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Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-02

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Apr 2

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177

← Mar 12Apr 2Apr 9 →

Receipts

600 head

▼ 2 vs last sale 602▲ 600 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder Cattle (Steers 380, Heifers 195, Bulls 25)

Value Added 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 $521.53/cwt on 112 head, up $40.14 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 10 comparable sales and sits +54.88 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.

Average price

$521.53

▲ 40.14 vs prior sale

112 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,781

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$378

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

$108.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+37.34

vs VA average

+38.35 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	534.75	2,775	62
Medium and Large 1-2	550	510.15	2,807	47
Medium and Large 2	562	426.67	2,396	3thin

One grade step is worth $108.08/cwt here — about $378 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 sale112 hd

521.53

—

VA average9 barns · 404 hd

484.19

+37.34

National average169 barns · 10,003 hd

483.18

+38.35

This barn, trailing median10 sales

466.65

+54.88

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

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	354	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,142	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	413	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	2,550	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	435	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,262	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	437	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,436	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,343	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	486	552.76/cwt	545.00–557.50	2,686	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,675	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	507	552.42/cwt	510.00–555.00	2,801	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	527	526.43/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,774	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550	497.73/cwt	495.00–500.00	2,738	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Value Added	570	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,508	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	579	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,837	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	590	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,788	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	618	451.68/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,791	21
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	632	453.83/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,868	65
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	637	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,930	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	689	415.26/cwt	405.00–422.50	2,861	20
Steers	650–700	Large 1Value Added	690	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,208	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	697	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,910	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	730	351.78/cwt	335.00–355.00	2,568	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	733	400.99/cwt	392.50–405.00	2,939	31
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	759	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,638	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	823	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,778	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	373	494.00/cwt	494.00–494.00	1,843	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	480.85/cwt	435.00–505.00	1,837	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	408	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,958	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	1,872	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	432	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	2,061	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,093	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	473	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,105	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	495	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,079	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	498	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,693	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	533	430.67/cwt	428.00–435.00	2,295	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	555	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,331	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	602	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,528	63
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	619	390.14/cwt	350.00–411.00	2,415	12
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	677	331.58/cwt	329.00–332.50	2,245	38
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	732	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,401	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2Value Added	760	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,394	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	415	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,054	1
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	430	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,107	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,304	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	468.21/cwt	465.00–485.00	2,308	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	552	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,374	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	603	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,291	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	647	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,329	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,145	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	715	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,145	1
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,106	1

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 Apr 2, 2026

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

Receipts 600Last week 602Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle (Steers 380, Heifers 195, Bulls 25)

Value Added cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	495	420.00	420.00
10	550–600	555	420.00	420.00
12	600–650	619	350.00–411.00	390.14
38	650–700	677	329.00–332.50	331.58
3	700–750	732	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	473	445.00	445.00
25	500–550	533	428.00–435.00	430.67
63	600–650	602	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	423	442.50	442.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	373	494.00	494.00
13	400–450	432	477.00	477.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	435.00–505.00	480.85
2	400–450	408	480.00	480.00
4	450–500	465	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	498	340.00	340.00
1	750–800	760	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	579	490.00	490.00
38	600–650	637	460.00	460.00
32	650–700	697	417.50	417.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	354	605.00	605.00
6	400–450	413	617.50	617.50
26	500–550	527	520.00–530.00	526.43
21	600–650	618	450.00–455.00	451.68
31	700–750	733	392.50–405.00	400.99
3	800–850	823	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	437	557.50	557.50
13	450–500	486	545.00–557.50	552.76
37	500–550	507	510.00–555.00	552.42
11	550–600	550	495.00–500.00	497.73
65	600–650	632	410.00–460.00	453.83
20	650–700	689	405.00–422.50	415.26
6	700–750	730	335.00–355.00	351.78
4	750–800	759	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	590	472.50	472.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	440	532.50	532.50
10	500–550	500	535.00	535.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	520.00	520.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
2	550–600	570	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	430	490.00	490.00
3	550–600	552	430.00	430.00
4	600–650	603	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	415	495.00	495.00
6	450–500	493	465.00–485.00	468.21
3	600–650	647	360.00	360.00
1	700–750	715	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	475.00	475.00
1	650–700	650	330.00	330.00
1	800–850	810	260.00	260.00

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.