Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2025-07-10

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Jul 10
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
352 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 329▼ 120 vs year ago 472 · −25.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 167, Dairy Steers 42, Heifers 139, Bulls 4)

Value Added Cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

*CORRECTION -- DAIRY STEERS LOTS WERE MISLABELED AS STEERS*

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $396.00/cwt on 14 head. That ranks 4 of 10 comparable sales and sits −70.65 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.
Average price
$396.00
14 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,110
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$28.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+26.24
vs VA average
+16.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2534398.002,12713thin
Medium and Large 2510370.001,8871thin
One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about $240 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale14 hd
396.00
—
VA average7 barns · 173 hd
369.76
+26.24
National average153 barns · 8,707 hd
379.13
+16.87
This barn, trailing median10 sales
466.65
−70.65
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

50 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2350435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,5231
Steers400–450Medium and Large 3Value Added400405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,6201
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added439425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,8665
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483407.50/cwt407.50–407.501,9682
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added499417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,0834
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2510370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,8871
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Natural516407.00/cwt407.00–407.002,1007
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,1556
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Natural611370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,2614
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added615384.27/cwt368.00–390.002,36316
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added618362.74/cwt334.00–380.002,24211
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added668335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,23811
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added676335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2654
Steers650–700Small 1Value Added676335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,2652
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Natural682327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,23013
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1700320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2403
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added705292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,0623
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added706328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,31611
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2750270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0251
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added761350.06/cwt290.00–357.002,66420
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added766324.81/cwt322.00–328.002,48823
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Natural770292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,2521
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,5111
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added832315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,62110
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added833272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,2702
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added930277.50/cwt277.50–277.502,5812
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 2Value Added1,070261.00/cwt261.00–261.002,7932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1430335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4412
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added462330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5255
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2465330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5352
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Natural499350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,74713
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added505295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,4902
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2535292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,5651
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added570345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,96718
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Natural619320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,98119
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636276.26/cwt267.50–277.501,7578
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added646329.00/cwt329.00–329.002,12525
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added647325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,10320
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1747294.00/cwt294.00–294.002,1963
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added778297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,31118
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2Value Added928247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,2972
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Value Added1,085220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,3871
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,0401
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2675265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,7892
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1710277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,9701
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers5 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers400–450Large 2-3416272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,1344
Dairy Steers500–550Large 2501265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,32814
Dairy Steers900–950Large 2905192.50/cwt192.50–192.501,7421
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 2-3978180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7602
Dairy Steers1150–1200Large 2-31,159210.00/cwt210.00–210.002,43421

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.