Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2025-12-11

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Dec 11
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
415 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 440▼ 112 vs year ago 527 · −21.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 208, Dairy Steers 30, Heifers 162, Bulls 15)

Value Added 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 $410.23/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 5 of 10 comparable sales and sits −56.42 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.
Average price
$410.23
56 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,261
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$313
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$73.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+23.55
vs VA average
−20.40 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2547422.172,31043
Medium and Large 1561380.442,1339thin
Medium and Large 2573348.931,9984thin
One grade step is worth $73.24/cwt here — about $313 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 sale56 hd
410.23
—
VA average7 barns · 158 hd
386.69
+23.55
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
−20.40
This barn, trailing median10 sales
466.65
−56.42
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

51 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2380425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,6151
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Natural429445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9096
Steers400–450Small 1440295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2981
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Natural485425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0615
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2498415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,0677
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added509447.50/cwt447.50–447.502,2788
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,5231
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added553400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2122
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added556416.38/cwt412.00–420.002,31535
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569389.00/cwt389.00–389.002,2136
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added570330.35/cwt310.00–350.001,8832
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,1132
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added629387.50/cwt387.50–387.502,43711
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added634383.55/cwt383.00–385.002,43229
Steers600–650Small 1640252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,6161
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678351.51/cwt337.50–372.502,38312
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added693351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,43215
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added696355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,47113
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1749321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,4048
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added779294.25/cwt265.00–307.502,2925
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1814318.66/cwt317.00–319.002,5946
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added840290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4362
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added870325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,82820
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added974305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,9719
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Value Added1,080263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,8401
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added345352.50/cwt352.50–352.501,2161
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2365385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4052
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,2031
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2428345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4772
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added430367.08/cwt365.00–370.001,5787
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Natural500380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,90013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added528357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,8882
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added535357.56/cwt350.00–375.001,91335
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1549340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,86712
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added580295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,7111
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added588348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,04614
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2603292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,7642
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643306.00/cwt306.00–306.001,9688
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2650275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7883
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added656310.03/cwt304.00–319.002,03425
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,8631
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1704300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1128
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added769288.00/cwt288.00–288.002,21516
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1773290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,2423
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1812245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9893
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added875279.00/cwt279.00–279.002,4413
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9255
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2665297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,9781
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1708285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0189
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers900–950Large 1-2935215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,0102
Dairy Steers1150–1200Large 1-21,162229.04/cwt211.00–235.002,66128

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.