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Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-24

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Oct 24

● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177

← Oct 10Oct 24Nov 14 →

Receipts

396 head

▼ 98 vs last sale 494▼ 501 vs year ago 897 · −55.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 180, Heifers 186, Bulls 30)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.70/cwt on 58 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −126.70 against this barn's trailing median of $373.40.

Average price

$246.70

58 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,384

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$83

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$23.25/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+19.94

vs VA average

−12.93 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	251.50	1,403	44
Medium and Large 1-2	564	235.00	1,325	7thin
Medium and Large 2	578	228.25	1,320	7thin

One grade step is worth $23.25/cwt here — about $83 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale58 hd

246.70

—

VA average9 barns · 607 hd

226.77

+19.94

National average195 barns · 25,856 hd

259.63

−12.93

This barn, trailing median10 sales

373.40

−126.70

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 500–600 lb

10 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $427.62, low $339.52, median $373.40 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

54 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Natural	288	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	835	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Value Added	345	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,073	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	412	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,339	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Natural	445	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,380	1
Steers	400–450	Small 1	445	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,101	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	459	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,377	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,351	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	486	337.69/cwt	302.00–346.00	1,641	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	506	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,366	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,300	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Natural	535	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,204	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,377	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	556	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,679	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	568	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,235	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	581	270.33/cwt	267.50–272.50	1,571	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	582	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,857	42
Steers	550–600	Small 1	593	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,239	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	623	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,526	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	638	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,372	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Natural	662	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,854	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,615	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,630	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	778	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,774	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	802	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,716	6
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	863	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,976	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	949	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,050	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	970	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,144	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	323	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	808	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	235.01/cwt	231.00–236.00	870	5
Heifers	350–400	Small 1	375	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	810	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	407	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,018	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	416	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	996	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3Value Added	439	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	970	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	484	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,118	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	487	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,247	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	515	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,159	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	217.35/cwt	216.00–220.00	1,152	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	560	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,422	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	564	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,325	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	589	228.79/cwt	225.00–232.50	1,348	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	625	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,306	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,424	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	713	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,526	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	794	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,667	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	938	201.50/cwt	201.50–201.50	1,890	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Natural	315	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	835	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	396	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,196	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	999	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Natural	440	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,210	1
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	526	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,483	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,113	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	601	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,244	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,264	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 Oct 24, 2024

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

Receipts 396Last week 494Year ago 897

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 180, Heifers 186, Bulls 30)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Natural cattle are Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	462	292.50	292.50
2	500–550	540	255.00	255.00
2	550–600	570	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	680	237.50	237.50
1	700–750	715	228.00	228.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	459	300.00	300.00
4	500–550	506	270.00	270.00
7	550–600	581	267.50–272.50	270.33
3	600–650	623	245.00	245.00
6	800–850	802	214.00	214.00
2	850–900	863	229.00	229.00
4	900–950	949	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	311.00	311.00
2	750–800	778	228.00	228.00
4	950–1000	970	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	310.00	310.00
42	550–600	582	319.00	319.00
14	650–700	662	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	412	325.00	325.00
35	450–500	486	302.00–346.00	337.69
12	550–600	556	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	290.00	290.00
1	500–550	535	225.00	225.00
3	550–600	568	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	445	247.50	247.50
2	550–600	593	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	638	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	265.00	265.00
1	400–450	440	275.00	275.00
7	500–550	526	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	396	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	662	191.00	191.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	601	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	323	250.00	250.00
26	400–450	407	250.00	250.00
40	450–500	487	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	370	231.00–236.00	235.01
3	500–550	530	216.00–220.00	217.35
2	650–700	678	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	416	239.50	239.50
7	450–500	484	231.00	231.00
7	550–600	564	235.00	235.00
5	700–750	713	214.00	214.00
5	750–800	794	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	439	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	589	225.00–232.50	228.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	900–950	938	201.50	201.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	625	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
41	550–600	560	254.00	254.00

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.