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Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2024-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-14

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Nov 14

● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177

← Oct 24Nov 14Dec 12 →

Receipts

826 head

▲ 430 vs last sale 396▼ 59 vs year ago 885 · −6.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 464, Heifers 330, Bulls 32)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.65/cwt on 128 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −176.00 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.

Average price

$290.65

128 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,606

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$673

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

$136.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.15

vs VA average

−14.79 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	522	306.50	1,600	25
Medium and Large 1	560	288.45	1,616	101
Medium and Large 2	560	237.50	1,330	1thin
Small 1	545	170.00	927	1thin

One grade step is worth $136.50/cwt here — about $673 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale128 hd

290.65

—

VA average9 barns · 359 hd

275.51

+15.15

National average190 barns · 31,255 hd

305.44

−14.79

This barn, trailing median10 sales

466.65

−176.00

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

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

57 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	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	395	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,165	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	412	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,257	18
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,269	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,058	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	295.89/cwt	212.50–304.00	1,408	19
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	478	271.83/cwt	220.00–299.00	1,299	17
Steers	450–500	Small 1	485	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	812	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	522	306.50/cwt	306.50–306.50	1,600	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	524	259.93/cwt	182.50–291.00	1,362	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	294.87/cwt	242.50–299.00	1,560	26
Steers	500–550	Small 1	545	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	927	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	560	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,330	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	291.34/cwt	227.50–301.00	1,678	55
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	590	284.42/cwt	279.00–290.00	1,678	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	272.32/cwt	258.00–281.00	1,686	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	630	265.96/cwt	213.00–281.00	1,676	26
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	664	235.50/cwt	235.00–236.00	1,564	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	251.80/cwt	207.00–258.00	1,682	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	701	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,654	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	241.23/cwt	237.50–243.00	1,754	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,560	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	775	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,511	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	782	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,928	65
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	843	241.36/cwt	234.00–243.00	2,035	71
Steers	800–850	Small 1	845	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,259	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	890	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,602	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	904	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,763	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Value Added	979	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,173	28
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	943	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	404	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,010	7
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	406	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	735	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	877	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	437	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,071	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	239.60/cwt	234.00–243.00	1,136	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	480	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,205	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,103	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	233.77/cwt	221.00–240.00	1,251	78
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	542	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,306	56
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	214.94/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,210	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	235.19/cwt	234.00–236.00	1,378	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	220.84/cwt	212.00–227.00	1,396	38
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	643	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,286	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	652	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,454	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	683	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,291	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,786	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	764	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,604	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	815	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,447	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	911	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,799	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2Value Added	929	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,691	4
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,100	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,815	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	881	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,121	6
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	461	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,111	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,116	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,334	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	594	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,158	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,332	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 Nov 14, 2024

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

Receipts 826Last week 396Year ago 885

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 464, Heifers 330, Bulls 32)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	683	189.00	189.00
11	750–800	764	210.00	210.00
9	900–950	911	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	437	245.00	245.00
1	450–500	490	225.00	225.00
3	550–600	563	205.00–220.00	214.94
2	600–650	643	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	815	177.50	177.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	393	240.00	240.00
1	400–450	430	204.00	204.00
13	450–500	474	234.00–243.00	239.60
78	500–550	535	221.00–240.00	233.77
25	550–600	586	234.00–236.00	235.19
38	600–650	632	212.00–227.00	220.84
2	750–800	760	235.00	235.00
1	1100–1150	1,100	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	900–950	929	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	404	250.00	250.00
35	450–500	480	251.00	251.00
56	500–550	542	241.00	241.00
20	650–700	652	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	406	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	412	305.00	305.00
17	450–500	478	220.00–299.00	271.83
25	500–550	522	306.50	306.50
26	600–650	630	213.00–281.00	265.96
10	650–700	664	235.00–236.00	235.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	450	235.00	235.00
1	550–600	560	237.50	237.50
1	750–800	775	195.00	195.00
1	850–900	890	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	295.00	295.00
19	450–500	476	212.50–304.00	295.89
26	500–550	529	242.50–299.00	294.87
55	550–600	576	227.50–301.00	291.34
32	600–650	619	258.00–281.00	272.32
8	650–700	668	207.00–258.00	251.80
19	700–750	727	237.50–243.00	241.23
1	750–800	750	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	524	182.50–291.00	259.93
10	550–600	590	279.00–290.00	284.42
7	700–750	701	236.00	236.00
65	750–800	782	246.50	246.50
71	800–850	843	234.00–243.00	241.36
4	900–950	904	195.00	195.00
28	950–1000	979	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	167.50	167.50
1	500–550	545	170.00	170.00
1	800–850	845	149.00	149.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	461	241.00	241.00
6	550–600	594	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	235.00	235.00
6	400–450	443	253.00	253.00
2	450–500	463	241.00	241.00
4	550–600	563	237.00	237.00
3	650–700	653	204.00	204.00

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.