,7187
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590301.00/cwt301.00–301.001,7767
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added607295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7918
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2607261.74/cwt256.00–267.501,5894
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,5181
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added631284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,7927
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1656258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,6929
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added673267.77/cwt215.00–278.001,80218
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7851
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added742260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,92917
Steers750–800Small 1760210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5961
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added772252.86/cwt252.00–254.001,95228
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1798242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,9312
Steers750–800Small 1Value Added799215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,7184
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added866247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,14346
Steers850–900Small 1875190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6634
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added945217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,0512
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added961242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,32651
Steers950–1000Large 2-3975199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,9402
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Value Added1,090203.00/cwt203.00–203.002,2131
Steers1100–1150Large 2-3Value Added1,144190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,17413
Steers1200–1250Medium and Large 1Value Added1,220189.00/cwt189.00–189.002,3061
Steers1200–1250Large 2-31,228166.32/cwt155.00–177.502,0422
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355235.00/cwt235.00–235.008341
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2356262.50/cwt262.50–262.509358
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added358245.00/cwt245.00–245.008772
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 3Value Added359240.00/cwt240.00–240.008624
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364245.00/cwt245.00–245.008924
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 3Value Added400205.00/cwt205.00–205.008201
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1091
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added472267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,26019
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2513278.66/cwt250.00–283.001,4308
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1543245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,3302
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added545275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,49916
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,47316
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2560235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3164
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,5033
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4092
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added628259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,62716
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1629220.01/cwt217.50–225.001,3849
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added650195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,2681
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added674241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,62415
Heifers750–800Small 1785180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,4131
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added790239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,88816
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added905180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6292
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added953210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,0014
Heifers1300–1350Large 2-31,335170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,2701
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2360250.00/cwt250.00–250.009005
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4657
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2618200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2362
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added650251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,63211
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added761200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5227

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.