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Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-20

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Mar 20

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177

← Mar 13Mar 20Apr 10 →

Receipts

133 head

▼ 980 vs last sale 1,113▲ 31 vs year ago 102 · +30.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Dairy Steers 14, Heifers 54, Bulls 6)

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 $348.25/cwt on 12 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −118.40 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.

Average price

$348.25

12 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.28

vs VA average

−8.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	348.25	1,945	12thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale12 hd

348.25

—

VA average10 barns · 409 hd

333.97

+14.28

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−8.91

This barn, trailing median10 sales

466.65

−118.40

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

33 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	390.53/cwt	384.00–400.00	1,504	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	503	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,786	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,996	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	620	334.00/cwt	326.00–335.00	2,071	27
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,865	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Natural	733	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,759	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	750	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,958	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	750	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,950	1
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,104	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	236.29/cwt	225.00–240.00	2,186	4
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,000	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,310	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,031	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	360	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,087	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,049	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,235	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	445	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,326	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	485	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,382	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	530	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,463	2
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	530	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,076	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,435	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Natural	558	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,495	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	565	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,503	1
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	605	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,458	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	694	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,881	22
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	816	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,975	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	935	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,122	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	435	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,316	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	552	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,739	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,875	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	500–550	Large 2	525	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,391	1
Dairy Steers	850–900	Large 2	850	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,700	1
Dairy Steers	900–950	Large 2	934	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,849	9
Dairy Steers	1100–1150	Large 2	1,107	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,882	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 Mar 20, 2025

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

Receipts 133Last week 1,113Year ago 102

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 59, Dairy Steers 14, Heifers 54, Bulls 6)

Value Added 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
3	550–600	552	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	665	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	435	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	530	203.00	203.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	298.00	298.00
1	550–600	565	266.00	266.00
3	600–650	605	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	485	285.00	285.00
2	500–550	530	276.00	276.00
22	650–700	694	271.00	271.00
4	800–850	816	242.00	242.00
1	900–950	935	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	305.00	305.00
1	350–400	385	272.50	272.50
4	400–450	413	299.00	299.00
3	550–600	552	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	558	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	503	355.00	355.00
27	600–650	620	326.00–335.00	334.00
3	850–900	850	247.50	247.50
1	1000–1050	1,000	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	733	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	384.00–400.00	390.53
9	550–600	577	346.00	346.00
1	650–700	660	282.50	282.50
1	750–800	750	261.00	261.00
4	900–950	925	225.00–240.00	236.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	750–800	750	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	265.00	265.00
1	850–900	850	200.00	200.00
9	900–950	934	198.00	198.00
3	1100–1150	1,107	170.00	170.00

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.