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Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-04-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-10

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Apr 10

● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177

← Mar 20Apr 10May 8 →

Receipts

853 head

▲ 720 vs last sale 133▲ 43 vs year ago 810 · +5.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 528, Dairy Steers 33, Heifers 263, Bulls 29)

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 $357.18/cwt on 142 head. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −109.47 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.

Average price

$357.18

142 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,951

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$345

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3

$64.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.68

vs VA average

+2.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	364.11	1,971	88
Medium and Large 1-2	552	349.10	1,927	47
Medium and Large 2	596	342.50	2,041	4thin
Medium and Large 3	542	300.00	1,626	3thin

One grade step is worth $64.11/cwt here — about $345 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 sale142 hd

357.18

—

VA average10 barns · 542 hd

350.49

+6.68

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

+2.88

This barn, trailing median10 sales

466.65

−109.47

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

76 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 · Steers38 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	300	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,140	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,412	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	355	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,402	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,431	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	369	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,513	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	393	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,572	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	405	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,519	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	408	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,591	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 3Value Added	418	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,379	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,466	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	438	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,708	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	448	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,803	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	356.66/cwt	335.00–375.00	1,644	14
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	465	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,837	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	480	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,800	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	518	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,999	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	524	348.28/cwt	280.00–365.00	1,825	19
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	351.81/cwt	339.00–362.50	1,847	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3Value Added	542	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,626	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,018	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	571	349.65/cwt	317.50–354.00	1,997	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	580	350.65/cwt	340.00–354.00	2,034	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	596	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,041	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	624	319.04/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,991	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	627	341.66/cwt	332.50–351.00	2,142	50
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,038	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,027	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	683	287.36/cwt	280.00–295.00	1,963	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	685	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,089	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	702	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,229	48
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	715	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,945	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	276.23/cwt	276.00–277.00	2,016	13
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	781	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,132	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	804	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,227	43
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	820	270.25/cwt	270.25–270.25	2,216	60
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	898	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,389	58
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,070	1
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	948	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,370	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	317	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,014	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,181	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	375	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,106	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	325.92/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,248	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	401	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,339	17
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	430	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,430	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	448	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,411	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3Value Added	448	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,176	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	460	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,288	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	471	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,583	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	329.70/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,569	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	487	371.43/cwt	333.00–410.00	1,809	47
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	494	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,724	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	513	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,654	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	538	286.25/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,540	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,593	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	303.52/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,712	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	569	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,664	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	579	319.99/cwt	315.00–324.00	1,853	27
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Value Added	602	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,746	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	609	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,523	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	251.27/cwt	247.50–252.50	1,553	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	661	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,857	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	665	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,696	1
Heifers	700–750	Small 1	710	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,420	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,771	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	746	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,955	27
Heifers	800–850	Small 1	825	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,733	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	890	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,958	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	357	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,303	3
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,361	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	446	330.70/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,475	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	1,763	9
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	655	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,769	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	900–950	Large 2Value Added	935	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,945	16
Dairy Steers	1000–1050	Large 2Value Added	1,045	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,069	11
Dairy Steers	1250–1300	Large 2Value Added	1,298	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,272	6

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 Apr 10, 2025

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

Receipts 853Last week 133Year ago 810

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 528, Dairy Steers 33, Heifers 263, Bulls 29)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	369	410.00	410.00
19	500–550	524	280.00–365.00	348.28
28	550–600	571	317.50–354.00	349.65
50	600–650	627	332.50–351.00	341.66
48	700–750	702	317.50	317.50
43	800–850	804	277.00	277.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	448	402.50	402.50
1	450–500	480	375.00	375.00
28	500–550	518	386.00	386.00
16	550–600	580	340.00–354.00	350.65
5	600–650	624	295.00–325.00	319.04
1	650–700	685	305.00	305.00
4	700–750	715	272.00	272.00
60	800–850	820	270.25	270.25
58	850–900	898	266.00	266.00
2	900–950	948	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	367	390.00	390.00
1	400–450	425	345.00	345.00
14	450–500	461	335.00–375.00	356.66
24	500–550	525	339.00–362.50	351.81
20	550–600	562	359.00	359.00
3	600–650	643	317.00	317.00
6	650–700	654	310.00	310.00
13	700–750	730	276.00–277.00	276.23
4	750–800	781	273.00	273.00
1	900–950	920	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	355	395.00	395.00
1	400–450	405	375.00	375.00
6	450–500	465	395.00	395.00
4	550–600	596	342.50	342.50
2	650–700	683	280.00–295.00	287.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	353	400.00	400.00
20	400–450	438	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	418	330.00	330.00
3	500–550	542	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	380.00	380.00
2	350–400	393	400.00	400.00
2	400–450	408	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
16	900–950	935	208.00	208.00
11	1000–1050	1,045	198.00	198.00
6	1250–1300	1,298	175.00	175.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	365.00	365.00
7	400–450	446	330.00–335.00	330.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	363	375.00	375.00
3	450–500	470	350.00	350.00
9	500–550	539	327.00	327.00
1	650–700	655	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	317	320.00	320.00
17	400–450	401	334.00	334.00
47	450–500	487	333.00–410.00	371.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	358	330.00	330.00
1	400–450	430	332.50	332.50
27	450–500	476	310.00–335.00	329.70
1	500–550	540	295.00	295.00
27	550–600	564	285.00–310.00	303.52
4	600–650	618	247.50–252.50	251.27
4	700–750	723	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	320.00–330.00	325.92
5	400–450	448	315.00	315.00
4	600–650	609	250.00	250.00
1	650–700	665	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	710	200.00	200.00
1	800–850	825	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	375	295.00	295.00
7	450–500	494	349.00	349.00
4	500–550	538	280.00–292.50	286.25
4	550–600	569	292.50	292.50
3	600–650	602	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	471	336.00	336.00
7	500–550	513	322.50	322.50
27	550–600	579	315.00–324.00	319.99
14	650–700	661	281.00	281.00
27	700–750	746	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	460	280.00	280.00
1	850–900	890	220.00	220.00

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.