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Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2025-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-08

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, May 8

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177

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Receipts

835 head

▼ 18 vs last sale 853▲ 303 vs year ago 532 · +57.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 390, Heifers 382, Bulls 63)

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 $372.08/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 2 of 10 comparable sales and sits −94.57 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.

Average price

$372.08

106 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,011

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$293

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$46.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.03

vs VA average

−6.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	376.35	2,051	67
Medium and Large 1-2	533	368.73	1,964	35
Medium and Large 2	533	330.00	1,759	4thin

One grade step is worth $46.35/cwt here — about $293 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 sale106 hd

372.08

—

VA average10 barns · 626 hd

371.05

+1.03

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

−6.71

This barn, trailing median10 sales

466.65

−94.57

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

72 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	1,325	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,525	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,650	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	429	407.62/cwt	390.00–415.00	1,749	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	446	406.28/cwt	282.50–415.00	1,812	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	409.45/cwt	385.00–427.50	1,904	21
Steers	450–500	Small 1Value Added	465	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,465	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,916	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	485	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,758	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	489	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,980	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	524	374.94/cwt	355.00–382.50	1,965	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	533	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,759	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	372.16/cwt	280.00–392.50	2,010	51
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,198	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	567	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,140	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	575	338.73/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,948	6
Steers	600–650	Small 1	613	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,379	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	615	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,091	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	619	358.22/cwt	327.50–367.00	2,217	26
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	637	351.54/cwt	345.00–354.00	2,239	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,192	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	335.99/cwt	332.00–338.00	2,218	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	679	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,410	13
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	724	316.50/cwt	295.00–319.00	2,291	56
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	778	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,023	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	807	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,340	38
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	243.33/cwt	240.00–245.00	2,256	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	343	339.91/cwt	337.50–350.00	1,166	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 3Value Added	344	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,213	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,295	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	383	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,206	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,511	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,559	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	415	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,577	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3Value Added	423	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,639	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	443	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,528	3
Heifers	400–450	Small 1	448	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,165	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	451	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,703	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	364.87/cwt	285.00–370.00	1,675	52
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	469	377.26/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,769	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	531	346.98/cwt	344.00–352.00	1,842	59
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	541	326.24/cwt	317.50–360.00	1,765	28
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,887	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	568	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,920	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	569	300.04/cwt	282.50–335.00	1,707	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	612	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,989	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	640	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,824	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	660	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,973	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	741	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,038	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,783	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	795	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,836	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	837	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,260	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	915	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,278	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2Value Added	965	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,171	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,040	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,413	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls16 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	392	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,529	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	425	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,339	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,691	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	464	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,763	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,789	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	524	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,824	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,590	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	321.21/cwt	295.00–324.00	1,902	10
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,922	1
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 2	635	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,778	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,843	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	695	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,068	4
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,911	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	815	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,997	2

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 May 8, 2025

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

Receipts 835Last week 853Year ago 532

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 390, Heifers 382, Bulls 63)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	405	385.00	385.00
14	550–600	559	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	377.50	377.50
3	750–800	795	231.00	231.00
5	800–850	837	270.00	270.00
10	900–950	915	249.00	249.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	380.00	380.00
31	450–500	469	355.00–385.00	377.26
59	500–550	531	344.00–352.00	346.98
18	550–600	568	338.00	338.00
31	600–650	612	325.00	325.00
25	650–700	660	299.00	299.00
18	700–750	741	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	348	372.00	372.00
6	400–450	403	375.00	375.00
52	450–500	459	285.00–370.00	364.87
28	500–550	541	317.50–360.00	326.24
5	600–650	640	285.00	285.00
2	700–750	743	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	448	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	337.50–350.00	339.91
3	400–450	443	345.00	345.00
3	550–600	569	282.50–335.00	300.04
3	650–700	655	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	344	352.50	352.50
16	400–450	423	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	383	315.00	315.00
1	950–1000	965	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	429	390.00–415.00	407.62
9	450–500	489	405.00	405.00
29	500–550	524	355.00–382.50	374.94
6	550–600	575	337.50–340.00	338.73
22	600–650	637	345.00–354.00	351.54
56	700–750	724	295.00–319.00	316.50
38	800–850	807	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	567	377.50	377.50
26	600–650	619	327.50–367.00	358.22
13	650–700	679	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	384.00	384.00
5	350–400	395	386.00	386.00
15	400–450	446	282.50–415.00	406.28
21	450–500	465	385.00–427.50	409.45
51	500–550	540	280.00–392.50	372.16
13	550–600	560	392.50	392.50
16	600–650	640	342.50	342.50
12	650–700	660	332.00–338.00	335.99
3	900–950	927	240.00–245.00	243.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	465	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	613	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	397.50	397.50
1	600–650	615	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	778	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	485	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	362.50	362.50
4	500–550	533	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	524	348.00	348.00
4	650–700	695	297.50	297.50
2	800–850	815	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	448	377.50	377.50
4	450–500	474	377.50	377.50
1	500–550	530	300.00	300.00
10	550–600	592	295.00–324.00	321.21
1	600–650	615	312.50	312.50
1	650–700	670	275.00	275.00
1	700–750	735	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	350	350.00	350.00
2	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
1	550–600	555	280.00	280.00
3	600–650	635	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	390.00	390.00
7	450–500	464	380.00	380.00

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.