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Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-12

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Mar 12

● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177

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Receipts

602 head

▲ 301 vs last sale 301▼ 511 vs year ago 1,113 · −45.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 342, Dairy Steers 43, Heifers 183, Dairy Heifers 12, Bulls 22)

Value Added and Natural 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 $481.40/cwt on 83 head. That ranks 7 of 10 comparable sales and sits +14.75 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.

Average price

$481.40

83 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,624

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,070

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

$213.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+22.35

vs VA average

+9.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	537	497.22	2,672	46
Medium and Large 2-3	563	485.00	2,731	6thin
Medium and Large 2	555	479.94	2,665	17thin
Medium and Large 1	546	469.55	2,562	11thin
Small 1	565	283.33	1,602	3thin

One grade step is worth $213.89/cwt here — about $1,070 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 sale83 hd

481.40

—

VA average9 barns · 530 hd

459.05

+22.35

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

+9.20

This barn, trailing median10 sales

466.65

+14.75

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

67 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 3Value Added	365	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,770	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	432	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,268	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,078	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	489.93/cwt	489.00–500.00	2,254	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	465	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,395	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	489	474.00/cwt	474.00–474.00	2,318	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	494	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,347	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	504	509.71/cwt	480.00–521.00	2,569	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	507	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,408	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	512	499.00/cwt	499.00–499.00	2,555	6
Steers	500–550	Small 1	520	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,794	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	563	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,731	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	568	485.77/cwt	472.00–496.00	2,759	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,688	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	579	469.54/cwt	440.00–472.50	2,719	11
Steers	550–600	Small 1Value Added	588	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,485	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	625	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,469	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	629	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,831	24
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 3Value Added	635	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,905	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	644	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,801	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	672	418.46/cwt	410.00–430.00	2,812	21
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	672	386.76/cwt	369.00–400.00	2,599	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,730	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,446	1
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750	380.50/cwt	380.50–380.50	2,854	44
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	755	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,778	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	759	351.50/cwt	351.50–351.50	2,668	30
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	829	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,761	33
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	830	333.50/cwt	333.50–333.50	2,768	13
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	963	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,101	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	340	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,343	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,509	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3Value Added	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	383	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,513	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	405	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,782	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3Value Added	433	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,451	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	415.79/cwt	370.00–440.00	1,817	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	479	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,892	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	488	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,830	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	5
Heifers	450–500	Small 1	490	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,666	1
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	540	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,701	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	551	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,929	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 3Value Added	558	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,800	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	566	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,094	26
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	585	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,165	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,815	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	632	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,180	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,288	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	664	339.34/cwt	335.00–341.00	2,253	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,442	1
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	801	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,307	22
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Value Added	915	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,631	2
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,004	281.75/cwt	281.00–282.00	2,829	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,684	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,876	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,953	1
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	423.69/cwt	285.00–450.00	2,038	6
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,087	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,272	5
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 2	655	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,194	1
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	680	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,278	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	700–750	Large 2-3	716	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,023	4
Dairy Heifers	800–850	Large 2-3	849	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,301	7
Dairy Heifers	1250–1300	Large 2-3	1,250	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	3,075	1
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	900–950	Large 2-3	949	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,686	6
Dairy Steers	1050–1100	Large 2-3	1,087	266.59/cwt	245.00–283.00	2,898	37

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 Mar 12, 2026

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

Receipts 602Last week 301Year ago 1,113

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 342, Dairy Steers 43, Heifers 183, Dairy Heifers 12, Bulls 22)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
24	600–650	629	450.00	450.00
44	750–800	750	380.50	380.50
13	800–850	830	333.50	333.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	504	480.00–521.00	509.71
24	550–600	568	472.00–496.00	485.77
10	600–650	644	435.00	435.00
21	650–700	672	410.00–430.00	418.46
16	750–800	755	368.00	368.00
33	800–850	829	333.00	333.00
19	950–1000	963	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	489	474.00	474.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	512	499.00	499.00
11	550–600	579	440.00–472.50	469.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	494	475.00	475.00
6	550–600	563	485.00	485.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	485.00	485.00
2	600–650	635	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	520	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	588	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	433	480.00	480.00
12	450–500	460	489.00–500.00	489.93
6	550–600	578	465.00	465.00
8	650–700	674	405.00	405.00
1	700–750	730	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	525.00	525.00
1	450–500	465	515.00	515.00
5	500–550	507	475.00	475.00
1	600–650	625	395.00	395.00
7	650–700	672	369.00–400.00	386.76
30	750–800	759	351.50	351.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	479	395.00	395.00
26	550–600	566	370.00	370.00
18	600–650	632	345.00	345.00
37	650–700	664	335.00–341.00	339.34
22	800–850	801	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	383	395.00	395.00
6	450–500	488	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
2	400–450	433	335.00	335.00
2	550–600	558	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	540	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	405	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	395.00	395.00
4	350–400	355	425.00	425.00
8	400–450	437	370.00–440.00	415.79
5	450–500	490	350.00	350.00
2	550–600	595	305.00	305.00
1	700–750	740	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	585	370.00	370.00
13	650–700	650	352.00	352.00
2	900–950	915	287.50	287.50
4	1000–1050	1,004	281.00–282.00	281.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	551	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	395	475.00	475.00
1	650–700	655	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	460.00	460.00
1	400–450	420	465.00	465.00
6	450–500	481	285.00–450.00	423.69
2	500–550	535	390.00	390.00
5	550–600	590	385.00	385.00
1	650–700	680	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	716	282.50	282.50
7	800–850	849	271.00	271.00
1	1250–1300	1,250	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	900–950	949	283.00	283.00
37	1050–1100	1,087	245.00–283.00	266.59

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.