Sale reports / Virginia / Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. / 2025-10-09

Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Oct 9
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177
Receipts
631 head
▲ 564 vs last sale 67▲ 137 vs year ago 494 · +27.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 418, Dairy Steers 59, Heifers 131, Dairy Heifers 3, Bulls 20)

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 $380.48/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 2 of 10 comparable sales and sits −86.17 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.
Average price
$380.48
60 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,140
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,106
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 1
$207.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.52
vs VA average
−65.37 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2556407.502,26624
Medium and Large 1571374.292,13830
Medium and Large 2528355.001,8744thin
Small 1580200.001,1602thin
One grade step is worth $207.50/cwt here — about $1,106 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 sale60 hd
380.48
—
VA average10 barns · 621 hd
381.00
−0.52
National average181 barns · 23,254 hd
445.85
−65.37
This barn, trailing median10 sales
466.65
−86.17
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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Value Added325335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,0891
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,2322
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Value Added367349.09/cwt345.00–357.501,2813
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2400415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6601
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Value Added425445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8913
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added469465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,1814
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483402.50/cwt402.50–402.501,9448
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added520412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,1458
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Value Added528355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8744
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,7362
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Value Added574405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,32516
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1574380.51/cwt330.00–400.002,18427
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added580300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7401
Steers550–600Small 1580200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1602
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Value Added606381.66/cwt347.50–387.002,31396
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623333.24/cwt305.00–342.502,0764
Steers600–650Small 1625200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2501
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added636354.83/cwt337.50–370.002,25712
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added660350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3102
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added666376.70/cwt327.50–378.502,509131
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Value Added717330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,36649
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2Value Added735295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,1681
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,4331
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added749344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,57724
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2Value Added821305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5048
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added850290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4651
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added933265.16/cwt245.00–285.002,4744
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 2Value Added1,065150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,5981
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added345275.00/cwt275.00–275.009491
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added355255.00/cwt255.00–255.009051
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2373262.50/cwt262.50–262.509792
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added420340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4285
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2435335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,4571
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5359
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added485300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4551
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added505265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3381
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Value Added506335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,6954
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1526330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,73616
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added553335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,85311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1594322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,9166
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added636310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9725
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Value Added658328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,15822
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added737358.34/cwt356.00–360.002,64117
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Value Added781328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,56225
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added910200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8201
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-2Value Added1,035185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,9152
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1444370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6434
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2485340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,6491
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2525200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,0501
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1548370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0286
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1555362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,0121
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1658295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,9412
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2671235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,5774
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2790160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,2641
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers4 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers900–950Large 2-3Value Added900180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,6201
Dairy Steers1000–1050Large 3Value Added1,000185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,8502
Dairy Steers1050–1100Large 21,059187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,9869
Dairy Steers1150–1200Large 2-3Value Added1,184229.00/cwt229.00–229.002,71112

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.