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Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc.

Name: Rockingham Livestock Sales, Inc. livestock auction prices — 2026-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-10

Feeder Cattle · Harrisonburg, Virginia · Thu, Sep 10

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2177

← Aug 13Sep 10Oct 8 →

Receipts

405 head

▼ 68 vs last sale 473▼ 90 vs year ago 495 · −18.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 230, Heifers 169, Bulls 6)

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 $370.28/cwt on 52 head, down $22.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 10 comparable sales and sits −96.37 against this barn's trailing median of $466.65.

Average price

$370.28

▼ 22.54 vs prior sale

52 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,106

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$598

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$110.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.12

vs VA average

−20.31 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	555	382.81	2,124	18thin
Medium and Large 1	579	382.68	2,215	24
Medium and Large 3	586	353.00	2,070	5thin
Small 1	520	325.00	1,690	1thin
Medium and Large 2-3	560	272.50	1,526	4thin

One grade step is worth $110.31/cwt here — about $598 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 sale52 hd

370.28

—

VA average7 barns · 219 hd

373.41

−3.12

National average134 barns · 6,067 hd

390.59

−20.31

This barn, trailing median10 sales

466.65

−96.37

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

56 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,403	1
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 3Value Added	332	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,411	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	363	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,670	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,295	1
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Value Added	395	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,659	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Value Added	402	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	1,879	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2Natural	440	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	1,910	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Value Added	459	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,882	4
Steers	450–500	Small 1	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	1
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	421.90/cwt	410.00–427.50	2,034	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	508	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,057	5
Steers	500–550	Small 1	520	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,690	1
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	527	371.36/cwt	350.00–417.50	1,957	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	373.40/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,005	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 3Value Added	540	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,755	1
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	560	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,526	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	573	374.27/cwt	350.00–400.00	2,145	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	590	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,505	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Natural	595	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,395	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 3Value Added	598	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,153	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,329	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	629	383.87/cwt	370.00–394.00	2,415	40
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,690	1
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	691	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,453	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Value Added	717	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,438	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Value Added	720	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,930	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	732	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,335	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	744	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,474	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	760	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,014	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	838	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,556	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	880	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,464	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	973	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,471	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2Value Added	322	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,191	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3Value Added	369	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,402	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,406	1
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	427	371.95/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,588	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,516	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	440	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,518	1
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Value Added	460	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,564	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,745	8
Heifers	500–550	Small 1	525	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,050	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Value Added	530	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,776	1
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	533	365.89/cwt	351.00–370.00	1,950	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	549	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,037	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	555	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,859	1
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,853	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,265	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	627	334.99/cwt	333.00–338.00	2,100	32
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2-3	631	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,533	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	752	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,124	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,562	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Value Added	875	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,258	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Value Added	1,000	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,125	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,935	3
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 2	490	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,470	1
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	558	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,562	2

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 Sep 10, 2026

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

Receipts 405Last week 473Year ago 495

State Graded Feeder Cattle (Steers 230, Heifers 169, Bulls 6)

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 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	459	410.00	410.00
3	500–550	527	350.00–417.50	371.36
2	550–600	590	255.00	255.00
1	650–700	650	260.00	260.00
33	700–750	717	340.00	340.00
3	750–800	760	265.00	265.00
3	850–900	880	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	425.00	425.00
1	350–400	370	350.00	350.00
9	450–500	482	410.00–427.50	421.90
3	500–550	537	370.00–375.00	373.40
4	600–650	605	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	573	350.00–400.00	374.27
40	600–650	629	370.00–394.00	383.87
17	650–700	691	355.00	355.00
9	700–750	744	332.50	332.50
5	800–850	838	305.00	305.00
19	950–1000	973	254.00	254.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	440	434.00	434.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	508	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	332	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	540	325.00	325.00
4	550–600	598	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	395	420.00	420.00
5	400–450	402	467.50	467.50
3	700–750	720	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	480	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	520	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	363	460.00	460.00
4	550–600	560	272.50	272.50
6	700–750	732	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	595	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	380	370.00	370.00
3	400–450	427	355.00	355.00
8	500–550	521	335.00	335.00
1	550–600	555	335.00	335.00
1	750–800	785	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	549	371.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	440	345.00	345.00
14	600–650	600	377.50	377.50
1	850–900	875	258.00	258.00
2	1000–1050	1,000	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	427	365.00–375.00	371.95
27	500–550	533	351.00–370.00	365.89
32	600–650	627	333.00–338.00	334.99
10	750–800	752	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	593	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	370.00	370.00
1	450–500	460	340.00	340.00
1	500–550	530	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	631	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	369	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	525	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	450–500	490	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	558	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	458	422.50	422.50

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.