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Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-04-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-09

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Apr 9

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177

← Apr 2Apr 9May 14 →

Receipts

974 head

▲ 374 vs last sale 600▲ 121 vs year ago 853 · +14.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 437, Dairy Steers 28, Heifers 468, Bulls 41)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $420.02/cwt on 85 head, down $7.60 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 10 comparable sales and sits +46.61 against this barn's trailing median of $373.40.

Average price

$420.02

▼ 7.60 vs prior sale

85 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,278

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$348

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

$32.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.75

vs VA average

−8.34 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	548	427.60	2,343	63
Medium and Large 1	528	398.45	2,104	21
Medium and Large 2	505	395.00	1,995	1thin

One grade step is worth $32.60/cwt here — about $348 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 sale85 hd

420.02

—

VA average8 barns · 520 hd

423.76

−3.75

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

−8.34

This barn, trailing median10 sales

373.40

+46.61

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $427.62, low $339.52, median $373.40 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

71 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	1,745	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	341	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,944	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	345	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,725	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	353	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	2,021	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	528.37/cwt	521.00–530.00	2,045	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	402	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,251	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	410	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,183	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,236	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	494.97/cwt	485.00–505.00	2,366	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	480	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,232	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	490	481.92/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,361	24
Steers	450–500	Small 1	490	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,862	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	515	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,240	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	549	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,718	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	559	481.46/cwt	457.50–490.00	2,691	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	466.67/cwt	462.50–472.50	2,651	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	585	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,296	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	627	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,822	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,635	1
Steers	650–700	Small 1	650	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,918	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	677	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,691	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Value Added	679	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,410	5
Steers	700–750	Small 1	705	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,304	1
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	721	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,866	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	341.98/cwt	300.00–350.00	2,541	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	759	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,755	53
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	781	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,675	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	838	340.65/cwt	335.50–343.00	2,855	96
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,006	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,093	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	305	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,525	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	325	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,219	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	348	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	1,714	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	368	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,858	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	1,854	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	5
Heifers	400–450	Small 1Value Added	400	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,280	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	417	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,824	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	435	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,045	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	439	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,085	29
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	450	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,025	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	467	469.78/cwt	457.50–475.00	2,194	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	474	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,216	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,233	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	485	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,758	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	505	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,995	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	398.45/cwt	391.00–410.00	2,104	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	543	426.59/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,316	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	551	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,356	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	556	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,391	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,317	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	625	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,906	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	648	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,424	44
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	656	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,230	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	657	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,332	14
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,295	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 3Value Added	694	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,117	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	745	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,719	65
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	758	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,501	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	759	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,505	61
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	860	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,485	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	952	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,570	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 2	351	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,580	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,607	6
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 3	384	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,565	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,068	7
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3	481	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,864	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	563	364.33/cwt	332.50–375.00	2,051	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,182	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 3	610	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,379	2
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,275	4
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	900–950	Large 2	948	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,616	28

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 9, 2026

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

Receipts 974Last week 600Year ago 853

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 437, Dairy Steers 28, Heifers 468, Bulls 41)

Value Added and Natural cattle are Weaned and Vaccinated

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	305	500.00	500.00
10	350–400	370	501.00	501.00
29	400–450	439	475.00	475.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	417	437.50	437.50
1	450–500	485	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	492.50	492.50
45	450–500	467	457.50–475.00	469.78
34	500–550	543	425.00–430.00	426.59
15	550–600	556	430.00	430.00
44	600–650	648	374.00	374.00
14	650–700	657	355.00	355.00
61	750–800	759	330.00	330.00
10	850–900	860	289.00	289.00
6	950–1000	952	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	375.00	375.00
2	350–400	368	505.00	505.00
11	450–500	450	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	505	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	625	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	694	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	656	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	490.00	490.00
13	400–450	435	470.00	470.00
6	450–500	475	470.00	470.00
21	500–550	528	391.00–410.00	398.45
18	600–650	613	378.00	378.00
2	650–700	675	340.00	340.00
2	750–800	758	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	474	467.50	467.50
14	550–600	551	427.50	427.50
65	700–750	745	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	353	572.50	572.50
11	400–450	410	532.50	532.50
24	450–500	490	470.00–485.00	481.92
27	550–600	559	457.50–490.00	481.46
25	600–650	627	450.00	450.00
17	700–750	721	397.50	397.50
53	750–800	759	363.00	363.00
96	800–850	838	335.50–343.00	340.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	345	500.00	500.00
3	450–500	480	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	515	435.00	435.00
5	650–700	679	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	380.00	380.00
1	650–700	650	295.00	295.00
1	700–750	705	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	585	392.50	392.50
38	650–700	677	397.50	397.50
4	1000–1050	1,006	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	521.00	521.00
5	350–400	387	521.00–530.00	528.37
3	400–450	445	502.50	502.50
28	450–500	478	485.00–505.00	494.97
16	500–550	549	495.00	495.00
20	550–600	568	462.50–472.50	466.67
1	600–650	635	415.00	415.00
6	700–750	743	300.00–350.00	341.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	781	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	341	570.00	570.00
22	400–450	402	560.00	560.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	351	450.00	450.00
4	550–600	563	332.50–375.00	364.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	384	407.50	407.50
4	450–500	481	387.50	387.50
2	600–650	610	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	357	450.00	450.00
7	400–450	440	470.00	470.00
3	550–600	578	377.50	377.50
4	650–700	650	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	900–950	948	276.00	276.00

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.