Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2024-10-10

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Oct 10
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
494 head
▲ 399 vs last sale 95▼ 66 vs year ago 560 · −11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 334, Dairy Steers 19, Heifers 117, Dairy Heifers 1, Bulls 23)

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 $251.35/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −215.30 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.
Average price
$251.35
61 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,409
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$254
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$33.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.26
vs VA average
−42.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2578260.621,50526
Medium and Large 1548257.121,41017thin
Medium and Large 2533252.501,3464thin
Medium and Large 2-3552226.791,25114thin
One grade step is worth $33.84/cwt here — about $254 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale61 hd
251.35
—
VA average9 barns · 565 hd
256.61
−5.26
National average177 barns · 23,944 hd
294.31
−42.96
This barn, trailing median10 sales
466.65
−215.30
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

71 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310227.50/cwt227.50–227.507051
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1328267.50/cwt267.50–267.508771
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added335225.00/cwt225.00–225.007541
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1388250.00/cwt250.00–250.009702
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added390300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1701
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added420195.00/cwt195.00–195.008191
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426259.04/cwt200.00–270.001,1046
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added428235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,0062
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added452237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,0749
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added496292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,45114
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3Value Added532225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,1979
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added533252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,3464
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3456
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1540265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,43111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1562244.22/cwt240.00–261.001,3735
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added570235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,3401
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2-3Value Added587230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3505
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added590263.51/cwt250.00–265.001,55520
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3Value Added615205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2612
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632234.64/cwt233.00–235.001,48311
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added639252.90/cwt244.00–255.501,61642
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added690175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2081
Steers700–750Small 1700200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4001
Steers700–750Medium and Large 3Value Added716125.00/cwt125.00–125.008957
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added734248.75/cwt248.75–248.751,82644
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,6173
Steers750–800Medium and Large 3Value Added768170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3064
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added774240.25/cwt240.25–240.251,86022
Steers750–800Large 1-2780157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,2251
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2813200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6262
Steers800–850Small 1825170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,4032
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added843242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,04063
Steers850–900Small 1Value Added875217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,9034
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added902230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,07519
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,015180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,8271
Steers1000–1050Large 1-2Value Added1,015106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,0762
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Value Added1,038202.50/cwt202.50–202.502,1023
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,085177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,9201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 3Value Added313245.00/cwt245.00–245.007675
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1328245.00/cwt245.00–245.008041
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2Value Added343247.50/cwt247.50–247.508493
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added432225.00/cwt225.00–225.009723
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2445232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,0351
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1447234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,04613
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added450235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,05813
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Value Added460207.50/cwt207.50–207.509551
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0412
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added510210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2533205.72/cwt204.00–206.001,0967
Heifers500–550Small 1540200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0801
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1544229.11/cwt210.00–230.001,24622
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added551214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,1798
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added581241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,40016
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1585205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,1991
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added597209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,2483
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2635200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2702
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added648216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,4003
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1660202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,3331
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5772
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added738210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,5505
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,7351
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added865213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,8422
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1328267.50/cwt267.50–267.508772
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390250.00/cwt250.00–250.009756
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2471225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0607
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2508204.84/cwt195.00–210.001,0413
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1526242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,2764
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,3331
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers900–950Large 2Value Added932171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,5946
Dairy Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added969189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,83113
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,7391

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.