Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2024-12-12

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Dec 12
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
527 head
▼ 299 vs last sale 826▼ 100 vs year ago 627 · −15.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 268, Heifers 250, Bulls 9)

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 $301.67/cwt on 46 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −164.98 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.
Average price
$301.67
46 head · 553 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,668
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$825
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 1
$137.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.89
vs VA average
−22.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558312.081,74126
Medium and Large 1-2543310.001,68312thin
Medium and Large 2561282.141,5826thin
Small 1523175.009152thin
One grade step is worth $137.08/cwt here — about $825 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 sale46 hd
301.67
—
VA average7 barns · 297 hd
297.78
+3.89
National average185 barns · 29,268 hd
324.35
−22.68
This barn, trailing median10 sales
466.65
−164.98
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

56 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added423342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,4496
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1430325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,3981
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added470318.40/cwt250.00–335.001,4966
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1490310.50/cwt300.00–314.001,5214
Steers450–500Small 1495215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,0641
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2500295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4751
Steers500–550Small 1523175.00/cwt175.00–175.009152
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added543310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,68312
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1557309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,72116
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added559317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,77210
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2573279.57/cwt252.50–286.001,6025
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1621266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,65216
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added633269.46/cwt265.00–276.001,70625
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added640279.50/cwt279.50–279.501,78910
Steers600–650Small 1640187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,2001
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2655255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,6703
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added667260.71/cwt255.00–272.501,73923
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,7198
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added670225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5081
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,7272
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added756246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,86029
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added813209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6993
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added913217.34/cwt214.00–218.501,98428
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added979191.85/cwt190.00–197.501,8784
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2Value Added993165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,6382
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Value Added1,061209.08/cwt208.00–210.002,21813
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1Value Added1,118203.50/cwt203.50–203.502,27534
Steers1150–1200Medium and Large 11,150154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,7711
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320235.00/cwt235.00–235.007521
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added328250.00/cwt250.00–250.008202
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1405260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0532
Heifers400–450Small 1410215.00/cwt215.00–215.008822
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added432269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,16214
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2488259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,2644
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1494242.39/cwt225.00–263.001,19711
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added519267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,38621
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added521265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3818
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2537255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,3693
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,37012
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1568253.74/cwt242.50–263.001,44123
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1641226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,44922
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2645217.00/cwt215.00–218.001,4003
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added655245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,60511
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,3401
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added741225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,66718
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2763200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5262
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added777225.39/cwt225.00–226.001,75155
Heifers750–800Small 1778146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1363
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1783200.18/cwt192.50–208.001,5672
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2Value Added815176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,4341
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added936208.74/cwt200.00–220.001,95427
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Value Added1,060187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,9881
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1375290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,0881
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1452280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2663
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1505267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3512
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1620250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5503

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.