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Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-09

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Jan 9

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177

← Dec 12Jan 9Feb 20 →

Receipts

250 head

▼ 277 vs last sale 527▼ 207 vs year ago 457 · −45.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 160, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and 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 $280.92/cwt on 33 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −92.48 against this barn's trailing median of $373.40.

Average price

$280.92

33 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,541

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$57

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$42.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+28.77

vs VA average

−24.32 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	505	297.50	1,502	3thin
Medium and Large 1	546	291.40	1,590	20
Medium and Large 2-3	567	255.00	1,446	10thin

One grade step is worth $42.50/cwt here — about $57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale33 hd

280.92

—

VA average3 barns · 93 hd

252.15

+28.77

National average163 barns · 22,771 hd

305.24

−24.32

This barn, trailing median10 sales

373.40

−92.48

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

35 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	372	383.25/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,426	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	410	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,435	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	475	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,698	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,799	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	525	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,575	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	530	319.95/cwt	317.50–322.50	1,696	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,560	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	611	278.43/cwt	227.50–291.00	1,701	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,721	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,818	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	662	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,847	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	707	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,573	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	743	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,932	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	763	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,999	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	774	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,896	8
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	853	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,175	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,391	2
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,140	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,394	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	425	296.47/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,260	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,265	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	488	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,440	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	505	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,502	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Natural	515	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,566	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	567	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,446	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,613	8
Heifers	600–650	Small 1	620	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,116	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	623	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,610	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Natural	640	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	1,682	45
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	653	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,665	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	691	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,831	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	730	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,847	12
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	903	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,167	40
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,867	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,055	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,110	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,620	1

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 Jan 9, 2025

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

Receipts 250Last week 527Year ago 457

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 89, Heifers 160, Bulls 1)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	790	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	287.50	287.50
8	550–600	592	272.50	272.50
1	950–1000	970	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	488	295.00	295.00
9	600–650	623	258.50	258.50
8	650–700	691	265.00	265.00
12	700–750	730	253.00	253.00
2	1050–1100	1,055	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	515	304.00	304.00
45	600–650	640	262.75	262.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	280.00–305.00	296.47
3	500–550	505	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	567	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	653	255.00	255.00
40	900–950	903	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	620	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	380.00–385.00	383.25
1	500–550	525	300.00	300.00
5	600–650	611	227.50–291.00	278.43
3	700–750	707	222.50	222.50
8	750–800	774	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	475	357.50	357.50
2	500–550	530	317.50–322.50	319.95
1	600–650	600	260.00	260.00
7	650–700	662	279.00	279.00
6	700–750	743	260.00	260.00
8	850–900	853	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	750–800	763	262.00	262.00
9	1100–1150	1,140	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	410	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	493	365.00	365.00
1	600–650	620	277.50	277.50
7	650–700	661	275.00	275.00
2	950–1000	968	247.00	247.00

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.