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Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-08-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-13

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Aug 13

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177

← Jul 9Aug 13Sep 10 →

Receipts

473 head

▼ 162 vs last sale 635▲ 175 vs year ago 298 · +58.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 268, Heifers 175, Bulls 30)

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 $392.83/cwt on 40 head, down $63.61 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 10 comparable sales and sits −73.82 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.

Average price

$392.83

▼ 63.61 vs prior sale

40 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,151

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$80

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$50.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.77

vs VA average

−9.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	526	400.00	2,103	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	556	396.84	2,208	22
Medium and Large 1	546	376.50	2,055	5thin
Medium and Large 2-3	578	350.00	2,023	2thin

One grade step is worth $50.00/cwt here — about $80 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 sale40 hd

392.83

—

VA average9 barns · 337 hd

408.60

−15.77

National average153 barns · 6,255 hd

401.83

−9.00

This barn, trailing median10 sales

466.65

−73.82

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

61 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	Small 1	380	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	950	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	390	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,521	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	405	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,620	1
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,815	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	455	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,843	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	470	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,880	1
Steers	450–500	Small 1	470	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,645	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	488	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,098	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	501	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,054	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	518	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,072	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	532	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,128	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	545	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,703	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	546	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,143	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	577	391.91/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,261	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	578	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,023	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	604	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,431	12
Steers	600–650	Small 1	615	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,384	1
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	620	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,232	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	636	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,433	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,343	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	661	366.64/cwt	360.00–367.50	2,423	36
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	693	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,460	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	744	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,507	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	751	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,561	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,406	5
Steers	750–800	Small 1	795	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,670	1
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	844	323.25/cwt	323.25–323.25	2,728	58
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	878	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,774	16
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,459	2
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	1,003	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,919	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	380	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,273	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 3Value Added	420	319.04/cwt	300.00–332.50	1,340	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,695	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	435	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,327	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	470	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,586	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	492	351.42/cwt	342.50–375.00	1,729	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3Value Added	498	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,544	3
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	505	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,414	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,891	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	520	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,820	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	552	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,904	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	560	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,038	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	601	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,803	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	645	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,116	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,095	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	680	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,227	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,111	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	756	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,230	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,242	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,384	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Value Added	826	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,395	50
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,537	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	883	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,649	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2	415	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,365	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 3-4Value Added	455	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,388	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	494	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,581	4
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 3Value Added	550	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,320	2
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	559	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,040	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	662	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,085	3
Bulls	650–700	Small 1	690	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,311	1
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,728	10

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 Aug 13, 2026

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

Receipts 473Last week 635Year ago 298

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 268, Heifers 175, Bulls 30)

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$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	429	395.00	395.00
3	650–700	665	315.00	315.00
2	700–750	728	290.00	290.00
2	750–800	760	295.00	295.00
3	800–850	822	290.00	290.00
1	850–900	860	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	680	327.50	327.50
50	800–850	826	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	492	342.50–375.00	351.42
7	550–600	560	364.00	364.00
13	600–650	645	328.00	328.00
10	750–800	756	295.00	295.00
4	850–900	883	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	511	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	305.00	305.00
5	450–500	470	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	335.00	335.00
6	550–600	552	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	420	300.00–332.50	319.04
3	450–500	498	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	520	350.00	350.00
7	600–650	601	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	430.00	430.00
4	500–550	546	392.50	392.50
1	650–700	660	355.00	355.00
5	750–800	752	320.00	320.00
2	900–950	928	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	545	312.50	312.50
6	600–650	636	382.50	382.50
36	650–700	661	360.00–367.50	366.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	488	430.00	430.00
16	550–600	577	390.00–395.00	391.91
12	600–650	604	402.50	402.50
5	650–700	693	355.00	355.00
24	700–750	744	337.00	337.00
9	750–800	751	341.00	341.00
58	800–850	844	323.25	323.25
16	850–900	878	316.00	316.00
36	1000–1050	1,003	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	501	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	390	390.00	390.00
1	450–500	455	405.00	405.00
6	500–550	532	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	620	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	405	400.00	400.00
1	450–500	470	400.00	400.00
5	500–550	518	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	578	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	250.00	250.00
1	450–500	470	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	615	225.00	225.00
1	750–800	795	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	662	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	329.00	329.00
4	550–600	559	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	494	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	690	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	550	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 3-4 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	455	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	720	240.00	240.00

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.