Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2025-03-13

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Mar 13
● Final65 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
1,113 head
▲ 611 vs last sale 502▼ 25 vs year ago 1,138 · −2.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 675, Heifers 417, Bulls 21)

Value Added and Natural 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 $367.19/cwt on 167 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −99.46 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.
Average price
$367.19
167 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,002
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$472
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small 1
$111.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+27.98
vs VA average
+8.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2535371.351,98817thin
Medium and Large 1-2524370.671,94121
Medium and Large 1549369.462,028125
Small 1583260.001,5164thin
One grade step is worth $111.35/cwt here — about $472 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale167 hd
367.19
—
VA average8 barns · 555 hd
339.21
+27.98
National average173 barns · 15,162 hd
358.67
+8.52
This barn, trailing median10 sales
466.65
−99.46
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

65 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Value Added319360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,1483
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,3674
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1432390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,68519
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added434410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,77918
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2450350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5752
Steers450–500Small 1460210.00/cwt210.00–210.009661
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added465404.00/cwt404.00–404.001,87928
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471384.00/cwt384.00–384.001,8099
Steers450–500Medium and Large 3Value Added493380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8732
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added509391.00/cwt391.00–391.001,99014
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Natural510395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,01511
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added543379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,05893
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1545352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,92111
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added553330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8257
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added574294.85/cwt280.00–302.501,6923
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578343.00/cwt343.00–343.001,98318
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added582328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,9096
Steers550–600Small 1Value Added583260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5164
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added620334.54/cwt310.00–344.002,07446
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added628322.65/cwt304.00–340.002,02633
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2Value Added630320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,0167
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1640285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8242
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added666305.26/cwt232.50–311.002,03327
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added678307.00/cwt307.00–307.002,08112
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1690292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,0183
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added730279.67/cwt235.00–285.002,04272
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added745258.41/cwt253.00–274.001,92588
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added769266.00/cwt266.00–266.002,04627
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2790213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,6831
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Natural816258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,10510
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added820225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8451
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added825263.50/cwt263.50–263.502,17464
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added888259.00/cwt259.00–259.002,30015
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added919240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,2069
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1Value Added1,143210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,4003
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1354317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1245
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2355328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,1642
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added373360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3438
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added398275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0953
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2447289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,2923
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1463292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,35413
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added470330.31/cwt320.00–332.501,55236
Heifers450–500Small 1470240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1282
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added490285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3974
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added531304.73/cwt304.00–306.001,61843
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1545290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,58112
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added565296.20/cwt252.50–300.001,67461
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2565230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3001
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added575230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3233
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,5692
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added646263.93/cwt255.00–266.501,70567
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added669254.36/cwt240.00–266.001,70232
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added676256.42/cwt254.00–260.001,73329
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added738247.33/cwt230.00–248.501,82530
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added763246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,87720
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added769244.50/cwt244.50–244.501,88014
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added871233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,02916
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 2Value Added944220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,0774
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Value Added1,015202.50/cwt202.50–202.502,0551
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,040207.50/cwt207.50–207.502,1585
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1465297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,3837
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2470295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3872
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2530227.22/cwt217.50–237.501,2042
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1564288.08/cwt275.00–295.001,6253
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added636275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7497

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.