Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2026-06-11

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Jun 11
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
351 head
▼ 313 vs last sale 664▲ 22 vs year ago 329 · +6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*Correction to Medium and Large 1 Heifers*

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 225, Dairy Steers 11, Heifers 98, Bulls 17)

Value Added and Natural 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 $489.48/cwt on 30 head, down $9.39 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 10 comparable sales and sits +22.83 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.
Average price
$489.48
▼ 9.39 vs prior sale
30 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,677
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$751
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$137.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+30.13
vs VA average
+35.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547507.252,77422
Medium and Large 1-2548483.002,6465thin
Medium and Large 2547370.002,0233thin
One grade step is worth $137.25/cwt here — about $751 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 sale30 hd
489.48
—
VA average8 barns · 472 hd
459.36
+30.13
National average163 barns · 9,671 hd
453.72
+35.76
This barn, trailing median10 sales
466.65
+22.83
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

58 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 3Value Added345440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,5181
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8384
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added375480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8001
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added408525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,1423
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2-3Value Added417350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4605
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added437364.79/cwt330.00–500.001,5945
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2453530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,4014
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1458550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,5199
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2520410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,1321
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2523505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,6413
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added527519.02/cwt510.00–530.002,7356
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,5441
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1554511.33/cwt509.00–515.002,83313
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2Value Added560350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9602
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added568459.07/cwt430.00–490.002,6082
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added585450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,6332
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610466.71/cwt437.50–475.002,84710
Steers600–650Medium and Large 3Value Added625335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0942
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628462.50/cwt462.50–462.502,9055
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664445.60/cwt420.00–465.002,9597
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2Value Added672240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6133
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added686445.00/cwt445.00–445.003,0534
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added715408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,91745
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added752332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,49714
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1760350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,6602
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2Value Added775408.00/cwt408.00–408.003,1621
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added783356.00/cwt356.00–356.002,7876
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added863369.00/cwt369.00–369.003,18457
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Value Added863325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,8056
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1895280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,5061
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added340412.50/cwt412.50–412.501,4032
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2340365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1360425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5301
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added400400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6001
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2447402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,7993
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1456402.00/cwt402.00–402.001,83315
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Value Added495410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,0305
Heifers500–550Small 1500290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4501
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added515350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8031
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added539390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1029
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1548371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,03318
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1639345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2058
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added643351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,2576
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Natural646376.00/cwt376.00–376.002,4298
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added658347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,2875
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added735345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5365
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added770315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4268
Heifers1000–1050Small 11,045240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,5081
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1427470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,0073
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1543427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,3213
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2545380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0711
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2605380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,2991
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1617410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,5303
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added631412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,6034
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1793320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,5382
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers800–850Large 2805245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9721
Dairy Steers950–1000Large 2975271.00/cwt271.00–271.002,6428
Dairy Steers1150–1200Large 21,175261.00/cwt261.00–261.003,0672

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.